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Update: Student abandoned in cell by DEA sues for $20 million


Daniel Chong, the San Diego college student who was left abandoned in a cell without food or water for five days by the DEA, filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking $20 million in damages, according to the San Diego Union Tribune.

As soon as Daniel Chong’s story broke yesterday, (after we’d processed our shock and outrage, of course) the inter-office banter turned toward one inevitability: this kid is going to sue the living shit out of the government. And he’s going to win.

The question became, How much? Surely it’d be a life-changing amount, as is only fair—Chong endured a life-changing ordeal. His lawsuit claims that his treatment amounts to torture, and he’s right. “The deprivation of food and water for four and one-half days while the person is handcuffed the entire time constitutes torture under both international and domestic law,” the claim says. Chong was reportedly so distressed during his deprivation that, convinced he was being left to die, he tried to kill himself by breaking his glasses and slicing his wrists.

Discussing Chong’s ordeal yesterday the question inevitably arose that we’ve all entertained in conversation a thousand times: How much would it take for you to endure that willingly? Would $20 million be enough? As one co-worker put it, “Five days of torture for a lifetime of pleasure?”

Of course, none of us can really imagine what it would be like to be in that cell and not know if you were coming out. The mental anguish is probably unfathomable, and probably something we’d all gladly trade $20 million to avoid.

At any rate, hopefully Chong will spend the rest of his days living lavishly as a penance for the DEA.

  1. May 03, 2012 at 2:11 pm, Kash Bailey said:

    Omg thats not even enough money.and someone or some people should be in prison for thier actions….

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  2. May 03, 2012 at 10:32 am, JTGSocial.Com Blog - Daniel Chong, University of California student left in a holding cell for 4 … – CBS News said:

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  3. May 03, 2012 at 10:55 am, Follow-Up of the Day: Student Left in Cell Sues DEA for $20M - The Daily What said:

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  4. May 03, 2012 at 3:39 pm, Mathieu Granzotto said:

    INB4 people starts saying he deserved that because he's a drug user.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 8:50 pm, David Obek said:

      So just cause he smoked pot you think he deserves that? God damn man.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 9:58 pm, Ryan Picklesthedrummer Twomey said:

      I don't think anyone could agree to that regardless of their stance on drug use.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 11:39 pm, Jeremy R Kroeker said:

      Ryan Picklesthedrummer Twomey Authoritarians? :P

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    • May 04, 2012 at 12:52 am, Ryan Picklesthedrummer Twomey said:

      Jeremy R Kroeker Any right minded individual I might add then ;P

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    • May 04, 2012 at 7:51 am, Julian Rodriguez said:

      David Obek I don't think you know how inb4 works.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 7:52 am, David Obek said:

      Julian Rodriguez not really no, but no one should go through what Chong did over weed.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 7:53 am, Ryan Picklesthedrummer Twomey said:

      David Obek For you good sir.
      http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=inb4

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    • May 04, 2012 at 12:45 pm, Kayla Vantrottington said:

      Ryan Picklesthedrummer Twomey No, they would, because there's still butthurt assholes out there. When Japan won the world cup people were posting "LOL WE WON WW2" and stupid petty bullshit like that.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 7:22 pm, Mathieu Granzotto said:

      David Obek and that's exactly my point, but you always have some wacko that would think 'you deserve hell'. Maybe here in US is less than brazil, but the majority would say he deserved punishment from the police (because justice doesnt work, so shortcut that) and are religious conservatives.

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  5. May 03, 2012 at 5:56 pm, Kyle Hall said:

    The members of the DEA that swept him up should face prison time as well.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 1:54 am, Jona Shelton said:

      I say they should lose their jobs too

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  6. May 03, 2012 at 6:47 pm, Michael Edward Hastings said:

    FUCK THE DEA.

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  7. May 03, 2012 at 6:49 pm, Matt Martinez said:

    The amount of weed he is going to smoke after this, good God. All on the governments dime too. The irony.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 7:00 pm, Elliott Paine said:

      On the Government's dime? More like on our dime. Remember who funds the government?

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    • May 03, 2012 at 8:05 pm, Peter Durham said:

      that money comes out of the DEAs budget, which means we dont lose money, they do

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    • May 03, 2012 at 8:39 pm, Max Lang said:

      Peter Durham highly doubt that.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 8:50 pm, Jahn Johansen said:

      Elliott Paine Once that money leaves your pocket it's no longer yours. Can you spend the DEA's budget? No you can not. That makes it theirs.

      Whether or not they will actually lose that money is another matter entirely – I'm sure *something* will step in to fill the gap.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 9:30 pm, Mickey Doyle said:

      Max Lang he's right

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:03 pm, Alex Sansone said:

      Peter Durham who funds the DEA. It's a Federal law enforcement agency. They're not gonna pay the tab with confiscated drug money.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:07 pm, David Fields said:

      Elliott Paine, you mean like how we pay people to torture citizens on our dime?

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:11 pm, Whitney Losh-Johnson said:

      Elliott Paine The exact same way we paid for him to be tortured.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 11:30 pm, Alex Baldwin said:

      Elliott Paine thats why we should be getting angery at the government for their idiotisty,

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    • May 04, 2012 at 12:19 am, Don Lenze DeLa Davis said:

      Alex Sansone you're correct, though their actions are funded by our tax-payer dollars, do you not think that when they make mistakes they should just be allowed to watch? Their budget is comprised of years of Federal funding. The money that will be used to settle or pay this claim, will be money we've not even put in. The hole that it creates, will then be filled by our money. But it's not like they're going to RAISE taxes because they fucked up. They'd just do that anyway lol. Yea, let him sue and win taxpayer money – as long as he uses it to get unbelievably stoned, I'll feel incredibly happy knowing that I could contribute to him slapping them in the face that way.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 12:52 am, Peter Durham said:

      Max Lang yep just trolling for likes

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    • May 04, 2012 at 3:37 am, Ben Stocks said:

      Go caps! Haha

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    • May 04, 2012 at 4:17 am, Bobby Gessel said:

      I wouldn't be surprised if the DEA starts surveillance on him immediately after to see what he's doing with the money though. They'll try to bust him again.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 8:29 am, Ben McCready said:

      Elliott Paine Thank god! This one's on me, Daniel.

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    • May 05, 2012 at 12:20 am, Bennie Khou said:

      Elliott Paine College is funded through students paying for the college. Within two to three years, the school has been already been paid off through said students, so anymore income is from students and no one else.

      The money does come from the DEA's budget. However, I don't think $20mil. is a fair amount whatsoever seeing as hoe he was celled up from narcotics. I fair amount would be under $150k personally.

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    • May 05, 2012 at 1:54 am, Don Lenze DeLa Davis said:

      Bennie Khou I understand your logic, he deserved to be reprimanded and perhaps detained briefly, but 5 days in a small cell with no food or water and no human contact is akin to torture, and a violation of this mans constitutional rights. He could very well be scarred for life, and $150K would be an insult to what he's suffered. Other people have suffered far less, or lost worthless children (sorry, but it does happen), and they're rewarded with far more.

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    • May 07, 2012 at 9:20 pm, Thot Criminill said:

      Elliott Paine the FEDERAL RESERVE funds the de facto GOVERNMENT. All the taxpayers/slave/peons consent to their funds being spent this way obviously because they're not saying anything about it. It is by their silent acquiescence thaw the fraudulent War on Drugs continues anyhow. Elliott, there is NO MONEY!!! only commercial paper fictitious debt notes that are borrowed into existence upon the issuance of BIRTH CERTIFICATES….

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  8. May 03, 2012 at 6:49 pm, Matt Martinez said:

    The amount of weed he is going to smoke after this, good God. All on the governments dime too. The irony.

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  9. May 03, 2012 at 7:00 pm, Zachary Coleman said:

    Gotta love our government at work.

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  10. May 03, 2012 at 7:20 pm, Dave Hammill said:

    He is going to get so fucking high after he wins.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 8:53 pm, Geoff Henderson said:

      He said anime characters 'appeared" to him and told him to dig in the walls for water. Sounds like he had plenty of drugs while in there!

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    • May 03, 2012 at 9:11 pm, Gian-Luca Filippone said:

      I wonder howmuch torture and insanity you can endure before you start hearing things?

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    • May 03, 2012 at 9:23 pm, Dave Hammill said:

      Gian-Luca Filippone 2-3 days of dehydration hallucinations start, 4-5 days borderline complete insanity, 7 days dead :P

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  11. May 03, 2012 at 8:50 pm, Matthew Daleiden said:

    people people people. consider why the DEA detained him. clearly he was doing some severe injustice to society. I'm not agreeing with the DEA's treatment towards him. But he certainly deserves no monetary compensation…my tax dollars paying for this kid. fuck that.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 8:53 pm, Jeff WayRock said:

      clearly you don't get it

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    • May 03, 2012 at 8:55 pm, Jon Karlson said:

      fuck you.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 8:59 pm, Ian Watts said:

      he doesnt get it

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    • May 03, 2012 at 9:08 pm, Phil Chamberlain said:

      You're a fucking idiot.

      He deserves no monetary compensation? For being tortured? Fuck yourself. It's moronic "Law and Order" above all else people such as yourself that enable torture by government.

      You want the D.E.A. to stop doing this? Hit their budget. You disgust me.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 9:10 pm, Joey Jensen said:

      He was smoking pot with some friends. Lol big injustice to society that is…

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    • May 03, 2012 at 9:15 pm, Gian-Luca Filippone said:

      Smoking weed. Yes. A crime so severe that he needs to be handcuffed and locked in a cell for 5 days with no food or water. Yes. You are right. We should lock up all stoners and ruin there lives in the greatest way possible! The american way!….No. Fuck you. What the fuck do you know. Imagine you got drunk one night and the cops picked you up and dumped you in the drunk tank for the weekend…oops looks like no one gives a shit about you and they forgot you there. 5 days pass, no food and no water. hmmmmmm would you like some compensation for the worst week of your life? No fuck you you cant have any there was prob some reason for you to suck dick that much.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 9:17 pm, Anthony Taurus said:

      You support this DEA bullshit. To sit there and assume that he's done some injustice and you have the fuckin audacity to say "clearly".. wtf did he do if it's so clear? clearly, you're the worst kind of human, an animal with no sense of reason. you ought to be put down for the sake of humanity. he deserves every damn dollar and the skin off your back as well as anyone else who even ventures to think like you. FUCK YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 9:30 pm, Edmund Reed said:

      you're an idiot

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    • May 03, 2012 at 9:32 pm, Mickey Doyle said:

      You, sir, are seriously a dumbass. "severe injustice to society" BAHAHAHAHA he was smoking pot! And there is NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT! You're fucking stupid

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    • May 03, 2012 at 9:34 pm, Charlie Parfet said:

      matthew you have posted one of the dumbest things ive ever seen on facebook

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    • May 03, 2012 at 9:57 pm, Emmett McGinley said:

      lol

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:01 pm, Bob Greene said:

      retard

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:02 pm, Cody Ritchie said:

      well what do you expect from some one that also said "As I reflect on my freshmen year of college on this cinco de Mayo, I realize the most important thing I learned at IU was that Qdoba is waay better than Chipotle." fucking idiocracy at its finest.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:04 pm, Cody Ritchie said:

      Charlie Parfet i agree. With all the stupid shit on facebook its hard to say something that makes that stuff look smart

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:13 pm, Whitney Losh-Johnson said:

      He was smoking pot.

      Is that worth 5 days of torture?

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:21 pm, Anthony Marcus DiCello said:

      This is why we need a dislike button.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:32 pm, Trenton Frith said:

      You sir, are clearly brainwashed by the government. Fuck you, Daniel Chong didn't deserve any of this shit.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:34 pm, Drew Mayer said:

      @Mathew Daleiden- Can I just point out the fact that judging by what I can see of your FB page (not much don't worry) you're in the class of 2014 at Indiana… that means you're a student… that means you that you probably don't have a job. If you do then it's probably just your average college kid's job that doesn't pay much (if any) in taxes outside of Social Security, Medicare, etc. So when you talk about all those tax dollars of yours that will be paid out to this kid, SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU CONDESCENDING PIECE OF SHIT BECAUSE NONE OF THAT TAX MONEY WAS YOURS TO BEGIN WITH. And besides, if you want to complain about wasted tax payer money then you should be on our side pushing to shut the DEA down and ending prohibition. The DEA wastes $7 bil a year on the failed war on drugs. Not only that the estimated opportunity cost of continuing the failed drug war is around $6 bil/yr in potential tax revenues for the Federal Government. Lets not fail to notice the fact that our so called land of the free and home of the brave has been involved in some sort of conflict around the world continuously since WW2, thats what I call an $800,000,000,000/year Military Industrial Complex that is paid for entirely by "your" taxes. Makes $20 mil seem like chump change does't it? Next time you complain about tax money being wasted, maybe you should look at where the rest of the money goes because from what I can tell, unless that money is paying for schools or needed public infrastructure like roads or other NECESSARY (emphasis on the necessary) public-benefit programs, then its all wasted. You need to get educated bro on the real facts and stop being a mindless sheep that believes everything they tell you. It's not the drugs that are bad for you, it's the people who tell you they are.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:35 pm, Bart Takuski said:

      Do you realize "your" tax dollars wouldn't be going towards anything if they actually did their duty and kept tabs on him?

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:36 pm, Nick Piazza said:

      u say that now, but after ur kept for 5 days without being brought food or water, 20 mil would start to sound pretty damn good.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:50 pm, Ryan Keeling said:

      To everyone saying he was smoking weed. The article about him being detained said he was detained just for being in the building they were raiding. He hadn't done anything wrong, except for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

      Again, he was NOT doing drugs or anything at the time. He was in a building that was being raided.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:55 pm, Whitney Losh-Johnson said:

      Ryan Keeling His lawyer told the police he was smoking marijuana.

      Regardless, he was smoking marijuana. Just smoking marijuana. I'm pretty sure no one with half a brain will say he deserved drinking his urine, swallowing shattered glass, and trying to kill himself.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:56 pm, Vihanga Chandrawansa said:

      Someone actually liked his post lol

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    • May 03, 2012 at 11:01 pm, Ryan Keeling said:

      Whitney Losh-Johnson The article I read yesterday quoted his lawyer saying he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

      http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/daniel-chong-ucsd-san-diego-dea-149758275.html

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    • May 03, 2012 at 11:18 pm, Nathan Engelbrecht said:

      Ryan Keeling It also said that he was admittedly celebrating 4/20, which means he was smoking weed. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time does not imply innocence… But weed is harmless and the DEA completely stripped this poor kid of his dignity and rights.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 11:19 pm, Whitney Losh-Johnson said:

      Ryan Keeling And these articles quote his lawyer as saying was smoking marijuana AND he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The raid was to bust E dealers, not some pot smokers. Because how can you justify a raid against pot smoking? You can't, because it's stupid.

      http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/student-forgotten-in-cell-by-dea-glad-to-be-alive-attorney-says.html
      http://abcnews.go.com/US/student-abandoned-cell-days-sue-20-million/story?id=16273815#.T6MR8r_N4Xw

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    • May 03, 2012 at 11:19 pm, Whitney Losh-Johnson said:

      Vihanga Chandrawansa Probably himself.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 11:22 pm, Alan Korematsu said:

      you fail matthew

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    • May 03, 2012 at 11:27 pm, Emma Singer said:

      ok then next time you jaywalk we will do the same thing to you and say you deserved it.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 12:49 am, Justin Rifenburg said:

      tool

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    • May 04, 2012 at 1:56 am, Jona Shelton said:

      Please do your research. Even the DEA says that marijuana in it's purest form is completely safe for human consumption.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 3:07 am, Brian Rizo said:

      I hope you're being sarcastic.

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    • May 05, 2012 at 4:54 pm, Tom Lepley said:

      matthew you better watch your shit cause i just posted the shit you said on 4chan. i hope you enjoy getting hacked you little worthless fuck. i wish you could say that shit to my face so i could fuck you up myself. torture is wrong, the DEA wastes more money than some stoner ever would, and you obviously have no ethical standards as a human being. frankly i think YOU deserve to be locked up in a cell for five days with no food or water not that kid, and you derserve not to get any money for it at all. Then again id rather you just have your dick cut off so you can not further contaminate the world with your filthy stupid gene pool you worthless degenerate fuck

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  12. May 03, 2012 at 9:13 pm, Kyle Imel said:

    And stoners are the evil ones? I'm pretty sure all pot has ever done is make people giggle and hungry.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 11:58 pm, Chris Sturgess said:

      Dude, that isn't funny. I've seen people smoke pot and kill. I have seen the death of millions of doritos in my life, sandwiches crying out for help. I have seen pizzas eaten ALIVE! And none of that would have happened without marijuana. Pot hurts families. Because they find their family-sized chip bags empty.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 11:59 pm, Kyle Imel said:

      Chris Sturgess truth…this man is a prophet

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    • May 04, 2012 at 12:19 am, Billy Brooks said:

      Chris Sturgess, I almost got so angry with you until I read sentence #2.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 6:24 am, Chris Sturgess said:

      Billy Brooks No doubt there have been people to actually smoke pot and kill, but those were really only possible in low doses, or before they took effect, and would have happened anyways.

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  13. May 03, 2012 at 9:57 pm, Alex Sansone said:

    So nobody's interested in the circumstances behind his arrest? That's absurd.All this "fight the power" bullshit is tragic. I'm not saying that anyone deserves treatment like this, but let's get ALL the facts before we start deciding who's wrong.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:02 pm, Alex Sansone said:

      inb4 "you don't get it maaaan" and the inevitable intellectual rebuttals of "fuck you" and name calling

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:12 pm, Whitney Losh-Johnson said:

      He was arrested for marijuana and hallucinogens.

      This article also left out that he found a bag of methamphetamine INSIDE THE CELL.

      DEA: protecting us from taking soft drugs by torturing us and giving us hard drugs.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 10:53 pm, Ryan Keeling said:

      Whitney Losh-Johnson He was arrested for being in a building that was being raided. He wasn't arrested for marijuana and hallucinogens.

      Circumstances are, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Try reading other articles about this story. And Alex, some people are interested in the circumstances, and the DEA in this situation is entirely in the wrong. The kid hadn't done anything illegal, he was in a building where some one else had drugs, that got raided.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 11:38 pm, Patrick Nielsen said:

      Let me just start this off by saying that you are a fucking idiot. I'll follow that up by saying that the DEA had agreed to let him go, as he was just a bystander – smoking pot at his dealer's house. He was arrested for weed and all of the other drugs his dealer had, but not charged because he's just an average ass pothead. ALL the facts? The DEA forgot they had a pothead locked in a holding cell for almost five days, and he almost died because of it.

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    • May 03, 2012 at 11:59 pm, Whitney Losh-Johnson said:

      Ryan Keeling As I've already redirected you, his lawyer has admitted he used pot.

      And I'm disappointed at your assertion that smoking pot in private is wrong.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 12:10 am, Jeff WayRock said:

      Alex Sansone, your response suggests that you believe that there is some reasonable excuse for how Daniel Chong was treated. Your seem to think that, if only you knew all the facts, it might be okay for a government agency to handcuff and imprison someone who wasn't charged with a crime, alone in a room containing mind altering drugs, until that person ultimately attempted suicide and had a mental breakdown. Clearly there is no excuse for this treatment as it is forbidden by law in every scenario in the US. Your reply to this article therefore, shows you have no common sense.

      The sad thing is you seem to know how dumb your response is, since you seemed to realize that you're about to get flamed in your INB4 post. That's the true mark of someone without any common sense — they know what they are saying is wrong and stupid when they are saying it, and yet they say it anyway.

      And as for my "you don't get it" post… That guy didn't get it. I guess you want more of an explanation so here it is. He didn't get the fact that he shouldn't be mad at the poor kid who got locked up and now will be receiving a huge settlement for getting all that money (which the taxpayer will have to pay). He should be mad at the DEA for the cost of this inevitable lawsuit through their abuse and violation of that poor kid's rights. Their lack of organization is costing the country millions. So no, YOU DON'T GET IT because instead of blaming the agencies that caused this nightmare, you are blaming the VICTIM. You are the kind of person who reads a news article about a rape and asks what the victim was wearing. That's what you don't understand. You imply that this kid who has suffered tremendously, going from living a normal, happy life to trying to kill himself in the matter of days and thinking he would never see his mother again, is guilty of these treatment in some way.

      It's called compassion, hopefully you get it now.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 12:27 am, Ian Mullen said:

      Alex Sansone I don't care what crime you commit. No one should be tortured if you are a United States Citizen.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 12:49 am, Cody Ritchie said:

      Whitney Losh-Johnson he wasnt arrested… he was DETAINED. which mean he was not charged with a crime.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 1:20 am, Whitney Losh-Johnson said:

      Cody Ritchie You're right, that was improper word choice.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 1:52 am, Cody Ritchie said:

      Whitney Losh-Johnson Its all good. Just wanted to make sure you knew he shouldnt have really been there in the first place.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 3:50 am, Whitney Losh-Johnson said:

      Cody Ritchie Oh, I don't think anyone knowing he shouldn't have been there is an issue. It's going to be hard for the DEA to recover from this (personally I hope they never do).

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  14. May 04, 2012 at 12:28 am, Ian Mullen said:

    I hope the people that say he deserved this realize they are the scum of the human race and are the sole reason for all the hatred and bigotry in our world.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 12:54 am, Neill Tumulac said:

      can't blame people for their ignorance. In a way, we should pity those who have lived under propaganda their entire lives, and we should consider ourselves enlightened to have been handed a joint by some kind folk. The only solution to this problem is by spreading the truth, because the truth is light and light always shines.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 1:57 am, Jona Shelton said:

      You can blame people for WILLFUL ignorance though. You can lead a horse to water but it's his own damn fault if he doesn't take a drink.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 2:11 am, Neill Tumulac said:

      Jona Shelton You're right. It's up to them to make the leap of truth. I imagine it may seem like quite a leap, because to enlighten yourself on marijuana means to enlighten yourself on almost every aspect of corruption that has invaded this country and the industries within it. It can be too much of a responsibility for some. You know what they say, "Ignorance is bliss"

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  15. May 04, 2012 at 2:30 am, Willy Vatamaniuck said:

    Sadly enough, even though he'll win today in court, the government will find its way to lie, cheat, extort, and steal all his money back, and by the end of the day, he like many other average citizens, will be left with absolutely nothing… Because that's just the way the cookie crumbles.

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  16. May 04, 2012 at 3:07 am, Alexander Bohm said:

    I'm being dead serious, someone should face capital punishment for this. If any of us left someone we were responsible for locked up without food and water for 5 days we'd face murder charges, no more no less.

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  17. May 04, 2012 at 3:27 am, Zak Yarrington said:

    the DEA are pieces of shit for committing such an act.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 3:27 am, Ross White said:

      $20 million LOLOLOLOL

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    • May 04, 2012 at 3:27 am, Zak Yarrington said:

      DO WANT.

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    • May 04, 2012 at 7:36 am, James Gifford said:

      They already where – before they did this.

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  18. May 04, 2012 at 4:16 am, Courtney Campsall said:

    This story kind of confuses me. If he said he was handcuffed how did he attempt to slit his wrists? Did he successfully slit his wrists? He said he was going to carve in his writs (sorry mom) and that he couldn't move his arms around because the cell was too small but now he claims it was handcuffed?

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  19. May 05, 2012 at 4:45 pm, Tom Lepley said:

    This guy is so lucky he didn't die, and so is the DEA. I think he deserves more money than what hes getting. and I think all the DEA agents and EVERYONE who was working in the facility (DEA or not) should be serving mandatory life sentences. this just goes to show how irresponsible federal law enforcement is and how we need to cut their funding drastically. I mean look at what just happened with the ATF. They sold a bunch of guns to Mexican mafia members and then lost them all, resulting in the death of a officer. Not only that but they tried to blame the guns sales on legitimate gun stores in the area which had an effect on local mom and pop guns stores who run their businesses legitimately and responsibly and don't sell guns to criminals only to responsible citizens. Fuck pigs, smoke weed.

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  20. May 05, 2012 at 4:45 pm, Tom Lepley said:

    This guy is so lucky he didn't die, and so is the DEA. I think he deserves more money than what hes getting. and I think all the DEA agents and EVERYONE who was working in the facility (DEA or not) should be serving mandatory life sentences. this just goes to show how irresponsible federal law enforcement is and how we need to cut their funding drastically. I mean look at what just happened with the ATF. They sold a bunch of guns to Mexican mafia members and then lost them all, resulting in the death of a officer. Not only that but they tried to blame the guns sales on legitimate gun stores in the area which had an effect on local mom and pop guns stores who run their businesses legitimately and responsibly and don't sell guns to criminals only to responsible citizens. Fuck pigs, smoke weed.

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  21. May 07, 2012 at 9:25 pm, Thot Criminill said:

    aggravated kidnapping, false arrest, false imprisonment, torture…… yes, they are crimes… breach of oath, breach of the peace, human rights violations, human trafficking, racketeering, organized criminal activity, aggravated identity theft, treason, perjury of Oath, RICO act violations, genocide…. these are all crimes that the DEA, FBI, and CIA are involved in.

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