-from firedoglake and looseheadprop, more on torture. The author quotes Scalia, Yoo and Fitzgerald. Guess which two are bending the law to make torture look likes it's legal? Fools. Bully for the guy whose name starts with an F. From the blog:
From the Indictment:
....defendant herein, an Officer of the Chicago Police Department, while acting under color of law, used a dangerous weapon to strike Victim A repeatedly, while Victim A was handcuffed and shackled in a wheelchair in Norwegian American Hospital, resulting in bodily injuries to Victim A, thereby willfully depriving Victim A of a right secured and protected by the Constitution and laws of the United States, that is, the right to be free from the use of unreasonable force by a person acting under color of law;...
From the press release: [pdf]
"Every citizen, regardless of being in police custody, has a Constitutional right to be free from the use of unreasonable force by law enforcement officers." Mr. Fitzgerald said.
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