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muriel_volestrangler

(102,047 posts)
Wed Apr 3, 2024, 07:25 AM Apr 2024

Ringleader of global monkey torture network, 'The Torture King', is charged

Before you scroll down, guess the 2 flags he had prominently on his wall at home. No prizes.

The details are horrific - don't go to the link if you don't want (but don't worry, no pictures of the monkeys, just the sadist).

A ringleader in a global monkey torture network exposed by the BBC has been charged by US federal prosecutors.

Michael Macartney, 50, who went by the alias "Torture King", was charged in Virginia with conspiracy to create and distribute animal-crushing videos.

Mr Macartney was one of three key distributors identified by the BBC Eye team during a year-long investigation into sadistic monkey torture groups.

Two women have also been charged in the UK following the investigation.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68716467





And the flags? Well, no surprise, really ...



















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Ringleader of global monkey torture network, 'The Torture King', is charged (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Apr 2024 OP
Evil Duncanpup Apr 2024 #1
Effin monster malaise Apr 2024 #2
What a disgusting POS cate94 Apr 2024 #3
Pos XanaDUer2 Apr 2024 #4
Oh god XanaDUer2 Apr 2024 #5
... Hugin Apr 2024 #7
A few "making the punishment fit the crime" scenarios just flashed through my mind... Hugin Apr 2024 #6
Now, there's a kink I didn't know about. malthaussen Apr 2024 #8
This just makes my heart hurt....... a kennedy Apr 2024 #9
Will he plead Executive Privilege if Trump selects him for VP? Ping Tung Apr 2024 #10
What a sick despicable human being. He should be tortured. Fla Dem Apr 2024 #11
sick beyond words DoBW Apr 2024 #12
I can't stand any of these magats. BlueKota Apr 2024 #13
There's a global torture network? Wtf. Duncan Grant Apr 2024 #14
Great advertisement for Trump and Lost Cause assholes. Martin68 Apr 2024 #15
I read this earlier today yourmovemonkey Apr 2024 #16
This monster should get life in prison. Elessar Zappa Apr 2024 #17

malthaussen

(17,498 posts)
8. Now, there's a kink I didn't know about.
Wed Apr 3, 2024, 11:53 AM
Apr 2024

Can't say my life is much improved by the knowledge, either.

WTAF. If he's really entitled to have that 82nd Airborne flag, I hope they formally drum him off the roster.

-- Mal

Ping Tung

(1,066 posts)
10. Will he plead Executive Privilege if Trump selects him for VP?
Wed Apr 3, 2024, 11:58 AM
Apr 2024

He looks like the type to be a loyal Trumpeteer.

BlueKota

(2,887 posts)
13. I can't stand any of these magats.
Wed Apr 3, 2024, 12:35 PM
Apr 2024

Hope they all get their comeuppance someday soon especially their leader. If I had to ever choose who to help save in a life threatening situation, them or the monkies, I'd 100 percent choose the monkies.

Duncan Grant

(8,388 posts)
14. There's a global torture network? Wtf.
Wed Apr 3, 2024, 12:58 PM
Apr 2024

If anyone wants to jettison the entire torture network into the cold vacuum of space, I won’t stand in your way.

yourmovemonkey

(268 posts)
16. I read this earlier today
Wed Apr 3, 2024, 06:31 PM
Apr 2024

I wish I hadn't. I just don't understand what is so horribly broken inside people like this. What need does such an awful thing fulfill?

Elessar Zappa

(15,095 posts)
17. This monster should get life in prison.
Wed Apr 3, 2024, 06:39 PM
Apr 2024

Animal cruelty laws need to be overhauled so the punishment fits the crime.

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