Torture on Tennessee Soil | MetaFilter

Torture on Tennessee Soil | MetaFilter:

Let me tell you what we're gonna do. We're gonna put them handcuffs in front of ya. Cut you a little slack. But if you don't start operating, we're gonna put the mother fuckers behind your back, and I'm gonna take this slapjack and I'm gonna start working that head over, you understand? ...you sign this son of a bitch, or I'm gonna hit you again.

"It's disgusting to even suspect that this kind of behaviour is How They Do Things in Tennessee. I'm appalled and I'm offended.

The officers have a frightening point: No one knows they were there, they'll all stick together to support a story where the suspect willingly and cheerfully signed a form consenting the officers to search his home, and no one would believe any contradictory story.

I can only imagine, listening to the tape recording, to just which kind of hell the poor guy thought he had descended. While beating the guy, officers threatened to shoot him and plant a toy gun to make it look above-board.

Officer Monday: Eugene, you're gonna sign this right here or I'm gonna fucking put a bullet in your damned head, and we're gonna fucking planet this BB gun.

Were I living in such a police state, I'd have a tape-recorder and mic hooked up in my home 24/7 and a method of activating it. As it is, I believe we need ot work harder to ensure their law enforcement stays away from our citizens.

It seems a shame that so much time and taxpayer money was wasted training some absolute shitbags in the hopes that they'd protect and serve the people.