JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The case of the “Goon Squad” in Rankin County has drawn huge public attention over the last year.

After five former Rankin County deputies and a former Richland police officer pled guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men, supporters of Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Parker said they’re finally seeing justice.

Family members, activists and attorneys for the victims gathered at the Thad Cochran United States Federal Courthouse in Jackson on Tuesday to witness the sentencings of Hunter Elward and Jeffrey Middleton.

Emmett Till’s cousin, Priscilla Williams, was there and said justice has been served.

“I would just like to say, in 1955, we never got justice. My family never received justice, especially from a state that could have arrested the perpetrators for Emmett Till’s murder. So, I want to leave you out here. Justice happened today in the state of Mississippi,” Williams said.

Jenkins’ mother, Mary Jenkins, said she hopes other cases will also see justice.

“I am surprised that they got as much time as they did, because this is Mississippi, and because we are in a state that has a long history with Black people, that I am glad that they got that amount of time. And I hope it will continue that the other defendants will get the same amount and that we can put this to rest,” she said.