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DEA Locks College Student Cell For Five Days Without Food Or Water

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23 year old Daniel Chong was arrested by the DEA at a "4/20 party". After he was informed that no charges would be pressed and he was free to leave, he was locked in a cell for five days. Chong's pleas for food, water, and help were ignored. In desperation, Chong drank his own urine. He later attempted suicide by breaking a camera lens, slashing at his wrists, and swallowing the shards.

Chong's lawyer confirmed that he ingested a "white, powdery substance" found inside the cell, which was revealed later by lab tests as methamphetamine.

I've said many times that I believe the federal government should be downsized, and the DEA is a good example of an federal agency I would be happy to eliminate altogether.

http://reason.com/blog/2012/05/02/college-student-daniel-chong-attempted-s
 
and on top of all that, meth left in his cell? There are just so many things wrong with this situation, I'm ... stunned. Some heads are going to be rolling for this one.
 
The story cuts off at a strange point. What happened when they got him on the fifth day? Give him bus fare and send him off? This story doesn't make much sense. Anyone found any more info?
 
Max_mang said:
The story cuts off at a strange point. What happened when they got him on the fifth day? Give him bus fare and send him off? This story doesn't make much sense. Anyone found any more info?
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The DEA called EMS to take care of him. ETA: This as per the second link
 
In other news, a government agency raided a party looking for guinea pigs for another one of their secret social depravation studies. After several hours of testing, found one candidate that fit what they were looking for, and after four days, confirmed their suspicions about what goes on in solitary confinement. After getting him checked out and released, a cover up began to distract from the actual intentions of the raid. Keep an eye out for the research paper soon to follow.

That should keep the CT's busy for a while.
 
ravdin said:
I've said many times that I believe the federal government should be downsized, and the DEA is a good example of an federal agency I would be happy to eliminate altogether.
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^^ This
 
Careyp74 said:
In other news, a government agency raided a party looking for guinea pigs for another one of their secret social depravation studies. After several hours of testing, found one candidate that fit what they were looking for, and after four days, confirmed their suspicions about what goes on in solitary confinement. After getting him checked out and released, a cover up began to distract from the actual intentions of the raid. Keep an eye out for the research paper soon to follow.

That should keep the CT's busy for a while.
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:D

My thought at this point is that it was unforgivable stupidity rather than willful sadism. Someone will get fired for this and (I can hope) even be subject to criminal charges. Even the most thickheaded employee of the DEA must be aware of this.
 
It's possible he was accidentally left there. One agent could have assumed the other agent took care of the kid and vice versa for the other agent.

However, it doesn't excuse the incident.
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
It's possible he was accidentally left there. One agent could have assumed the other agent took care of the kid and vice versa for the other agent.

However, it doesn't excuse the incident.
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If that's the case it's a scary indicator on what a human life is worth in the eyes of these workers.
 
Max_mang said:
If that's the case it's a scary indicator on what a human life is worth in the eyes of these workers.
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Exactly, presumably they would notice in a short time if someone was missing, so why not notice the extra person?
 
ponderingturtle said:
Exactly, presumably they would notice in a short time if someone was missing, so why not notice the extra person?
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Because their secret lair prison labrynth contains over 100 cells all without windows, and frankly, the last guy to take possession of him was still coming off of his 4/20 high and already hated the fact that he had to work on a saturday, when the rest of his government cronies already took off for the mountain retreat.

What is wrong with me today?
 
I'm puzzled. The DEA does not run its own jails, as far as I know. Anyone who was incarcerated on federal charges would have been transferred to a federally-approved state facility, most likely, awaiting trial. Jails are staffed by jailers, who check cells repeatedly. Is it possible he was not in a "cell" but accidentally locked in an interrogation room? Maybe somebody left him in there thinking the door was unlocked or something. Cells generally have toilets and thus water, plus beds and minimal other furniture. I can't figure out why there would be methamphetamine powder sitting around, either. It sounds very bizarre.
 
I know of a case in Scotland where a policeman brought a stray greyhound into the police station and put the dog in the kennel. He forgot to ensure that someone else was given the responsibility for the dog when he went off shift shortly afterwards - or even to notify anyone it was there.

The dog quietly dehydrated to death without anyone being aware the kennels had an occupant.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6289925.stm

But even there, the dog's silence - typical of the breed - was a factor. A different dog would have barked and made a fuss, and been discovered. The man in this story did shout and make a fuss. How could it be possible nobody knew he was there?

Rolfe.
 
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I'd really like more information on this. It just doesn't sound right at all. I don't mean just the inhumanity of it, I mean the weirdness of it. The whole meth thing is the big one for me. There is no reason that a bag of meth would be in either a cell or an interrogation room. From what little information we have the DEA sound just as confused and surprised as anyone else.
 
ravdin said:
23 year old Daniel Chong was arrested by the DEA at a "4/20 party". After he was informed that no charges would be pressed and he was free to leave, he was locked in a cell for five days. Chong's pleas for food, water, and help were ignored. In desperation, Chong drank his own urine. He later attempted suicide by breaking a camera lens, slashing at his wrists, and swallowing the shards.

Chong's lawyer confirmed that he ingested a "white, powdery substance" found inside the cell, which was revealed later by lab tests as methamphetamine.

I've said many times that I believe the federal government should be downsized, and the DEA is a good example of an federal agency I would be happy to eliminate altogether.

http://reason.com/blog/2012/05/02/college-student-daniel-chong-attempted-s
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Dear ravdin,

Is there any US federal government department that causes more misery to more people for less good reason than the DEA?

Cpl Ferro
 
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