> I'm in complete and utter disbelief reading this. How can stuff like this be happening in 2020? I'm surprised at your surprise. Aren't there stories about

> I'm in complete and utter disbelief reading this. How can stuff like this be happening in 2020? I'm surprised at your surprise. Aren't there stories about improper arrest and torture quite often? Heck, a friend of mine was improperly arrested recently (the cops lied about what he was doing) and I actually met a guy who had been tortured (soon before I met him) by a state secret police. I also knew a Holocaust survivor. I can't be the only person who thinks states behaving badly is more the norm than the exception?