At one point during the interrogation, the investigators even threatened to have his pet Labrador Retriever, Margosha, euthanized as a stray, and brought the dog into the room so he could say goodbye. “OK? Your dog’s now gone, forget about it,” said an investigator.

Finally, after curling up with the dog on the floor, Perez broke down and confessed. He said he had stabbed his father multiple times with a pair of scissors during an altercation in which his father hit Perez over the head with a beer bottle.

Perez’s father wasn’t dead — or even missing. Thomas Sr. was at Los Angeles International Airport waiting for a flight to see his daughter in Northern California. But police didn’t immediately tell Perez.

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      I mean it sounds like they tortured this man for fun. Absolutely harrowing. ACAB holds true.

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      I mean, they’re not officers. They’re criminals in blue, hiding behind a badge.

      To these people, making sure everyone knows they’re ‘police’ is important to them, it’s they’re entire identity. So strip then of that.

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        But they are police officers, that’s the problem. And there are still others doing this and worse, and they’re all protected.