Brazilian Secret Police Head Guilty Of Torture
So,,,,,what might be the fate of our own purveyors of the same treatment?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!
Source: Miami Herald
Posted on Friday, 10.10.08
Brazilian secret police head guilty of torture
Associated Press
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- A Brazilian court says the former head of Sao Paulo's secret police was responsible for torturing three people during the country's military dictatorship in the 1970s, apparently the first time a former high-ranking officer has been found guilty of crimes in the military regime.
A Sao Paulo state court said former Col. Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra tortured the three Brazilians when he headed the Sao Paulo secret police from 1970-74.
Local news media report that Thursday's verdict is the first of its kind in Brazil. The media say the verdict represents only a recognition of guilt, however. Ustra is protected by a sweeping 1979 amnesty that exempts both leftist guerrillas and the military from prosecution for any political crimes committed during the regime....................
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Perhaps the bloodlust will be satisfied by the prosecutions of a few insignificant young troops and not much more experienced NCO's?!?!?!??!??!????!?
It's a sad day in American military jurisprudence and I am afraid that an even sadder day is forthcoming. Just where in hell does this policy of torture come from?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!???!??!?!?
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