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June 11, 2009

Life in the Age of Waterboarding

It appears that the London Metropolitan police are starting to take the security-camera state mantra to heart.

After attacking protesters and killing one non-protester at the conference of the G "new world order II" 20, the bobbies have recently been caught beating up African weed smugglers.  Here is the link to the Guardian's police beat, including video of the G20 meeting.

The new case is particularly disturbing because the London police seem to be practicing an amateur version of Dick Cheney's 12 step interrogation program.  David Nwanko, a 24 year old Nigerian man, claims that last November the police, "thrust his head down a toilet in the house as they questioned him, and repeatedly flushed water over his head. He also claimed that when officers arrived at the house he was assaulted and kicked several times."  

The Guardian also reports that "the water torture allegations were made by a fellow officer who told superiors that suspects had their heads thrust into water while officers demanded to know where drugs were hidden."  


 

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