The use of electric
shock as a method of
torture was first
documented in Nazi,
Germany, but today
it is still used as
an acceptable use of
all tortur...
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The use of electric
shock as a method of
torture was first
documented in Nazi,
Germany, but today
it is still used as
an acceptable use of
all torture in the
United States.
In Gwinnett County,
Georgia, an
un-edited police
videotape shows
31-year-old Deacon
Frederick Williams
being struck with a
TASER five times in
43 seconds, just 4
minutes after being
led into the jail.
He was handcuffed
behind his back and
in leg restraints,
following an
epileptic seizure at
his home; an
ambulance was called
by his wife and son,
but the police
arrived first. His
last words were:
"Don't
kill me, man.
Don't kill
me."
No charges have been
filed in the torture
/ murder; the County
DA refused to show
this video to a
Grand Jury, even
though another man
in custody was
murdered just months
earlier after being
tortured with a
TASER by the same
police.
Coverage from some
of the local media
is here:
http://www.1
1alive.com/news/ne..
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http
://www.commondreams.
org/vi...
http
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space....
http://www.gwinnettd
ailypost.c...
http://www.sa
veourcivilliberti...
While the Bush
administration seeks
to reinterpret the
Geneva Conventions
to allow the torture
for foreign
detainees, few
people realize that
torture is already
100% legal in the US
when a US citizen is
tortured by American
State or Federal
authorities.
The torture
standards now under
debate relate only
to foreign
detainees, who
presently retain far
more rights than any
US citizen.
However, the Bush
administration has
refused to address
the documented and
widespread torture
of its own citizens
of which its own
officials are fully
aware.
A complete copy of
the police-recorded
footage on DVD is
also available at
no charge upon
request.
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