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College student locked away, forgotten in DEA holding cell for four days, no food, water or toilet
Tampa Bay Times ^ | 5/3/2012 | Jeff McDonald

Posted on 05/03/2012 5:06:17 AM PDT by Shane

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To: 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.


21 posted on 05/03/2012 5:45:50 AM PDT by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
So a druggie buy some drugs at a flophouse, passes out, and gets swept up with the rest of the trash? Why I don't feel outraged?

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.

22 posted on 05/03/2012 5:46:43 AM PDT by Lazamataz (To the wall, street occupiers!!!!! (credit: WilliamofCarmichael))
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To: ltc8k6

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.


23 posted on 05/03/2012 5:49:41 AM PDT by Tupelo ( 2012 TEA PARTYER but no longer a Republican)
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To: TexasFreeper2009

These DEA idiots will get a secret commendation from Zero for breaking new ground as we move “Forward” toward a totalitarian state.


24 posted on 05/03/2012 5:50:16 AM PDT by bytesmith
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To: rawhide
Cool. If you are ever locked up...even if you did something wrong...it's nice to know that you think an American Citizen deserves to be treated like this. Perhaps they can give your family the $1K if you don't make it.

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.

25 posted on 05/03/2012 5:53:51 AM PDT by NELSON111
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“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.


26 posted on 05/03/2012 5:57:38 AM PDT by Shane (When Injustice Becomes Law, RESISTANCE Becomes DUTY.----T.Jefferson)
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To: ltc8k6
19 million for the lawyer - 1 million for the victim - that's how the corrupt system works.
27 posted on 05/03/2012 5:58:33 AM PDT by Apercu ("Obama is graffiti on the wall of American History")
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To: Michael.SF.

And your point is? The were BOTH wrong!


28 posted on 05/03/2012 5:59:21 AM PDT by Shane (When Injustice Becomes Law, RESISTANCE Becomes DUTY.----T.Jefferson)
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To: bgill
Who ingests unknown powdery substances? People who are locked in a cell without food and water for days...that's who. Use your head.

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.

29 posted on 05/03/2012 6:00:33 AM PDT by NELSON111
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To: rawhide

“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.


30 posted on 05/03/2012 6:02:25 AM PDT by Shane (When Injustice Becomes Law, RESISTANCE Becomes DUTY.----T.Jefferson)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
“Why I don't feel outraged?”

Because you are a leftist control freak.

31 posted on 05/03/2012 6:02:35 AM PDT by starlifter (Pullum sapit)
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To: bgill

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


32 posted on 05/03/2012 6:03:35 AM PDT by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
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To: NELSON111

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.


33 posted on 05/03/2012 6:14:30 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Would you rather eat dog food or cat food? Guess it's Romney 2012.)
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To: Shane

No one scan survive 40 days without water. The guy is dead or a liar,


34 posted on 05/03/2012 6:14:34 AM PDT by mountainlion (I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
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To: mountainlion
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.

35 posted on 05/03/2012 6:17:45 AM PDT by Lazamataz (To the wall, street occupiers!!!!! (credit: WilliamofCarmichael))
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Four days without water can kill.


36 posted on 05/03/2012 6:18:37 AM PDT by Lazamataz (To the wall, street occupiers!!!!! (credit: WilliamofCarmichael))
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To: EQAndyBuzz

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 deserve a payout. He does. I am just saying that this seems a bit over sensationalized.


37 posted on 05/03/2012 6:19:14 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Would you rather eat dog food or cat food? Guess it's Romney 2012.)
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To: rawhide

$500,000 is about right.


38 posted on 05/03/2012 6:22:05 AM PDT by frithguild (You can call me Snippy the Anti-Freeper)
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To: Shane

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.


39 posted on 05/03/2012 6:22:42 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (We the People are coming!!)
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To: rawhide

Lock me up to the point I am forced to drink my urine... yeah, $20 million sounds about right.


40 posted on 05/03/2012 6:22:50 AM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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