04/16/05

The 'beat and greet' reception included kicking, punching, and, according to the indictment brought by the New Jersey prosecutor's office, 'plucking detainees' body hairs with pliers, forcing detainees to place their heads in toilet bowls, encouraging and ordering detainees to perform sexual acts upon one another, forcing detainees to assume unusual and degrading positions while naked, and cursing at and verbally insulting the detainees.' ... The pliers, it would turn out, were pincers used to cut plastic flex cuffs. Officers were also alleged to forced have their prisoners to chant 'America is number one!

http://counterpunch.com/dow04162005.html

from CounterPunch, by Mark Dow


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp