Tenn. Cops Indicted for Torturing Drug Suspect
With all the talk of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, it's important to remember that abuse occurs here as well. SK Bubba has the details of a Tennessee case in which four sheriff's deputies have been indicted by the feds, and the transcript of an audio tape on which it is established that they brutally beat a drug suspect into signing a consent to search his home. The news article is here.
They launched the attack with a stunningly simple message. "It's (expletive) over, son."
For two hours, authorities say, that message would be pounded into Lester Eugene Siler's head and body, reinforced with the barrel of a gun and echoed in threats of electrocution.
SKBubba says,
The FBI transcribed this from recordings obtained when the suspect's wife turned on a tape recorder as the deputies arrived to serve an arrest warrant. This is very disturbing. It's as bad as anything at Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo. The most disturbing thing is that this stuff probably goes on all the time. These guys just got caught. Read the whole thing. Even if you aren't registered, it's worth it to register and read the whole thing.
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