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BlueWaveNeverEnd

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Wed Apr 5, 2023, 12:03 AM Apr 2023

Guards Who Subjected Inmates to 'Baby Shark' Sentenced, pair can't work in law enforcement again

Guards Who Subjected Inmates to 'Baby Shark' Sentenced
Oklahoma pair can't work in law enforcement again


UPDATE Apr 4, 2023 7:15 PM CDT
Two former guards whose mistreatment of Oklahoma County jail inmates included forcing them to listen to "Baby Shark" on a loop while handcuffed and chained to a wall have been sentenced. A judge ordered two years' probation for Gregory Cornell Butler Jr. and Christian Charles Miles and fined them $200, USA Today reports. They must complete 40 hours of community service and pay $300 in victim compensation. In addition, they're prohibited from working in law enforcement again. Both had pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor cruelty charge.

An investigators' report said the two admitted playing the children's song over and over while disciplining inmates. "That was a joke between Miles and I," Butler was quoted as saying.

Nov 5, 2021 4:37 PM CDT
Former detainees in Oklahoma City have accused jail officers of "torture tactics" that subjected the inmates to physical and verbal abuse—including being forced to stand for hours while "Baby Shark" was blasted at them. The federal civil rights suit names Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson III, county commissioners, the jail trust, and two former officers, the Guardian reports. After an investigation last year into the allegations, officers Christian Charles Miles and Gregory Cornell Butler Jr. resigned, and their supervisor, Lt. Christopher Raymond, retired, per the Washington Post.

https://www.newser.com/story/313051/lawsuit-jail-abuse-included-hours-of-baby-shark.html
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Guards Who Subjected Inmates to 'Baby Shark' Sentenced, pair can't work in law enforcement again (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Apr 2023 OP
Suitable punishment for Agolf Twitler Jerry2144 Apr 2023 #1
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