Althouse: "The container the suspects called 'the treatment room' contained a dental chair with straps to lash one's arms to its armrests and handcuffs at its footrest."

July 8, 2020

"The container the suspects called 'the treatment room' contained a dental chair with straps to lash one's arms to its armrests and handcuffs at its footrest."

"Bags were also found in the so-called torture chamber, the statement said, containing 'pruning shears, loppers, branch saws, scalpels, pliers, extra handcuffs, finger cuffs, tape, balaclavas and black cotton bags that can be pulled over the head.'... According to the prosecutor's office, amid their investigation police intercepted encrypted phone messages, some of which contained photos of the containers and the dental chair. 'If I have him on the chair more will come,' one of the messages said, according to the National Prosecutor's Office, 'but the dog is missing.'"

From "Dutch police discover 'underworld' prison with torture chamber in shipping containers" (UPI).

33 comments:

traditionalguy said...: Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. I suspect the Cancel Culture has upped its game.; 7/8/20, 10:26 AM
tcrosse said...: Is it safe?; 7/8/20, 10:32 AM
rcocean said...: A Dental Chair? I would think that a record of "Little polked-dot bikini" would be all that was needed.; 7/8/20, 10:34 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Sadistic drug traffickers?
what the hell?

Is it for revenge against rival drug dealers? rival gangs?
narks?
anyone who gets in the way?

or merely the grand scheme of a sadistic super-psycho?; 7/8/20, 10:38 AM
Fernandinande said...: North Africans doing the work others won't do. Or at least trying to.; 7/8/20, 10:39 AM
Robert Edick said...: Is it safe?; 7/8/20, 10:42 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Why does it say "extra handcuffs"?

The pruning shears, loppers, branch saws, scalpels, pliers... those were all just the minimal amount?; 7/8/20, 10:45 AM
Char Char Binks, Esq. said...: Extra handcuffs just in case.; 7/8/20, 10:48 AM
Ice Nine said...: >>Why does it say "extra handcuffs"?
The pruning shears, loppers, branch saws, scalpels, pliers... those were all just the minimal amount?<<

All handcuffs are extra after they use those tools.; 7/8/20, 10:56 AM
JRoberts said...: Gee, there for a moment I thought the passage was describing Kermit Gosnell's office...; 7/8/20, 10:56 AM
TreeJoe said...: You can tell it was never used. Just saying.; 7/8/20, 11:09 AM
Wince said...: Always write down an easy to pronounce English "SAFEWORD."; 7/8/20, 11:10 AM
Francisco D said...: rcocean said...A Dental Chair? I would think that a record of "Little polked-dot bikini" would be all that was needed.

James Cagney and Horst Bucholtz could not be reached for comment.; 7/8/20, 11:11 AM
Rory said...: "black cotton bags that can be pulled over the head"

A breathable fabric.

You need extra handcuffs. People lose keys.; 7/8/20, 11:11 AM
Kassaar said...: A Google search (“extra handboeien”) gave me the impression that the second pair is used to chain the victim to some immovable object, so he can’t run away.; 7/8/20, 11:15 AM
William said...: As Bleach Bit points out, the details are sketchy. Without naming names, who were the targets and what was the background of those involved in this extravagantly monstrous scheme? The reticence of the report makes me suspect that the perps are not neo-Nazis or Trump supporters. To be fair, there is no mention of any apparatus for water boarding so there were limits to their monstrosity.; 7/8/20, 11:16 AM
Tomcc said...: 6 men arrested and two BMW's seized. That's a high ratio of assholes to BMW's.; 7/8/20, 11:29 AM
wild chicken said...: Yet they legalized pot and prostitution long ago.

You mean to tell me there are still illicit activities going on?

#LegalizeEveryrhing; 7/8/20, 11:37 AM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: Oh, Damn! I was hoping it was something they found under Jeffery Epstein's house!; 7/8/20, 11:39 AM
Yancey Ward said...: 50/50 this is just a hoax, but one that is going to cost the perpetrators dearly.; 7/8/20, 11:43 AM
Kirk Parker said...: Life pauses its annoying imitation of Tom Wolfe and Kurt Schlichter novels, and imitates Tom Kratman for a while. Not sure it's an improvement.; 7/8/20, 11:47 AM
Andrew said...: Wow. That was fast. Great minds think alike.

But here's the actual clip:
https://youtu.be/c-OviftusB8; 7/8/20, 11:52 AM
Virgil Hilts said...: When I read the description I thought - having watched Hostel (but not Hostel II) -- this sounds like there must be an Amsterdam/Netherlands connection!
Nice not to be disappointed.; 7/8/20, 12:08 PM
AllenS said...: When simple water boarding just isn't enough.; 7/8/20, 12:19 PM
Michael K said...: NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...
Oh, Damn! I was hoping it was something they found under Jeffery Epstein's house!

You know, that exact thought occurred to me.; 7/8/20, 12:24 PM
TheThinMan said...: No names mentioned = not white Europeans; 7/8/20, 12:50 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: Who are the suspects?; 7/8/20, 1:14 PM
narciso said...: could be moroccans recall there was a gang that had infiltrated geert wilders security detail, I can't think of another reason, they would not name the suspects,; 7/8/20, 1:45 PM
Tom T. said...: The dog is missing? Good Lord, don't kill the dog. We've all seen "John Wick."; 7/8/20, 2:23 PM
Tyrone Slothrop said...: Zero mention of who these men were, or who their intended victims were. I smell a politically correct coverup.; 7/8/20, 2:27 PM
n.n said...: Without admitting privileges, too.; 7/8/20, 3:42 PM
Joe Smith said...: Once again, in San Francisco, many people pay extra for that : ); 7/8/20, 3:50 PM
cubanbob said...: According to the article they got 90 days detention. What a joke.; 7/8/20, 11:51 PM