Don't stir things up?

 

REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2002

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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A. HOWARD MATZ, JUDGE PRESIDING

 

CASE: CR: 02-350 {AHM}

AND BY THE WAY, THEY EVEN USED WHAT I SAID, WHILE BEING TORTURED, AGAINST ME IN THE

 

"PRESENTENCE REPORT."

 

GOSH, TALK ABOUT BEING COMPELLED TO BE A WITNESS AGAINST ONE'S SELF!!

"The top torture investigator for the United Nations contends that, under international law, the United States is bound to investigate and punish anyone connected to instances of torture, whether the president wants to or not."

 

SOURCE: U.S. NEWS, April 27, 2009

 

RELATED:

Officers sprayed and beat man, jury told
A jury has heard how a group of long-serving police officers allegedly repeatedly used pepper spray, batons and riot shields to restrain a man they say refused to be photographed and fingerprinted. In the dock at Tauranga District Court yesterday was Sergeant Keith Derek Parsons, who faces two charges of assault using a blunt instrument (a baton) and one of using OC (pepper) spray as a weapon. With him were Sergeant Erle Busby, facing four counts of assault with a blunt instrument (a baton), and Senior Constable Bruce Gordon Laing and Constable John Edward Mills, both charged with assault using OC spray as a weapon. The Crown alleges Parsons, who has a 25-year police service record, pepper-sprayed Mr Falwasser in the face two or three times after the latter refused to be fingerprinted or photographed. Busby then allegedly struck Mr Falwasser from behind on the hand and wrist with separate blows as he put his hands up to protect his face. As Mr Falwasser made movements towards the door, Busby allegedly struck him on the head, causing bleeding. Mr Pilditch said that over the next 10 minutes Mr Falwasser remained in the cell, which was shrouded in pepper spray, making it "intolerable for police officers". Later, Laing and Mills continued to pepper-spray Mr Falwasser's cell as he remained there, squirting the spray through vents over a 10- to 15-minute period.

This story almost seems unbelievable – we are talking seasoned cops here, not the brash, power puffed up, ill trained teenage cops who act first and think later, one of these guys has a 25 year police record, sweet jesus, was this a one off moment of madness or was this the sort of behaviour they dish out all the time but have never been busted on? Mr Falwasser sounds like an arsehole who got lippy and was obviously under some stress to have motivated him to take his neighbors car, not a fun guy to have to process, but IF what the Crown alleges happened here did in fact happen, there is just no way anyone could defend the beat down the Police handed out to him, it will be an interesting court case.

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OUTSIDE IT'S AMERICA

A QUESTION FOR AMERICA:

Is "pretty good" pretty much like "pretty clear?" Because I'm "pretty sure" it is not.

I know, it's complex. (.pdf)

But then again, I'm nutzzzzzz, until certified un-nutzzz in a court of the law. I am waiting on the law and the certificate required by the law. But I'm no expert.(.pdf) Anyone see ours, yet?

I am not a computer scientist either, but I bet one could figure out the truth.

I am going for a walk now, into the nature. Care to join me? You are entitled to come along only 'cause I say so, but you have no right. And it seems that's the end of IT.

 

"Police Tortured Me, While The F.B.I. Agent Stood By And Laughed."

Killercop: "As Ms. Potashner has conveyed to the court, I do have serious concerns at this point that there might... "

THE COURT: "Obstruction of justice by the lawyers who are representing you?"

Killercop: "By Ms. Potashner."

THE COURT: What do you mean?

Killercop: "When I was first brought into the system I let everybody know that I considered myself a political prisoner. I believe that their malicious prosecution and arbitrary prosecution about to take place against myself, by the government, specifically the FBI, I believe they have been targeting me for the -- since 1998, along with a certain branch of police departments, based on my speech that I have expressed in the past which was directed at those members of law enforcement. I believe that they've misrepresented facts, they have omitted facts. They have tampered with a document."

 

THE COURT: "Which document; do you know?"

Killercop: "Yes, sir. I have the document right here. It will take me a minute to get it."

 

THE COURT: "Go ahead."

Killercop: "Discovery page 65 and discovery page 56."

THE COURT: "Are those references to Bates numbers?"

Killercop: "Yes, Your Honor. I would draw Your Honor's attention to the upper right-hand corner of Bates 66, page 2 of 2. And note that date to the left of page 2 of 66, that was the night I was arrested. That's the night I was tortured in the police department. I have the --"

THE COURT: "That's in the year 2002."

Killercop: "That's correct."

THE COURT: "Arrested by whom, the police?"

Killercop: "Manchester. One officer in there tortured me while the other officers and members of the FBI stood by and watched."

 

Killercop: "I have been a victim. When I first arrived I first met with the public defender in New Hampshire, Mr. Sax, a very honorable man, gave me a good defense. I expressed to him I was tortured in the police department. He told me to let him know when I got here what happened. I expressed that to Ms. Potashner, that while I was being tortured, my head was being forced, I saw in the upper left hand corner behind, a video tape, a camera pointing down directly at me while I was tortured. I said, " Ms. Potashner, get that tape. I want that tape. It will show everybody standing around watching this happen."

 

"She said she would. Months went by. Then I again asked her about the tape. I said did you get the tape? Not yet. I wrote her a letter. I said please tell me why you haven't gotten the tape if you're going t o get the tape. If you are not going to, tell me why. That letter was ignored.

She told me "Don't stir things up.""

 

NOTE: The Justice Department authorized waterboarding in an August 2002 memo that contained a caveat that could prove crucial to any criminal investigation. Although it allowed the approved methods to be "used more than once," the memo stipulated that "repetition will not be substantial because the techniques generally lose their effectiveness after several repetitions." (pdf document)

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