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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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[-] magnusrufus@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

The start of the conversation seems to be someone saying that what he did was fucked up and he deserves more than 5 years for it. Then you wanted to make a distinction about his role in the torture for entertainment industry. If your point was that the people committing the torture directly should receive longer sentences than him then you did just about the worst job possible to convey that.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago

Yes, running chat groups is not as bad as actually torturing and killing monkeys.

I made it pretty clear yesterday.

[-] magnusrufus@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

No you didn't. That doesn't make your supposed point that the people that did the torture directly deserve more time in jail than him. You took a weird stand at a weird time and communicated it very poorly the whole way through.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago

Yes it does. "A weird time"? I don't choose to post at specific times of the day. Never mind then.

[-] magnusrufus@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

No it doesn't. It says nothing about relative jail time. The weird time is the point of the conversation you joined in at.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Of course it doesn't, I wasn't addressing that specifically, but you can understand that is part and parcel of what a 'worse' crime should get.

What is weird about joining a conversation at the start?

[-] magnusrufus@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Then what exactly were you addressing? You haven't made the intent of your initial comment clear at all. SeaJ said that what the guy did was fucked up and deserves more jail time. What does that have to do with your comment? He didn't say anything about the sentencing for the others.

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