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They are slightly different. In the ex-USSR the police regularly torture people to extract confessions. Not "just" by extra beatings but stuff like putting a ga
by rdtsc 9y ago
They are slightly different. In the ex-USSR the police regularly torture people to extract confessions. Not "just" by extra beatings but stuff like putting a gas mask on them and cutting off the air supply until they pass out or confess. They even have cutesy names for the torture proceedures. The gas mask one for example is called "slonik" (baby elephant).
- Clubber 9y agoI've read stories of police beating confessions out of people in the US. It's probably not as common and not as creative as it was in the USSR, but it does happen. I'm not saying the US is as bad, but the fact that is approaching the old USSR is pretty damn scary.
- vanattab 9y agoI would be willing to bet that police beatings in the US are lower then they have ever been.
- Clubber 9y agoI could see that as true, especially compared to the civil rights era. It's still a despicable thing that shouldn't happen in the US and just goes to show the current US and the former USSR aren't nearly as far apart as they should be.
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