New York State Senator Defends Call for Torture of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect

State Sen. Greg Ball (R- Patterson) sent a tweet on Friday that read, "So, scum bag #2 in custody. Who wouldn't use torture on this punk to save more lives?"

New York state Sen. Greg Ball (R) on Monday doubled down on his call to torture the Boston Marathon bombing suspect, saying that if he had the same opportunity after the attacks September 11, 2011, 'it would have been me Osama bin Laden and a baseball bat."

In a tweet on Friday, Ball had referred to bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev as "scum bag #2? and asked, "Who wouldn't use torture on this punk to save more lives?"