Police Torture in Tenessee, Audio recordings, transcripts...

**Ynot** · 04-26-2006 03:49 PM

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.

Last July, five members of the sheriff's department in Campbell County, Tennessee, entered the home of Eugene Siler and maliciously beat him for more than two hours during a police drug raid. If it hadn't been for the tape recorder that Silers wife secretly turned on, Silers story, one of many, might never have been heard.

PDF Transcript of Police Torture:
http://web.knoxnews.com/pdf/silertranscript.pdf

Article regarding the officers involved & Tenessee drug policy:
http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/022505tntorture.cfm

Information on the fates of the officers involved:
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/tex...xt/0,1406,KNS_3

The original article from MeFi (including actual audio):
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/51195

**Seeker** · 04-26-2006 05:58 PM

Isn't that story a little old? like 2004?

Just down the road from me, not more than a two hour drive!

**Ynot** · 04-26-2006 06:53 PM

landed in my inbox today

guess I have slow mates

**Dangeruss** · 04-26-2006 07:37 PM

eh, it's still news to me. I would go on a tirade about how bad this is, but the article sums it up pretty well. Just remember, kids: support your local drug dealers, because times are rough in this political climate!