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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 12:09 PM
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Details Emerge in 'Horrific' Torture Case (Some really sick folks, here)
BIG CREEK, W.Va. (Sept. 12) - Inside a shed on a remote hillside of this coalfield community, authorities say a young black woman was tortured for days, sexually assaulted, beaten and forced to eat rat droppings.

Her captors, all of them white, choked her with a cable cord and stabbed her in the leg while calling her a racial slur, poured hot water over her and made her drink from a toilet, according to criminal complaints.
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Since 1991, police have filed 108 criminal charges against the six. Frankie Brewster, 49, had the most with 33; Alisha Burton, 23, of Chapmanville had 20.

The most serious of the previous charges was filed against Brewster, the owner of the Big Creek mobile home. She was charged in 1994 with first-degree murder, but pleaded guilty to lesser charges of manslaughter and wanton endangerment. Brewster was released from prison in 2000 after serving five years in the death of 84-year-old Polly T. Ferrell, court records show.

In the Williams case, Brewster, 49, was charged with kidnapping, sexual assault, malicious wounding and giving false information during a felony investigation.

Brewster's son, Bobby R. Brewster, 24, also of Big Creek, was charged with kidnapping, sexual assault, malicious wounding and assault during the commission of a felony.

Danny J. Combs, 20, of Harts, was charged with sexual assault and malicious wounding.

Karen Burton, 46, of Chapmanville, was charged with malicious wounding, battery and assault during the commission of a felony. Her daughter, Alisha Burton, and George A. Messer, 27, of Chapmanville, were charged with assault during the commission of a felony and battery.

In May, Alisha Burton was accused of striking Messer with a shovel and smashing the window of another woman's car. Burton was charged with domestic assault and battery and destruction of property, court records showed. Those charges are pending.

All six remained in custody Tuesday in lieu of $100,000 bail each, and all have asked for court-appointed attorneys.

The home is now quiet. Newborn pups sleep in the entryway to the small shed, their mother protectively barking at approaching strangers.

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http://news.aol.com/story/nc/_a/details-emerge-in-horrific-torture-case/20070911152309990001
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connecticut yankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 12:12 PM
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1. I can't imagine
how human beings could be so brutal.
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 12:14 PM
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2. I hope these people never spend one more second outside the walls of a prison.
I do not believe that they're redeemable.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 01:07 PM
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10. People like this are the reason prisons were invented.
I agree- they shouldn't be walking around free. Ever.
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The Vinyl Ripper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 12:20 PM
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3. At least they didn't do it on the taxpayer dime..
A la Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.

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Raejeanowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 08:31 PM
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15. Unfortunately
If these sick f*cks ever see "justice," it will only be life in prison, on the taxpayer dime.

Personally, I object to having my money spent this way. Much as I'd like to see them suffer similarly, I'd prefer a nice guillotine job: sharp, quick, cheap.

Some types of crimes deserve capital punishment. This is one of them.
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fasttense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 12:21 PM
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4. Well, considering the fact that our government is encouraging
torture, I guess it's no surprise some sick racist bastards decided to take it up too.
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Justyce Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 12:31 PM
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5. Does anyone know if they knew the victim or if it was random, or how she was
targeted? Sick crazy people in this scary world -- I just can't even imagine how anyone can do this.
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Tanuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 01:06 PM
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9. She apparently knew one of the men
Possibly this was a retaliation for turning him in on a domestic violence complaint? The whole thing is just too horrific for words.

http://www.wvgazette.com/section/Breaking/000000926

<<<<"A woman who authorities say was tortured for days, sexually assaulted, beaten and forced to eat rat droppings had a relationship with one of the suspects and was involved in a domestic dispute with the man in July, Logan County Prosecutor Brian Abraham said today.
State Police arrested Bobby Brewster on July 18 and charged him with domestic battery, domestic assault and giving false information to an officer. ">>>>

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theNotoriousP.I.G. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 12:34 PM
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6. lock them up
and throw away the keys. Fuckers never need see the cold light of day again. Reminds me of the X-Files episode "Home" about a family of violent inbreds.
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 12:42 PM
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7. Revenge for Channon Christian murder?
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 01:23 PM
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11. I hate to say it, but ol' Charlie has a point.
Damn, that was a pretty gruesome account.
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 01:34 PM
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12. Right. When black people are on trial for killing white people there's never any media coverage
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 01:39 PM
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13. And white people let the bastard off the hook.
Because the idiots were so entranced by his 'celebrity' status.
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 08:35 PM
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16. Charlie was wrong
The Christian case did receive a lot of news coverage, but wingers like Charlie chose to use it as an opportunity to fan the flames of racism among their ranks. I received dozens of spam emails from conservative acquaintances about the case, all full of anger and vitriol.

Let's hope the recent rape and torture of the black woman by whites isn't blowback.
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VWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 01:04 PM
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8. How long before Limbaugh
calls these actions just "silly fraternity pranks"?
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 02:06 PM
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14. One of these sick fucks had only served 5 years for murder? God help us
This story is sickening.
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