The Abu Ghraib of Los Angeles?
"Like members of street gangs, these deputies sport tattoos to signal their gang membership," the lawsuit alleges. "They beat up inmates to gain prestige among their peers, and 'earn their ink' by breaking inmates' bones."
I.
Do you remember
Childhood taunts
Fingers forced backward
Until one cried "mercy"?
II.
Games for grownups
Skin scarred
Do you remember
Childhood taunts
Fingers forced backward
Until one cried "mercy"?
II.
Games for grownups
Skin scarred
Inked affiliations
Guards in gangs
Breaking bones
Kicking inmates with steel toes
Locking helpless into wire cages
With rapists
Laughing at their shrill screams
For mercy
For mercy
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