Warning: This is a story that will make you inwardly snigger, and then feel guilty cos you did!

In 2002, Huey Granger filed a report with local police claiming that his daughter had been attacked by her boyfriend. Granger is, apparently, mentally disabled. While Granger was at the police station, officers Keith Peterson and Jeff Thames decided to give him a "lie detector test" to check out the veracity of his story. The test involved putting a lampshade on Granger's head and attempting to get him to change his story.

Granger is now asking for $2 million in a civil lawsuit against the two men - the City have already wriggled out of the situation by saying that, as there was no documented "pattern or history of abuse" they could not be held responsible for the officers' actions.

At a hearing on Friday, Granger said, "I''m asking for $2 million tax free in my pocket and my insurance paid for the rest of my life."

Hmm - when will the light go on that he doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of getting that?

The case is scheduled for November 3rd this year.

MSNBC