[Fox] Plain-clothed DEA agents are accused of seizing innocent traveler's money at Atlanta airport during drug searches.
After the DEA seized an innocent man's cash, Brian Moore sued the DOJ and won his money back. But a federal court is refusing his request to have his legal fees repaid.
Travelers in Atlanta have accused plain-clothed drug task force officers of unfairly targeting them and seizing millions in cash, according to a local report.
Law enforcement in the task force, which includes U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and Clayton County Police, walk gate to gate at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and, without warrants, search travelers bags for drugs, according to Atlanta News First. But the task force rarely finds drugs and instead seizes wads of cash without making arrests, the local outlet reported.
"He just approached me and he asked me for my ID," Tabari Sturdivant, a film director, told Atlanta News First. "He didn’t state who he was. He just asked me for ID, and I thought he was a Delta agent. He had airport credentials on, and so I gave it to him immediately."
Atlanta News First published videos of plain-clothed officers conducting drug searches in the Atlanta airport. One shows a man in jeans and a backpack standing over a traveler unpacking his bag in front of a crowd at his gate.
Sturdivant told Atlanta News First he was approached and searched before his flight to Los Angeles last year. He was unaware he was speaking with DEA agents. He said they asked him about drugs and cash as they searched his bag at the gate. He was eventually cleared and boarded his flight.
"'Are you high? Have you smoked? Do you have any drugs in this bag? Do you have any money?'" Sturdivant recalled the agents asking him.
If task force agents find cash, travelers may be forced to provide bank statements from their phones to prove the money isn't related to drug trafficking, according to Atlanta News First.
Travelers can file a claim for the government to return their money, but it can be a timely and costly process.
Brian Moore, for example, was waiting for his Los Angeles-bound flight at the Atlanta airport in March 2021 when two women approached him and said they worked with the DEA. The musician was interrogated, and the DEA seized the $8,500 he was carrying to fund his first music video. He was never charged with a crime.
"It was terrible, the worst experience of my life," Moore previously told Fox News. "They basically, in that one day, in those few minutes, ruined my entire music career."
After a yearlong legal battle, Moore got his money back. But the legal fees racked up to $15,000 — nearly double the amount taken from him.
A Hollywood actor, Jean Elie, filmed two officers searching him on the jet bridge of his flight to Los Angeles in 2020. Two comedians, Eric André and Clayton English, had similar experiences and filed a lawsuit accusing the Clayton County officers of racial profiling.
"See all those White folks, and I’m the random search," Elie said on the video while showing the line of passengers.
Fox News reached out to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and the DEA for comment but did not immediately receive a response. The Brookhaven Police Department declined to comment, deferring Fox News to the DEA and the Clayton County Police Department also declined to comment.
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#1
"History doesn't always repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes."
~ Mark Twain
The poor man is mentally ill, not a jihadi. Aren't they all?
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At least 22 people have been shot dead in Lewiston, Maine and 50-60 people injured at two different locations: a bowling alley and a bar
Robert Card, a 40-year-old Army reservist and firearms instructor from Bowdoin, is named by police as 'a person of interest': his empty car has been found
The shooting is the most deadly in the United States this year, and the worst since the El Paso shooting at a Walmart in 2019
Card is from Bowdoin, Maine and is believed to be an Army Reservist stationed out of Saco, Maine, sources told The Post.
He suffered from mental health issues, including recently reporting "hearing voices" and threatened to shoot up the military training base in Saco, sources said.
Over the summer he was committed to a mental health facility and released after a two-week stay, sources additionally said.
A phone number listed for Card was not in service, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported.
Card also apparently lost his job recently, CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... reported on-air Wednesday night.
The Maine State Police have asked people living in Lewiston, the state's second-largest city, to shelter in place Wednesday night. This comes after reports of a mass shooting in multiple locations.
In addition, the Lewiston Police Department has also ordered people to shelter in place. The department cited a "manhunt in the area" and instructed people to "stay inside with doors locked."
They say the "target" is reportedly connected to an incident that involved a shooting at three different locations.
The police department has released images of the suspect in tonight's shootings. The department has also released an image of the suspect's vehicle.
The White House said President Biden was aware of the situation, telling reporters, "The president has been briefed on what's known so far about the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, and will continue to receive updates."
BREAKING - Massacre in America: At least 22 people gunned down after Maine gunman opened fire in three different locations. Suspect at large.
NOTE: A gunman carried out a series of separate shootings in Lewiston, Maine, resulting in the deaths of at least 22 people on a… pic.twitter.com/6o13dt3NfW
🚨🚨UPDATE: Lewiston, Maine Mass Shooting Suspect Robert Card Has Been Previously Arrested For Child Pornography & Is A Registered Sex Offender Who CAN NOT LEGALLY POSSESS A FIREARM! pic.twitter.com/LO2gBJRCSo
#6
Stop & Ask.
IF Government was strictly required to adhere to the 2nd Amendment, then there would been self-defense armed citizens there. How many holes do you think he would have had in him, after he discharged the 1st round?
Either Way
The "FEDERAL & State Authorities" knew, that he had a serious dangerous mental health problem and history. All of which clearly indicated he posed a realistic and immediate deadly threat to others.
Also Ask
Why wasn't he Institutionalized for treatment after the 1st mass threat incident?
QUESTION
When are we going to return to the successfully proven practice of detaining the dangerous mentally Ill for proper treatment?
Or, was he used allowed to roam free, armed and guided like a puppet for political agenda reasons?
Wednesday’s death toll was staggering for a state that in 2022 had 29 homicides the entire year.
Lewiston emerged as a major center for African immigration into Maine. The Somali population, which numbers in the thousands, has changed the demographics of the once overwhelmingly white mill city into one of the most diverse in northern New England.
Voices in his head suggests Non-WoT, but we’ll let it ride until we’re certain.
#12
I hear voices but mostly they say things like, "That jerk that is fucking your project there? The one eating a couple brownies? Put a chocolate X-Lax in one."
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#12 I hear voices but mostly they say things like, "That jerk that is fucking your project there? The one eating a couple brownies? Put a chocolate X-Lax in one."
I stopped listening because they were repeating the same thing over and over again:
#16
#6, NN2N1, you're asking why? See #4. Yes, Silentbrick, it is always suspiciously convenient for demonrats. It's pathetic how the media always goes into overdrive whenever something like this happens. They trot out the mayor, the police chief, the DA, the governor. They'll rush to the White House for a statement about how very badly we need gun control. Nothing that any of these people say will make any difference and the media will never ask the CIA about Operation Chaos. But it's always some whack job who, for some unknown reason, got his hands on a gun and that is truly suspicious.
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Army reservist who's been recently in a mental facility. Bet he's had all of his shots.
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10/26/2023 12:02 Comments ||
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Again, a "known wolf" who didn't "get" his hands on a gun, he already had them. Known. Trained by our govt. He reached out for help and was sent back into the society. This is the argument, not the smoke screens of gun control or even mental illness. Why was he circulating amongst us much as Ray Epps? Where do these folk come from?
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10/26/2023 12:06 Comments ||
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Where do these folk come from?
Much like ballots, 'these folks' are manufactured, then released back into society to show the public how the masses must be managed.
#22
I thought I read somewhere that he was enlisted, USAR retired, and that he had just lost his job? After two weeks of recent inpatient hospitalization for mental issues, what kind of medications were prescribed post-release?
#23
what kind of medications were prescribed post-release?
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The last three shootings that I was involved in the subjects were prescribed xanex and drinking alcohol against the Doc's orders. A really bad bad combination.
Card, at the time of the shooting, was a sergeant first class in the Army Reserve, according to the Army. He enlisted in December 2002 and had no combat deployments. His military specialty is petroleum supply, and he has received several awards, including a Humanitarian Service Medal.
The Army said in a statement that Card's unit assisted in the summer training program provided at its academy in West Point, New York, in July, but "there are no records to indicate he instructed or participated in any training. The Army did not train (Sergeant First Class) Card as a firearms instructor, nor did he serve in that capacity for the Army.''
Two surveillance photos on a Facebook post by local law enforcement showed a person police believe to be Card walking into a bowling alley with a rifle raised to his shoulder.
A state police bulletin circulated Wednesday said Card had been committed to a mental health facility for two weeks this summer after “hearing voices and threats to shoot up” a military base.
In mid-July, Card was taken by police for an evaluation after military officials became concerned that he was acting erratically, The Associated Press reported, citing a U.S. official.
CNN reported that Card's sister-in-law, Katie O'Neill, told the network the Wednesday rampage was "an acute episode. This is not who he is. He is not someone who has had mental health issues for his lifetime or anything like that.''
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Self-culling, as discussed.
The son of Nashville's police chief was the prime suspect in the shootings of two officers in the city last weekend
The four-day long manhunt for John Drake Jr. ended on Tuesday night when the suspect took his own life as police closed in on him
Dramatic video shows Drake running from police after crashing the car during a chase
The chief issued a statement Saturday confirming his son was the suspect in the shooting. He said his son has not been part of his life for some time.
'Despite my efforts and guidance in the early and teenage years, my son, John Drake Jr., now 38-years-old, resorted to years of criminal activity and is a convicted felon,' Drake said.
'He has not been a part of my life for quite some time. He now needs to be found and held accountable for his actions.
'I hope that anyone who sees him or has information about him will contact law enforcement immediately.'
Officers Ashely Boleyjack and Gregory Kern were investigating a stolen vehicle outside the Dollar General store when they struggled with the suspect, who pulled a handgun and shot them, said La Vergne Police Chief Christopher Moews.
Both officers were treated and released from Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
#2
The Natl Hurr Center did poorly with this one. The rapid intensification (from about 60 mph to 160 mph peak winds in 24 hours) was not forecast and none of the numerical models warned about this.
The storm was small (which makes for fewer analytical calculations) and in addition, there were no functioning Doppler radars in Acapulco and some of the satellites weren't hitting near enough to the center of the storm to get best data.
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^Too focused on avoiding detection of unregistered shipping.
#4
Nat Hurr warned us that we'd be getting rain off of this. By the way, it's raining here.
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They don't need radar, satellites or supercomputer models. Every storm is "the most powerfullest, devastatingest storm to ever come ashore. Ever!" once the media gets ahold of it.
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Annie the deer was euthanized at a property in Lawrence, Michigan, on Friday after police arrived at the home for a separate incident
Graphic video shared on social media shows Annie wrestling with Officer David Loza who had slipped a lead around her neck before he can be seen shooting her
The death of the beloved animal has sent a shockwave through the community, prompting outrage from locals over the actions of Officer Loza
[RedState] Finnish investigators are accusing a Chinese ship of disabling an undersea gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia and damaging two undersea telecommunications cables on October 8. The Balticconnector pipeline is a 94-mile-long pipeline that connects Finland's national gas grid with a major underground gas storage facility in Latvia.
#3
And conveniently gone, off to Murmansk, and the ship's captain refuses to speak to authorities. They did note that when it arrived in port, the anchor was missing.
(Oops, musta dropped it somewhere...)
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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