Torture in US ... Brooklyn Baby....

The torture we read about in Iraq has domestic origins. Check out this article from the NY Daily News by Larry Cohler:

"Defense attorneys call it Brooklyn's Abu Ghraib. On the ninth floor of the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, terrorism suspects swept off the streets after the Sept. 11 attacks were repeatedly stripped naked and frequently were physically abused, the Justice Department's inspector general has found. The detainees ? none of whom were ultimately charged with anything related to terrorism ? alleged in sworn affidavits and in interviews with Justice Department officials that correction officers:

Humiliated them by making fun of ? and sometimes painfully squeezing their genitals.
Deprived them of regular sleep for weeks or months.
Shackled their hands and feet before smashing them repeatedly face-first into concrete walls ? within sight of the Statue of Liberty.
Forced them in winter to stand outdoors at dawn while dressed in light cotton prison garb and no shoes, sometimes for hours.
www.nydailynews.com

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that was not a fun article to read. But I'm glad it's out there. Good find.


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"Forced them in winter to stand outdoors at dawn while dressed in light cotton prison garb and no shoes, sometimes for hours."

oh, yeah, in nazi concentration camps they made prisoners stand outside in winter naked for hours.

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