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Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« on: July 30, 2013, 08:32:27 PM »
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20130730/US--Suspect.Forgotten/

Student left in DEA cell to get $4 million from US

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 25-year old college student has reached a $4.1 million settlement with the federal government after he was abandoned in a windowless Drug Enforcement Administration cell for more than four days without food or water, his attorneys said Tuesday.

The DEA introduced national detention standards as a result of the ordeal involving Daniel Chong, including daily inspections and a requirement for cameras in cells, said Julia Yoo, one of his lawyers.

Chong said he drank his own urine to stay alive, hallucinated that agents were trying to poison him with gases through the vents, and tried to carve a farewell message to his mother in his arm.

It remained unclear how the situation occurred, and no one has been disciplined, said Eugene Iredale, another attorney for Chong. The Justice Department's inspector general is investigating.

"It sounded like it was an accident — a really, really bad, horrible accident," Chong said.

Chong was taken into custody during a drug raid and placed in the cell in April 2012 by a San Diego police officer authorized to perform DEA work on a task force. The officer told Chong he would not be charged and said, "Hang tight, we'll come get you in a minute," Iredale said.

The door to the 5-by-10-foot cell did not reopen for 4 1/2 days.

Justice Department spokeswoman Allison Price confirmed the settlement was reached for $4.1 million but declined to answer other questions. The DEA didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

Detective Gary Hassen, a San Diego police spokesman, referred questions to the DEA.

Since attorney fees are capped at 20 percent of damages and the settlement payment is tax-free, Chong will collect at least $3.2 million, Iredale said. Chong, now an economics student at the University of California, San Diego, said he planned to buy his parents a house.

Chong was a 23-year-old engineering student when he was at a friend's house where the DEA found 18,000 ecstasy pills, other drugs and weapons. Iredale acknowledged Chong was there to consume marijuana.

Chong and eight other people were taken into custody, but authorities decided against pursing charges against him after questioning.

Chong said he began to hallucinate on the third day in the cell. He urinated on a metal bench so he could have something to drink. He also stacked a blanket, his pants and shoes on a bench and tried to reach an overhead fire sprinkler, futilely swatting at it with his cuffed hands to set it off.

Chong said he accepted the possibility of death. He bit into his eyeglasses to break them and used a shard of glass to try to carve "Sorry Mom" onto his arm so he could leave something for her. He only managed to finish an "S."

Chong said he slid a shoelace under the door and screamed to get attention before five or six people found him covered in his feces in the cell at the DEA's San Diego headquarters.

"All I wanted was my sanity," Chong said. "I wasn't making any sense."

Chong was hospitalized for five days for dehydration, kidney failure, cramps and a perforated esophagus. He lost 15 pounds.

The DEA issued a rare public apology at the time.

U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, the Judiciary Committee's ranking Republican, on Tuesday renewed his call for the DEA to explain the incident.

"How did this incident happen? Has there been any disciplinary action against the responsible employees? And has the agency taken major steps to prevent an incident like this from happening again?" he said.


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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2013, 08:40:31 PM »
"Iredale acknowledged Chong was there to consume marijuana."



In Florida, I believe all you need is a neighborhood watch jacket in order to shoot people who consume marijuana.

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2013, 10:05:45 PM »
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The DEA introduced national detention standards as a result of the ordeal involving Daniel Chong, including daily inspections and a requirement for cameras in cells, said Julia Yoo, one of his lawyers.

Hell yeah.  That's the solution.   ::)

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2013, 10:07:40 PM »
4 mill USD tho, good payback

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2013, 10:08:00 PM »
Bodybuilding related because he lost 15 lbs in 4 days.

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2013, 11:53:54 PM »
This was clearly fucked up and the people who brought him in, the people who processed him, the people who did rounds and so on ought to all be fired, at the very least. And frankly, he shouldn't have settled. If only for the principle of it, he should have gone to trial.

But I have to wonder... he was covered in feces after four days? Really? Come on...

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2013, 12:45:18 AM »
How to handle four days without food is covered in section 3 of gal and no ones book, available for $20 from all good outlets

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2013, 12:46:33 AM »
he clearly missed many anabolic windows
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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2013, 01:10:04 AM »
Bodybuilding related because he lost 15 lbs in 4 days.

Talk about water weight. He must have bee following the Adonis Diet and eating everything in sight at a McDonalds.
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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2013, 02:01:56 AM »
Thank god they got to him before he actually consumed any of the marijuana , that stuff can ruin your life.

Id take four days wallowing in my own filth and drinking pee for four mil.


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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2013, 02:04:49 AM »
Thank god they got to him before he actually consumed any of the marijuana , that stuff can ruin your life.

Id take four days wallowing in my own filth and drinking pee for four mil.



Eating marijuana can be a dangerous thing. In the police documentary Super Troopers, the opening scene is a great example.

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2013, 04:16:20 AM »
what if he is black?


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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2013, 08:57:53 AM »
What a weak mofo, why didn't he bust out?  Why didn't he bust the pig's head?

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2013, 08:59:13 AM »
In the police documentary Super Troopers,

I LOL'd IRL

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2013, 09:39:41 AM »
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It remained unclear how the situation occurred, and no one has been disciplined, said Eugene Iredale, another attorney for Chong. The Justice Department's inspector general is investigating.

And no one will be disciplined nor will anyone lose their jobs. If they are disciplined it will be a slap on the wrist or suspension with pay.

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2013, 12:55:49 PM »
Well worth it to pocket 3 million.

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2013, 01:01:25 PM »
Well worth it to pocket 3 million.
Which begs the question. Would you willingly go 4 days without food and water for 4 mill? Answer carefully. People react differently to stress. Some people might have offed themselves. You don't know how the brain will react after that long.

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2013, 01:03:55 PM »
Which begs the question. Would you willingly go 4 days without food and water for 4 mill? Answer carefully. People react differently to stress. Some people might have offed themselves. You don't know how the brain will react after that long.

It's different if you volunteer to do it. I think I can do four days in isolation without food and water. Probably not the most pleasant experience, and perhaps my love of H2O will have me crying uncle. But I think I could pull it off. He certainly proved it's not impossible.

But being thrown in and think you've been forgotten? That's quite another thing.

On a sidenote: don't drink your fucking urine people. Just don't...

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #18 on: July 31, 2013, 01:05:37 PM »
Not sure I could endure 4 days of no food or water for 3 million.  But i'd be willing to give it a try.  ;D

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #19 on: July 31, 2013, 01:05:41 PM »
Which begs the question. Would you willingly go 4 days without food and water for 4 mill? Answer carefully. People react differently to stress. Some people might have offed themselves. You don't know how the brain will react after that long.

For the money id give it my best shot.
I ate nothing for days at a time when i was very sick with colitis and but thats obviously a different story as you dont want to eat when ill.
The no water would be the killer.

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #20 on: July 31, 2013, 01:08:40 PM »
For the money id give it my best shot.
I ate nothing for days at a time when i was very sick with colitis and but thats obviously a different story as you dont want to eat when ill.
The no water would be the killer.
Exactly. My throat is scratchy as hell after 6+ hours of no water. I can't imagine 4 days  :-X  Whats the record for longest time wothout water?

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #21 on: July 31, 2013, 01:19:04 PM »
Kangaroo Rats dont drink water at all.  ;)

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Re: Student left in cell by DEA for 4 days
« Reply #22 on: July 31, 2013, 01:20:24 PM »
Kangaroo Rats dont drink water at all.  ;)
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