![]() ![]() ![]() It compared the conduct to the heavy metal music played at Guantanamo Bay 'as an "enhanced interrogation" technique to weaken Iraqi captives' resolve, and cited academic studies as to why the Baby Shark song by Pinkfong, which went viral in 2019, is particularly irritating. The suit called the conduct 'tantamount to torture,' and said the two police officers involved, Christian Charles Miles and Gregory Cornell Butler Jr., were 'wanton, depraved and sadistic.' In the Baby Shark lawsuit, Daniel Hendrick, Joseph Mitchell and John Basco alleged how they were taken from their cells at the Oklahoma County Detention Center by two officers, put in a 'standing stress position' with their arms handcuffed behind their backs, and were then forced to listen to the popular children's song on a loop for hours. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a second-degree murder conviction in 2000 and was released in 2007, records show. Oklahoma prison records show Basco had a long history of criminal convictions in Oklahoma County dating back to the mid 1990s, mostly for drug, property and firearms crimes. The popular children's song went viral in 2019 - with the video having been viewed more than 11 billion times For me, this one does not pass the smell test.' 'One of the Baby Shark victims is conveniently dead within three days of his arrival at the jail. How does that happen? District Attorney David Prater just lost one of his witnesses for the upcoming criminal trial. 'I'm really bothered by this,' Spradling said. The State Medical Examiner's Office will determine the cause of death.īasco, who was booked into the jail on Thursday on a drug trafficking complaint, was among a group of inmates suing the county in federal court for allegedly being handcuffed to a wall and forced to listen to the song Baby Shark on repeat for hours during separate incidents in 2019.Ī jail lieutenant retired and two detention officers were fired in connection with the incidents, and all three face misdemeanor charges.īasco's attorney, Cameron Spradling, told The Oklahoman that he found the circumstances surrounding Basco's death 'disturbing' and called for the preservation of all evidence as the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation probe of it unfolds. Jail spokesman Mark Opgrande said there were no obvious signs of foul play and that investigators will look into the possibility of a drug overdose. Published: 03:03 BST, 13 September 2022 | Updated: 08:00 BST, 13 September 2022įormer inmates at the Oklahoma County Detention Center (pictured) have filed a civil rights lawsuit against county officials and former officers In 2019, the two officers, Christian Charles Miles and Gregory Cornell Butler Jr., were charged for the alleged behaviorīy James Gordon For and Associated Press.Suit alleged that county authorities were aware of the behavior but took no actions to stop it.Civil rights lawsuit likened the conduct to 'torture,' comparing it to the heavy metal played as an 'enhanced interrogation technique' at Guantanamo Bay.They were then forced to listen to the popular children's song Baby Shark on a loop for hours, the lawsuit says.Daniel Hendrick, Joseph Mitchell and Basco claimed they were taken from their cell with their arms handcuffed behind them.He was part of a group of three former inmates who filed a civil rights lawsuit against Oklahoma County authorities after they were allegedly tortured.Basco's death is the 14th this year at the Oklahoma County Detention Center jail.John Basco, 48, was found unresponsive in his cell early on Sunday morning.Oklahoma inmate who was 'tortured by corrections officers who played repetitive Baby Shark song on repeat for HOURS' is found dead in his cell: Grisly find is jail's 14th death this year ![]()
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