According to CNN, the home of Michael Corey Jenkins, where he was visited by his friend Eddie Terrell Parker, first drew the attention of the Rankin County 6 after a call from a neighbor, who told the police that the occupants were behaving suspiciously. (It is worth noting that there has been little in terms of detail as to what behavior precisely necessitated calling the police in question.)

The deputies — who reportedly self-styled as the "Goon Squad" as an acknowledgment of their willingness to use excessive force and illegal activity in carrying out their Sheriff's Department duties — then kicked down the door of the house and handcuffed and arrested the two innocent men, whom they referred to with racial slurs and told them should leave the county. They then kicked and beat the men with several objects including planks of wood and a sex toy — with which they threatened to rape them — and used "waterboarding techniques" to torture them, per The New York Times. They also attacked the men with their service weapons, repeatedly tasering them as they lay bound and helpless. 

Having shot a number of live rounds to scare their victims, Deputy Hunter Elward then inserted his gun into Jenkins' mouth, where he first fired an empty round before shooting Jenkins through the tongue and cheek, leaving him severely injured and losing blood. The assault lasted nearly two hours.

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