Posted on 05/03/2012 5:06:17 AM PDT by Shane
While unfortunately the taxpayers will be on the hook for this, at bare minimum those responsible must be terminated immediately and never be allowed to hold ANY government job for the rest of their lives.
It is so easy to sue the big pockets of all of us and let the actual people responsible go. Fire their boss also as at one time we use to hold the boss accountable for the actions of those who worked for him/her. Remember the buck stops here? Now, thanks to progressives, the buck does not exist so they can claim it never got there.
Because you ignored the part where they nearly killed him from dehydration? Because it's a crime you don't like?
But when they come for you, because you own a gun they don't like, I'll still go to bat for ya.
Don’t worry, if the kid wins the lawsuit he will end up with about $1,000 after the lawyers and the government get their cut.
These DEA idiots will get a secret commendation from Zero for breaking new ground as we move “Forward” toward a totalitarian state.
The second we let our government treat ANY of us like this and then get away with it with nothing more than a slap on the wrist is the second we lose the Republic. It's sad to know that there are those out there like you who would justify away our rights.
“Why I don’t feel outraged?” if you feel no outrage then you have no sense of history or understand due process. If a druggie, as you put it, can be held in this manner you or anyone else can be held in this manner. You may recall Martin Niemöller’s famous quotation:
“ First they came for the communists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade
unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.”
You may want to think about this before you so cavalierly dismiss this incident.
And your point is? The were BOTH wrong!
Ever been dehydrated? Never been through military survival school? If you had...you would not be asking that question. There's not a whole lot of rational thoughts going on when you've been without water for that length of time. You tend to make very poor decisions...ESPECIALLY if you are not trained to recognize the signs of dehydrations. Heck...There are posts on this thread that aren't rational and I assume the posters ARE hydrated. Imagine what would happen if they had no water for 2-3 days.
“The guy filed a $20 million dollar lawsuit yesterday. Ridiculous! Maybe $1,000 dollars he deserves?”
You may want to rethink that position, and hope that you never find yourself locked up in a similar fashion.
Because you are a leftist control freak.
Reading over it again, I had the impression he ingested it after he had been in there for a few days, and was hallucinating. Possibly about the same time he was eating the shards of glass : |
This is troubling on sooo many levels.
May God guide our course.
Tatt
I am not a fan of the DEA, nor am I sympathetic to a druggie getting caught. While 4 days in a cell without water, food or toilet is excessive, this is a healthy 23 year old and he was not beaten, tortured or denigrated in any way by his captors.
Think of all the people that survive for days under the rubble of their homes because of earthquakes, tornados, etc.
Basically, this kid lawyered up and is sensationalizing the experience for maximum payout. And the newspaper is eating it up because it gives them the chance to take their pound of flesh from the government, which will somehow translate into “Bush’s Fault”
I am not saying he doesn’t a payout. I am just saying that this seems a bit over sensationaized.
No one scan survive 40 days without water. The guy is dead or a liar,
You misplaced your decimal point. The article says 400 days.
Four days without water can kill.
I am not a fan of the DEA, nor am I sympathetic to a druggie getting caught. While 4 days in a cell without water, food or toilet is excessive, this is a healthy 23 year old and he was not beaten, tortured or denigrated in any way by his captors.
Think of all the people that survive for days under the rubble of their homes because of earthquakes, tornados, etc.
Basically, this kid lawyered up and is sensationalizing the experience for maximum payout. And the newspaper is eating it up because it gives them the chance to take their pound of flesh from the government, which will somehow translate into Bushs Fault
I am not saying he doesnt deserve a payout. He does. I am just saying that this seems a bit over sensationalized.
$500,000 is about right.
I agree with many of the posters on here. Make this department of the DEA an example and fire all of them today.
Forgetting to turn the lights out before going home is one thing. Forgetting a human being in a cell to the point of near death is a whole different level of incompetence.
Lock me up to the point I am forced to drink my urine... yeah, $20 million sounds about right.
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