Fontana, CA Police Threaten To Kill Man's Dog If He Does Not Falsely Confess To Killing Father

Posted • October 11, 2024: A Southern California man has been awarded $900,000 in a legal settlement. He has been reunited with his psychiatric medication, his father isn't dead, his suicide attempt failed, and his dog wasn't put down. Now the bad news. Thomas Perez, Jr. was so convinced that police would euthanize his dog for being traumatized from having watched him stab his father to death, that he confessed to a murder to save it. Did I mention that there was no murder? "Daddy's dead and it's your fault," one cop said to the man who had reported his father and housemate missing. That was the beginning of his tortured interrogation with Fontana police detectives, who, somewhere along the line, decided Perez had actually killed his dad, though there was no evidence.

His confession came during a 17-hour long "interview" in 2018 with Fontana police officers, who denied the realtor and contractor his psych meds, lied about his father to elicit a confession, and threatened to euthanize his beloved dog unless he coughed up what they wanted. ⚠️ California Police Subjected a Man To a Grueling 17-hour interrogation, Accusing Him Of Killing His Father, Who Was Actually Alive. In a Distressing incident At The Fontana Police Department, Thomas Perez Jr. Was Subjected To Extreme Psychological Pressure During An interrogation. The Footage Shows Perez Jr. Crying, Pulling Out His Hair, Tearing Off His Shirt, And Lying Next To His Dog, Whom Officers Threatened To Euthanized. This Occurred While They Were Coercing Him To Confess To Killing His Father, Thomas Perez Sr.

Perez Jr. Was interrogated For 17 Hours, During Which Detectives Repeatedly Told Him His Father Was Dead And Even Brought His Dog into The Room, Threatening To Put The Dog Down if He Did Not Confess. The Stress And Coercion Led To Perez Jr. Breaking Down And Falsely Confessing To The Crime. The Reality Was That His Father Was Alive And Well, Unaware Of The Situation, And Eventually Contacted The Police To Clarify His Whereabouts. This Case Resulted in a Lawsuit Against The City Of Fontana For Psychological Torture, Which Was Settled For Nearly $900,000. https://x.com/Honestina_Ofoha/status/1795569936456151117 -- A judge called the detectives' treatment of him "unconstitutional psychological torture." In footage of the interrogation above, Perez became so distraught that he began pulling his hair out, hitting himself, and ripping his shirt open. His lawsuit claimed the "suspect" asked for his psych meds and begged to be seen by a doctor. Police told him he didn't need medical help.

Detectives told the "murderer" that they found blood all over the home, which his dog had wandered into and spread throughout the house, and that a police dog sniffed out human remains in his home. The Daily Telegraph reported that the cops told the mentally ill man other big whoppers: After several hours, detectives falsely told Mr Perez that his father’s body had been located with stab wounds, the complaint says. At this point, Mr Perez falsely confessed and was left alone in the room, where he then tried to hang himself. Jerry Steering, Mr Perez’s lawyer said: “This case shows that if the police are skilled enough, and they grill you hard enough, they can get anybody to confess to anything.” Cops can lie but you can't in an interrogation. In this case, Perez did lie. He didn't do it. Perez and his attorney settled for the $900 thousand, fearing that due to qualified immunity, a jury wouldn't come back with an award that large.

And when did cops find out dad was alive? During Perez's 72-hour involuntary psychiatric hold. But police didn't tell the "suspect" the good news, and during that time, he believed both his dad and his dog were dead. That's also when the cops finally read Perez his rights. Oh, and where was dad? He was off seeing a lady friend for a couple of days. I respect and admire police officers. I know their jobs are hard and that they often confront dirtbag rapists and murderers. Seldom does this kind of interrogation happen. But it did. Though news of the settlement trickled out in September, Fontana police still have not commented. (…)

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