Mississippi police officer pleads guilty to forcing prisoner to drink his own urine

Michael Christian Green faces up to year in prison after pleading guilty over incident in town of Pearl in December

A Mississippi police officer pleaded guilty on Thursday to a federal misdemeanor charge after authorities accused him of forcing a prisoner to drink his own urine.

In court filings, first reported by the Daily Beast, prosecutors for the US district court for the southern district of Mississippi alleged that the patrol officer, Michael Christian Green, ordered a prisoner to lick up his own urine after the man had urinated in the corner of his holding cell.