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"Baby Shark," the viral song beloved by toddlers and the tune behind the second-most downvoted video on YouTube, was used to torture (tra tấn) prisoners (tù nhân) in Oklahoma County Jail, say three former inmates (cựu tù) who are now suing those who managed the facility at the time.

Daniel Hedrick, Joseph "Joey" Mitchell, and John Basco filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday seeking $75,000 in damages from Sheriff Tommie Johnson III, Oklahoma County commissioners, the jail trust, and two former detention (giam giữ) officers.

The ex-convicts said they were handcuffed and forced to stand against a wall for hours in 2019 while "Baby Shark" was played on loop at a high volume via a computer in the next room.

The lawsuit cites clinical psychologist John Mayer, who said in an article by the magazine Health that songs like "Baby Shark" can "elicit (gợi ra, moi) a painful reaction in the brain (não)" because they have "high-pitched tones" and "screechy" sounds that hurt one's ears.

The lawsuit added that loud music has previously been used to "harm and torment" prisoners in Auschwitz and Guantanamo Bay.

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