Torture in America

American soldiers tortured prisoners in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. Now Iraqi troops and police trained by the USA are torturing prisoners. Of course, police departments in big American cities have long been known to torture prisoners. This is an especially big problem in Los Angeles, where the Sheriff's Department and Police Department routinely settle lawsuits in excess of $100,000 because policement beat civilians with impunity, sometimes fracturing skulls or killing their victimes.