From the Great Shit You Probably Haven't Read files (h/t Weingarten), here's …
Michael Browning: Prisoner 97961 got a hernia a few weeks ago. He had to go to the hospital.
The jailers shackled him with handcuffs and leg irons. Eleven armed men escorted him in a three-car motorcade. He was admitted under a false name and brought to the operating room.
Doctors and nurses gaped as he was chained to the operating table. Two cops, scrubbed with antiseptic and wearing surgical masks and gowns, hovered over him during the operation. He was unconscious, but they were taking no chances. That night, around his bed, four guards kept vigil, dozing fitfully in their chairs.
Who is this guy, anyway?
He is Edwa…
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