shockedcanadian
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This is a crazy story. They even used his dog to get him emotional about it, they said they might have to put down the dog since he witnessed him murder his dad. The problem is, his dad was at the airport going to visit his sister.
This is what people don't understand. You can wear down anyone over time. You can make people be agreeable to anything under duress. $900K for the taxpayers to dish out. Was this California or Ontario policing? Not very honourable even though they didn't beat him or plant evidence.
be a Mensch, not a mouse.
Fontana, California CNN —
Tom Perez called the local police non-emergency line to report his elderly father missing. Thirty-six hours later, Perez was on a psychiatric hold in a hospital, having been pressured into confessing he killed his dad and trying to take his own life.
His father was alive and there had been no murder.
No one told Perez. Instead, police continued investigating him, looking for a victim who did not exist.
That was six years ago, in August 2018. His hometown of Fontana, California, paid $900,000 to settle his claims against the police, but Perez says no one from the city has ever apologized. Nor is there any indication there was an internal investigation into why detective after detective, supervisor after supervisor, allowed the questioning of Perez to continue for hour after hour.
Since then, many of the police officers involved have been promoted. And Perez feels there has still been no explanation for why he was treated so badly.
CNN became aware of this story when the settlement was publicized. We obtained some interrogation videos and spent weeks poring through records and interviews, many of which have not been made public because of a protective order, to try to ascertain what led to what one expert in policing called “one of the most disturbing things I’ve seen.”
This is what people don't understand. You can wear down anyone over time. You can make people be agreeable to anything under duress. $900K for the taxpayers to dish out. Was this California or Ontario policing? Not very honourable even though they didn't beat him or plant evidence.
be a Mensch, not a mouse.
Fontana, California CNN —
Tom Perez called the local police non-emergency line to report his elderly father missing. Thirty-six hours later, Perez was on a psychiatric hold in a hospital, having been pressured into confessing he killed his dad and trying to take his own life.
His father was alive and there had been no murder.
No one told Perez. Instead, police continued investigating him, looking for a victim who did not exist.
That was six years ago, in August 2018. His hometown of Fontana, California, paid $900,000 to settle his claims against the police, but Perez says no one from the city has ever apologized. Nor is there any indication there was an internal investigation into why detective after detective, supervisor after supervisor, allowed the questioning of Perez to continue for hour after hour.
Since then, many of the police officers involved have been promoted. And Perez feels there has still been no explanation for why he was treated so badly.
CNN became aware of this story when the settlement was publicized. We obtained some interrogation videos and spent weeks poring through records and interviews, many of which have not been made public because of a protective order, to try to ascertain what led to what one expert in policing called “one of the most disturbing things I’ve seen.”
