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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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[–] [email protected] 102 points 7 months ago (81 children)

Well I am shocked that a person like this would be A Trump supporter and love the Confederacy. /s

He should be up for now than 5 years. This is completely fucked.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 7 months ago

Ironically, his 5 year sentence would be longer than the Confederacy lasted.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 30 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Don't worry. Trump supporters will just hand wave this as some sort of false flag.

[–] AWistfulNihilist 15 points 7 months ago

LMAO, they'll call him a legitimate businessman running a legitimate business, why is the government getting in the way of a stand-up American's monkey-torture distribution network!

[–] capital 13 points 7 months ago

Whaaaaat? Confederate and Trump flags? I'm so surprised!

[–] Zahille7 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

With motherfuckin Ice Cube on a T-shirt that's hanging on the wall, too. Says "Boyz N Da Hood" and everything.

What song of his do you think this POS likes?

[–] PriorityMotif 5 points 7 months ago

That CAT shirt isn't a good look either. That company is full of sadistic fuckers. They'll probably promote him for this.

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