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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – This week, as millions
of Americans demand that Guantanamo Bay guards be prosecuted for war
crimes, it seems that some of them may be getting jobs as cops instead.
It was recently reported that large numbers of
military police officers who were formerly stationed at the infamous
torture prisons, are now getting jobs as local cops, and could be coming
to a town near you. The Worcester Police department in Massachusetts is
testing a pilot program, in which former Guantanamo prison guards will be given jobs as police.
Although it is common practice for police departments to hire from the military, Worcester police sergeant
Richard Cipro said that this is the first program in the country to
specifically recruits from military prisons. He called the effort a
“life-changing opportunity” when speaking to new recruits during a
recent training class.
New recruits from Guantanamo Bay receive a
full-time, paid 35 week training course which is apparently designed to
help them make the transition from military police to neighborhood cop.
Each class is filled with dozens of potential recruits, many of whom
have worked in Guantanamo Bay. There are many hundreds and even
thousands more who worked at lesser known military prison camps that are
run in very much the same way, being accepted to police departments
nationwide.
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