Fontana pays nearly $900,000 for ‘psychological torture’ inflicted by police to get false confession
www.ocregister.com
Detectives grilled Thomas Perez Jr. for 17 hours, deprived him of medications and threatened to have his dog killed if he didn’t confess to killing his father, who was actually alive.

This story is horrific.

  • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Yeah, but it’s not like they didn’t face consequences.

    Three of the involved officers remain employed with the department. One other officer has retired.

    Oh… never mind.