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A ringleader in a global monkey torture network exposed by the BBC has been charged by US federal prosecutors.

Michael Macartney, 50, who went by the alias "Torture King", was charged in Virginia with conspiracy to create and distribute animal-crushing videos.

Mr Macartney was one of three key distributors identified by the BBC Eye team during a year-long investigation into sadistic monkey torture groups.

Two women have also been charged in the UK following the investigation.

Warning: This article contains disturbing content

Mr Macartney, a former motorcycle gang member who previously spent time in prison, ran several chat groups for monkey torture enthusiasts from around the world on the encrypted messaging app Telegram.

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[-] DABDA@lemm.ee 13 points 7 months ago

I think I last heard the words "monkey torture" in the 'Barry Lutz Show' sketch by The State in 1994. Can't find a copy of it on YouTube, ebaumsworld has a copy but it didn't want to load for me and the site itself is ad heavy - direct link to the .flv should work but might not play natively in browser. To be clear, the video link is a comedy bit about psychologically torturing monkeys and doesn't show or inflict any harm to any.

I don't have anything meaningful to add to the discussion about the IRL monkey abuse so I'm hoping to inject a little bit of levity to an otherwise terrible subject.

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[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Death penalty would be appropriate here. I'm not a believer in general but what else can you do with this human trash?

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[-] crimsonpoodle@pawb.social 7 points 7 months ago

What the fuck what the fuck what the fuck

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Those monkey torture videos on youtube had some very disgusting comments, I'm glad I don't get these people at all.

[-] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Thousands of years ago smoke machine kicks on

Buried deep in our DNA are these types of people, and I've often thought of exactly why. Back in the jungle our species was born in, we NEEDED shitters. The original battle royal called nature was a harsh mistress, and we carefully evolved these types to carry us through the dark ages.

Sociopaths: to help manipulate the tribe into staying together

Psychopaths: to kill to defend the tribe

General Anxiety Disorders: to stay alert for threats to the tribe

Depression: to keep the tribe realistic about existing on planet earth

Personality disorders: to unlock the creativity it takes to get out of sticky situations

Schizophrenia: to give a sense of higher purpose to the tribe through delusions of grandeur

And so on. Plus when selecting for certain genes to keep the tribe strong, there will be unintended consequences.

I hope yall enjoyed my very unscientific ramblings about this.

[-] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago

dna: mutates randomly

lemmy comments: This is a grand plan to help our survival as a species! without monkey torture we wouldn't have made it through the before times!

nb: I did enjoy the unscientific fan fiction, please subscribe me to more evolutionary psychology facts

[-] shea 6 points 7 months ago

Evolution isn't a plan, its the result of the RaNdOm MuTaTiOnS. Which sometimes proved useful for the survival of the being that mutated, allowing them to pass on that gene. The above comment is speculating reasons that those particular mutations might have helped them and therefore allowed them to live to breed.

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[-] pyrate37@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Five years for this sick shit.

[-] dumbass@lemy.lol 5 points 7 months ago

Can we bring in eye for an eye executions? Like not for everyone but when you're such a horrible disgusting soulless monster and you do something on the level of this, can we do the same to them, slowly.

Simple execution or jail doesn't seem fitting for people like this.

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