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Former Oklahoma jail employees charged for playing ‘Baby Shark’ on repeat for hours
Fox59 | AP ^ | 10/6/20

Posted on 10/08/2020 6:30:29 AM PDT by LibWhacker

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two former Oklahoma jail employees and their supervisor face misdemeanor cruelty charges after investigators found they forced inmates to stand handcuffed for hours and listen to the children’s song “Baby Shark” on repeat, a prosecutor said Monday.

At least four inmates were secured to a wall with their hands cuffed behind them while the song played on a loop at a loud volume for hours, The Oklahoman reported. The separate incidents occurred in November and December, according to court records.

The misdemeanor charges were filed Monday against former Oklahoma County jail employees Gregory Cornell Butler Jr. and Christian Charles Miles, both 21, and their supervisor, Christopher Raymond Hendershott, 50.

“It was unfortunate that I could not find a felony statute to fit this fact scenario,” Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater said. “I would have preferred filing a felony on this behavior.”

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KEYWORDS: babyshark; cruelty; jail; song
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1 posted on 10/08/2020 6:30:29 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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It was punishment for bad behavior though...so what’s the issue?


2 posted on 10/08/2020 6:32:24 AM PDT by struggle
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“baby shark” is now torture?

Well.... can Parents sue their children, with Mattel and other toy companies as co-defendants?


3 posted on 10/08/2020 6:32:40 AM PDT by mason-dixon (As Mason said to Dixon, you have to draw the line somewhere.)
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To: LibWhacker

Bay Bee Shark.

Do do do do. Do do do doo.

(Repeat all day)


4 posted on 10/08/2020 6:32:53 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: LibWhacker

Only a democrat would consider it a felony.


5 posted on 10/08/2020 6:33:05 AM PDT by rey
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To: LibWhacker

This would not affect me, because I hear this continuously anyway, even if it is not playing nearby.


6 posted on 10/08/2020 6:35:54 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: LibWhacker

Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow (Baretta’s Theme)


—Sammy Davis Jr.

Rhythm heritage - Baretta’s theme
Don't go to bed with no price on your head,
Don't do it.
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Keep your eye on the sparrow,
When the going gets narrow.

Don't roll the dice if you can't pay the price,
Don't do it.
Don't run your feet down a dead-end street.

Keep your eye on the sparrow,
When the going gets narrow.

Don't start nuthin won't be nuthin...

7 posted on 10/08/2020 6:36:25 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The only thing worse than COVID-19 is Biden-20!)
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To: LibWhacker
I can’t see how this is any more cruel than what kindergarten teachers have to put up with.

This is not cruelty and it wouldn’t matter if it was.

8 posted on 10/08/2020 6:36:51 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Cruelty would have been playing Celine Dion music at top volume.


9 posted on 10/08/2020 6:39:17 AM PDT by Noumenon ("Only the dead have seen an end to war." - Plato)
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To: LibWhacker
One might assume that the "secured to a wall with their hands cuffed behind them" part might have had something to do with it.
10 posted on 10/08/2020 6:41:14 AM PDT by OKSooner (We are not allowed to criticize George Soros or BurnLootMurder.)
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LOL, so they couldn’t put their fingers in their ears!!!!!

Cue the graphic from “A Clockwork Orange”!

I nearly go off the road when I see a “Kars for Kids” billboard with just the words and a few musical notes painted there...

The dirty scum.


11 posted on 10/08/2020 6:43:24 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Leftism is the plaything of a society with too much time on its hands." - Candace Owens)
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To: LibWhacker

In college I had a roommate that sang “This Old Man” for 2 hours straight, just to drive me nuts.

I tried to kick his @$$ but he was a state wrestling champion, and I....wasn’t.


12 posted on 10/08/2020 6:43:26 AM PDT by toast
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imagine if they had been forced to listen to Kamala harris on a loop!

ROFL


13 posted on 10/08/2020 6:44:42 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: mason-dixon
"“baby shark” is now torture?"

More like cruel and unusual punishment.

14 posted on 10/08/2020 6:48:11 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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I didn’t realize that former Nationals player Gerardo Parra was working in Oklahoma.

I thought he was playing baseball in Japan


15 posted on 10/08/2020 6:53:09 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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Mature female sharks are actually bigger than the males do do do do do dooo.

Recommend this instead:

https://video.kpbs.org/video/great-white-shark-new-perspectives-of-an-ancient-predator-zidgxv/


16 posted on 10/08/2020 6:53:21 AM PDT by golux
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To: toast

I also had a college roommate that was a state wrestling champion.

Just for fun I would occasionally try to jump him.

He’s generally pin and totally disable me inside three seconds.


17 posted on 10/08/2020 6:55:04 AM PDT by golux
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To: LibWhacker

Back in the 70’s or 80’s it was severe punishment to listen to Barney the purple dinosaur over and over.


18 posted on 10/08/2020 6:55:46 AM PDT by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: LibWhacker

Hmm.

I would have chosen Yoko Ono records instead.


19 posted on 10/08/2020 6:59:52 AM PDT by Pravious
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To: Noumenon

Cruelty would have been playing Celine Dion music at top volume.


Couldn’t agree more. Either her or “Hey Jude” by the Beatles..


20 posted on 10/08/2020 7:04:44 AM PDT by AFret.
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