Posted on 03/06/2011 6:27:27 AM PST by Racehorse
Military jailers are forcing Bradley Manning, the 23-year-old soldier accused of passing classified documents to WikiLeaks.org, to strip naked in his cell at night and sleep without clothing, a requirement his attorney says was imposed after Manning made a "sarcastic quip" about his confinement.
For most of the past eight months, Manning has been required to sleep wearing only boxer shorts, because of his status as a detainee under "prevention of injury watch," said 1st Lt. Brian Villiard, a spokesman for the military detention facility, or "brig," in Quantico. Beginning Wednesday night, the facility commander ordered that Manning turn over his boxers, too.
SNIP
In a blog post Saturday, Coombs gave this account of how the boxers were taken away: On Wednesday, Manning was told he would continue to be kept under the restrictions of prevention of injury watch, that there was nothing he could do to change his maximum-custody status and that the brig commander considered him at risk of self-harm. Manning then said that the restrictions were "absurd" and that if he wanted to harm himself using an item of clothing, he could do so "with the elastic waistband of his underwear or with his flip-flops."
Without consulting the facility's mental health provider, the brig commander used Manning's quip as "justification" to increase the restrictions on him, Coombs said. He said Manning was not placed under suicide watch because that would have required a mental health provider's recommendation that the brig commander lacked.
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“OK i’m trying to figure out how I could kill myself with flip flops?”
ISTR a high-level nazi killed himself after the Nurmeburg trials before they could execute him. He did it by stuffing a piece of paper into his windpipe and choking to death.
Could be done with foam flip-flops.
(Found it! Hermann Göring suicided the night before his execution.)
Heck, the might as well walk around (after they get out of prison) with their pants hanging below their buttocks.
Freeper sleuths rule !!!
Bradley, if you’re in jail, try not to screw around with the guys who are guarding you. Especially not if you’re in the military justice system. Especially if they’re Marines. And especially if they can screw you back without doing any damage to you but your pride.
A Marine brig is not a fun place. I pulled chaser duty a few times and delivered prisoners to Marine brigs. The Marine guards take no crap and can dish out harassment by the truck load. Watching the guards process prisoners into the brig got me thanking the Good Lord that I wasn’t the prisoner.
I always thought Goring had a cyndide capsule smuggled in?
“I always thought Goring had a cyndide capsule smuggled in?”
You are correct!
Now, where in the world did I read about a determined suicide (I thought Nazi) by choking? Still searching...
From the article:
Beginning Wednesday night, the facility commander ordered that Manning turn over his boxers, too.
Sleeps naked at the 'pleasure' of the brig commander who says Manning is on a self-harm watch, but doesn't claim he's suicidal as that would require a mental health evaluation.
Naturally, the mental health evaluation would show Manning is not suicidal and thus would undercut the brig commander's orders to strip Manning naked.
Nice.
From the article:
For most of the past eight months, Manning has been required to sleep wearing only boxer shorts, because of his status as a detainee under "prevention of injury watch," said 1st Lt. Brian Villiard, a spokesman for the military detention facility, or "brig," in Quantico. Beginning Wednesday night, the facility commander ordered that Manning turn over his boxers, too.
Because the military brass prefers to torture him. Can't do that if he's dead.
Torture?
Waahhhhhh!!!
Why do they feed him anti-depressants every day?
That's inhumane... it's torture. I say the UN should immediately issue an international arrest warrant for President Obama and try him for crimes against humanity.
Well, something knocked that silly smirk off his face.
On the taxpayer, eh?
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