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From: [an 25970] at [anon.penet.fi] (Canadian Remailer)
Subject: Those Wonderful Federal Cops...
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 04:19:11 UTC
	id AA29815; Thu, 29 Sep 94 21:47:16 -0700
	id AA09880; Fri, 30 Sep 94 06:19:12 +0200

[Another precious example of Clinton's Federal Police - Can you say,
"abuse under color of law"?  I knew you could...]

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The following is taken from "Law Enforcement Above the Law?" by James
L. Pate, in the October, 1994, issue of _Soldier of Fortune_ magazine:

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DEA: Drunks Extremely Asinine

    On 13 May 1994, five Drug Enforcement Administration agents took
a lunch break from a training session at a local law enforcement facility
in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver.  Their bill at
the Sedalia Grill was $138; $24 for food and $114 for beer and shots of
liquor.  The tab -- and the agents -- would have been higher, but owner
Jody Johnson said a waitress refused to serve the feds more booze after
one became belligerent and abusive.  That's when the trouble started.
    Their rowdy behavior was tolerated at first, Johnson told the _Rocky
Mountain News_, because he figured they were "letting off steam."  But
they became increasingly obnoxious and began flashing their DEA badges,
demanding more liquor.
    One agent "pulled out his badge and said he was going to shove it
into my forehead so hard, I would never forget who he was," said Johnson.
"They basically said they could drink anytime, anywhere and if not, they
would shut me down."
    Johnson quoted one agent as warning him that "I'm a cop and I could
kill you right now and there is nothing you can do about it."
    The agents then began trashing the bar and playing catch with several
rounds of 9mm ammunition.  Several bullets were left scattered where they
were spilled by one drunken agent while another vomited on the floor in
view of other disgusted lunchtime patrons.
    When Johnson dialed the Douglas County Sheriff's Department, which
dispatched two deputies, the feds hastily paid their bill and departed.
The DEA agents, riding in two vehicles, were stopped on Colorado Highway
85.  Although one driver's eyes were bloodshot and another smelled of
alcohol, the deputies did not administer a roadside sobriety test or
otherwise delay the DEA agents. Jay Erickson, a DEA supervisor who was
with the agents at lunch, reportedly told the deputies that only one
agent was intoxicated and was having "some recent family problems."

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If you know of cases of law enforcement misconduct similar to those in 
this story, or if you read about such in your local newspaper, please
pass it along to James Pate, c/o SOF, PO Box 693, Boulder, CO 80306.
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