After being arrested Mr. Lynn Burgher an unemployed man with a College degree in Transgendered Eskimo Lesbian Studies claims he was tortured by police in a manner similar to waterboarding. "I was at the Occupy site demanding that the Government pay off my $75,000 dollar student loan as it has been difficult to find a job even with my valuable degree" Mr. Burgher stated, "And all of the sudden the police just arrested me out of the blue while I was conducting a little private business of my own behind a tree"
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Mr. Burgher then related that was just the beginning of his ordeal. "Next thing you know I am in the local jail holding area waiting to be processed in and then these two big police officers grab me and order me to strip naked" a visibly shaken Mr. Burgher began to say as he recalled the events. "And then they just dragged me into a small metal cube surrounded by three thin steel walls and ordered me to stand there....naked". Asked to further describe the torture area Mr. Burgher further elaborated. "It was nothing that I had ever seen before, it had this weird looking nozzle thing in the middle wall that was just above my head and two dial looking things in the middle area" he stated. "It also had in the middle of the dial area a metal dish that held a white cake like substance, I never saw anything like that thing before".

Mr. Burgher then claims the two officers shouted at him, " Well what are you waiting for?" further confusing him. "I had no idea what they wanted from me at that point" he said. Being unable to understand what the officers wanted Mr. Burgher claims one of the officers then reached in and turned one of the dials and soon Mr. Burgher thought he was drowning. "All of this water started all of the sudden just pouring out from the nozzle" he stated, "I thought this was it they are going to drown me". Mr. Burgher said he just closed his eyes at that time and was waiting for the water to rise to finish him off when all of the sudden the police attacked him with a scrub brush. " I yelled STOP but they kept scrubbing away on my naked body and they also grabbed that white looking cake thing and started to rub that thing all over me". Mr Burgher had to stop talking for few moments and compose himself. "Never in a million years did I think I'd ever see such a horrid place as that torture room" he said softly.
When questioned about Mr. Burgher allegations local police spokesman stated that it was normal policy to arrest people for public urination and that having inmates take a shower and using soap before being processed into jail was normal procedure.

When informed of the police response to his allegations Mr. Burgher stated, "What the heck is a shower and this soap thing that they are talking about?".