NYC woman gets probation for smuggling monkey meat

AP ^

[Chet 99]

NEW YORK — A New York City woman who was caught smuggling monkey meat through Customs has been sentenced to probation.

Mamie Manneh was arrested in 2006 after agents seized a shipment of dozens of primate parts hidden in a batch of smoked fish.

[FormerACLUmember]

tastes like chicken.....

[cripplecreek]

Oh man, nothing worse than biting into a piece of fishy monkey meat.

[bitterohiogunclinger]

I don’t understand. Was it mutilated monkey meat? What’s the big deal?

[BenLurkin]

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/monkeys.wav

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

To the tune of “The Old Grey Mare”

Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,
Mutilated monkey meat
Dirty little birdie feet.
Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,
And me without my spoon.

But they had straws!

[puppypusher]

This bimbo should have got life in prison for that stunt.Monkey Meat is a prime vector for the Ebola virus.

I’d hate to see that crap in this country.

[greatdefender]

Mamie Manneh was arrested in 2006 after agents seized a shipment of dozens of primate parts hidden in a batch of smoked fish

Sound like it was salmon steaks to me.

[hal ogen]

Of course. Nobama’s family need something to serve at the White House.

[Liberty Valance]

monkey meat is terrible .... I promise

but cat cleans up real good and tastes a lot like chicken - honest!

[rsobin]

Mutilated monkey meat?

[RichInOC]

The Rally Monkey frowns upon your shenanigans.

[anglian]

"The judge ultimately rejected that defense but gave Manneh a lenient sentence because she has 11 children and is mentally ill."

"mild mental retardation," according to court papers.

Problem solved right there.

[kingattax]

Mamie Manneh

[anglian]

Closing the curtain on a four-year saga that raised issues of freedom of religion and freedom of speech, a West Brighton woman was sentenced today to three years’ probation for smuggling illegal monkey parts, known as bushmeat, into the country.

Ms. Manneh and members of Christ Memorial Christian Church, which she attended in Stapleton, maintained that eating primate parts conforms with their religious beliefs. Doing so imbues them with the cunning and agile animal’s spiritual power while also helping them "get closer to God."

The wildlife parts carry the risk of "numerous" infectious diseases, including tuberculosis and Ebola.

The judge said her faith didn’t bar Ms. Manneh from applying for the necessary permits to import the animal parts, and she did not explain why she had misled border officials.

[hellbender]

Manneh's lawyers argued that she and other African immigrants on Staten Island needed the meat for religious reasons.

I wonder if they'll try that defense if African immigrants are caught smuggling in parts of albinos or human babies.

[anglian]

It gets worse. Manneh is already serving a two-year sentence in state prison for trying to run over a woman she suspected of sleeping with her husband, Zanger Jefferson. If convicted of the federal charges she faces up to five more years in prison and deportation. “The government’s taking a woman away from her children,” complained Jefferson, who’s struggling to raise the children alone. “It’s very depressing, especially with the holidays right around the corner.” http://www.daylife.com/photo/068X2K2crX0xe

[Grim]

Mmmmmmm. Chilled monkey brains.

[dangus]

Is that what they call it these days? “Smuggling monket meat?”

[anglian]

Federal Judge Raymond Dearie ruled that Mamie Manneh shouldn’t be put behind bars for illegally trying to sneak 720 pounds of bushmeat including limbs, skulls and torsos...
Dearie gave her a stern warning not to violate her probationary terms. Her long rap sheet includes charges of selling stolen clothing and running down her husband’s girlfriend with an SUV.