Criminal law, Society

Man Charged with Domestic Assault for Waterboarding Girlfriend

A 22-year-old Nebraska man named Trevor Case suspected that his girlfriend Danielle Stallworth might be cheating on him. In order to elicit information from Stallworth, the mother of his child, Case decided to employ an “enhanced interrogation technique” on her. He waterboarded Stallworth to find out if she had been unfaithful!

Police in Lincoln, Nebraska, allege that Case bound Stallworth’s wrists and ankles, stuffed “hospital socks” in her mouth, and put a t-shirt over her head. Case then allegedly poured a pitcher of water over her head. When the victim felt she couldn’t breathe, she began “freaking out.”

Lincoln police have charged Case with domestic assault, false imprisonment, and making terroristic threats in connection with the incident.

In his piece, “The wretched mind of the American authoritarian,” Glenn Greenwald writes the following: “Decadent governments often spawn a decadent citizenry.  A 22-year-old Nebraska resident was arrested yesterday for waterboarding his girlfriend as she was tied to a couch, because he wanted to know if she was cheating on him with another man; I wonder where he learned that?”

I don’t think we have to wonder where Trevor Case learned that, do we?

– Elaine Magliaro, Guest Blogger

Source: The Smoking Gun

45 thoughts on “Man Charged with Domestic Assault for Waterboarding Girlfriend”

  1. anon nurse Good morning to you too. I am not going to live in fear. One has to learn to be resourceful and take care of one’s self and one’s family in the best way we can. Don’t give into fear. Be proactive. It might not take too long for these middle class Americans to figure out that the tea party republicans have nothing to offer them.

  2. According to the Justice Department, no crime has been committed.. IF they charge him with a crime, they also MUST perp-walk chimpy bush and darth cheeeeney out of their homes to the US Marshall’s van in cuffs.

  3. David wrote:

    “Obama’s worst sin, in my view, is putting a bipartisan stamp on “the dark side,” ensuring that it continues and perhaps expands.”

    Well said. And there has been a “trickle-down” effect. It’s not just the police who are participating in abuse (and, yes, even torture) — some in our “community watch groups” are playing a part, as well. Community-oriented policing has, in effect, resulted in a sort of deputization of some community members.

    We live in a “24” culture, where a certain type of individual loves the thought of being a spy or helping the police fight “the war on terror. And these folks have been playing their parts well. It’s a system that’s out of control and thriving, apparently.

  4. eniobob
    1, November 1, 2010 at 10:57 am
    anon nurse;

    “Good morning. (It’s hovering around the freezing mark in NY and I’m not ready for winter.)”

    ==============================================================

    Good morning all. It’s cold here in Ohio.

    Well, tomorrow is the day … I will be on pins and needles …

  5. From that same Krugman article:

    “Now, the government shutdown ended up hurting Republicans politically, and some observers seem to assume that memories of that experience will deter the G.O.P. from being too confrontational this time around. But the lesson current Republicans seem to have drawn from 1995 isn’t that they were too confrontational, it’s that they weren’t confrontational enough.”

    Well some people don’t believe in wet paint signs either,and these are the ones who will be pulling the lever tommorow for this same party.And again at one time this was a party of moderation and what ever disagreements there were they use to try to compromise for the good of the country.

  7. eniobob –

    “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” – Oscar Wilde (“The Decay of Lying”, 1889)

    We’re getting closer. (Thanks for that…)

  8. I sat in a proffer the other day on a drug case and noticed the narcotics detective’s knuckles were bloody. Either he works on cars on the weekends or the idea that some people are so bad that we are justified in breaking the law in enforcing it is trickling down to local police forces. I’m not naive and know this happened before “enhanced interrogation” but calling it that instead of torture ensured that many more interrogators are going to “work the dark side,” as Cheney said, whether it be dealing with suspected terrorists or suspected drug dealers on the local level.

    Obama’s worst sin, in my view, is putting a bipartisan stamp on “the dark side,” ensuring that it continues and perhaps expands.

    Condi Rice appeared in my city last week at a hospital benefit and I wondered if they knew they were hosting someone who is almost certainly a war criminal.

  9. anon nurse;

    “Good morning. (It’s hovering around the freezing mark in NY and I’m not ready for winter.)”

    Tell me about it,same here in Jersey.

    ” And these folks will do just about anything that’s asked of them.”Bings to mind this series:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TfdA9fWb_g

  10. Swarthmore mom,

    Good morning. (It’s hovering around the freezing mark in NY and I’m not ready for winter.)

    Appreciate your insights. Have you read Krugman’s book, “The Great Unraveling”, by any chance? I highly recommend it. In one of Krugman’s columns last week, he wrote (and you’ve probaly read the column): “So if the elections go as expected next week, here’s my advice: Be afraid. Be very afraid.”

    Given the things that I’m seeing on the streets of America, I’m already afraid.

    I saw a stat last night — maybe somewhere in this blog. If correct, something like 45% of all Americans have $10,000 or less in retirement savings. Many are just trying to survive and, as you say, the corporations are in control — they already have some people just where they want them, which is relatively powerless. And these folks will do just about anything that’s asked of them.

    The wheels are in motion; corpations (via our government — our plutocracy) already have their boots on the ground in our communities; and it may already be too late. Where this will end is anyone’s guess but, as I’ve said, ad nauseum, given my seat in this tragedy, we’re moving in the direction of a fascist state. But it’s still hard for some to believe that it could happen here and, as a result, it’s progressing without any apparent pushback.

    ( a link to the Krugman column “Divided We Fail”
    mentioned above: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/opinion/29krugman.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss)

  12. Swarthmore mom:

    Now that is what I call a great “twofer”

    “It looks like a wave and nothing will stop it until independent voters realize in 2012 that the tea party actually made them even worse off. Looks likes a good time to invest in the stock market as corporations will rule.”

  13. anon nurse We know what the the tea party is about, but white middle class Americans especially males are voting for them. Paul Krugman says they will actually be hurting themselves by voting republican because there will be no more stimulus and benefits will be cut. It looks like a wave and nothing will stop it until independent voters realize in 2012 that the tea party actually made them even worse off. Looks likes a good time to invest in the stock market as corporations will rule.

  15. He’ll soon be working the streets of America with the goons, thugs, and “muscle” put there by the previous administration. Perhaps he’s already working the streets,so to speak, but decided to take his work home.

  16. Does he get to move to an undisclosed location and shoot a “friend” in the face now or does he go to prison?

  17. And they say video games are dangerous,I’m quite sure he got the idea from that innocent looking tv.

  18. Drastic circomstances require what… ? Yes! Who said that!?
    Seems as clear and present a danger as Iraq..

    Torture is always in the beholder of someone else’s eye and asking politely is so eighties..

    Probably a good parent, though, at age 22… mentally most likely on par with the infant.

  20. So whats the big deal? You know how many people were doing this to on a daily basis? Why should this guy be punished for something we, as a nation, have decided is ok?

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