California man awarded nearly $1M after 17-hour police interrogation
Al Mayadeen English
4 min readPolice officers coerced Thomas Perez Jr. by threatening harm to his dog, compelling him to falsely confess to murdering his father, who was alive.
Thomas Perez during his 17-hour interrogation by Fontana police in California in 2018. (Fontana police footage released by attorney Jerry Steering)
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