Student forgotten in cell for 5 days.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/02/us/california-forgotten-prisoner/index.html?hpt=us_c2

A San Diego college student filed a legal claim Wednesday for damages suffered when he was left handcuffed and without food or water in a Drug Enforcement Administration holding cell for five days last month.

A DEA statement said Daniel Chong, 23, was "accidentally left" in a holding cell.

"Accidentally? He almost died," said Chong's lawyer, Gene Iredale. "It's inexplicable."

Chong drank his own urine to survive as his cries for help were ignored by federal agents and inmates in nearby cells, Iredale said.

The fifth-year engineering student at the University of California, San Diego, was detained on the morning of April 21, a Saturday, when DEA agents raided a house they suspected was being used to distribute MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy.

A multi-agency narcotics task force including state agents detained nine people and seized about 18,000 MDMA pills, marijuana, prescription medications, hallucinogenic mushrooms, several guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition from the house, the DEA said.

Chong admitted going to the house "to get high with his friends," the DEA said. He later told a San Diego TV station that he knew nothing about the other drugs and guns. He was never formally arrested or charged, the DEA said.

The agents sent seven suspects to county jail and released another person, but Chong "was accidentally left in one of the cells," the DEA said. The agency did not explain how he was forgotten for five days in the small, windowless cell.

I don't even know what to say how the hell can you forget someone for five days without food or water it makes absoultely no sense. He almost died for chrissakes screaming cries of despair and yet he was ignorned. Complete bull**** i can't fathom this conundrum it's ridiculous.

dude 5 days in a windowless cell with no food or water would feel like a CENTURY, just like the guy who was left in the elevator for 41 hours

dude 5 days in a windowless cell with no food or water would feel like a CENTURY, just like the guy who was left in the elevator for 41 hours

HarryOsborn

Man that is HELL can't imagine the trauma he suffured.

punk deserves it for getting high on drugsZumaJones07

Now he is going to get a multi million dollar lawsuit. Funny how things work.

That sucks for him but it's part of the risk you're taking when you're going to get high with that much stuff in there. He'll probably make a few bucks off of this, though.ad1x2

No...being treated inhumanely is not part of the risk he took.

[QUOTE="ZumaJones07"]punk deserves it for getting high on drugsiloverikku11

Now he is going to get a multi million dollar lawsuit. Funny how things work.

That would be terrible. That guy and his friends need to learn not to party in the stash house though.

[QUOTE="ad1x2"]That sucks for him but it's part of the risk you're taking when you're going to get high with that much stuff in there. He'll probably make a few bucks off of this, though.JML897

No...being treated inhumanely is not part of the risk he took.

The part about being locked in a cell for five days is something that should result in some people fired and possibly criminally charged, but it would have never happened if he wasn't going to the house to get high in the first place.

Drinking his own urine while handcuffed and likely without cups must have been... difficult...

While I'd say he deserves some sort of punishment for breaking the law with drugs, that's just so far beyond what's acceptable that it's a complete joke.

[QUOTE="iloverikku11"]

[QUOTE="ZumaJones07"]punk deserves it for getting high on drugsJigglyWiggly_

Now he is going to get a multi million dollar lawsuit. Funny how things work.

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"][QUOTE="iloverikku11"]

Now he is going to get a multi million dollar lawsuit. Funny how things work.

gamerguru100

Who was in charge of that facility, the 3 stooges?

Honestly, this guy deserves every penny, especially if it can teach a valuable lesson for these guys in not leaving people to die.

It will all be worth it when he gets the cash settlement.

[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"][QUOTE="gamerguru100"] Agreed. gamerguru100

18,000 pills:o I bet the reason they forgot about him was because they were all to busy partying.

18,000 pills:o I bet the reason they forgot about him was because they were all to busy partying.

toast_burner

That must have been the longest 5 days of his life. And being forced to drink your own piss. Poor guy

[QUOTE="JML897"]

[QUOTE="ad1x2"]That sucks for him but it's part of the risk you're taking when you're going to get high with that much stuff in there. He'll probably make a few bucks off of this, though.ad1x2

No...being treated inhumanely is not part of the risk he took.

Him getting arrested isn't the focal point of this topic at all. It's being treated inhumanely in a modern western country. For five days this guy was treated worst than a terrorist at Guantanamo bay.

I don't think anyone is complaining about the initial arrest.

Sad thing is,all the money he is gonna get will be spent on drugs ... Ratchet_Fan8

Him getting arrested isn't the focal point of this topic at all. It's being treated inhumanely in a modern western country. For five days this guy was treated worst than a terrorist at Guantanamo bay.

I don't think anyone is complaining about the initial arrest.

Blue-Sky

My point was he would have never got treated that way if he didn't decide to be a dumbass and get high in a house full of drugs and guns. The smart druggies go elsewhere because the difference between simple possession and possession with intent to distribute is a HUGE amount of jail time.

I already know OT is mostly for the legalization of most or all legal drugs (varies based on poster what should be legalized) but until it happens the cops have to enforce the current law. They can't pick which laws they want to enforce unless they want to risk being fired and possibly charged with a crime themselves.

But of course, I already said in the part of the post you didn't quote that those officers who were responsible should face termination and criminal charges. Nobody deserves that kind of treatment and the man is probably going to get rich off of it (although I wouldn't put it past him blowing it on more X).

Bear Grylls would be proud.

They can't pick which laws they want to enforce...

ad1x2

They do it all the time.

Bear Grylls would be proud.

C2N2

[QUOTE="ad1x2"]

They can't pick which laws they want to enforce...

junglist101

They do it all the time.

a good life expirence that will build character if he doesn't spend too much time feeling sorry for himself and placing blame.

too bad the system will reward his expirence so he misses the point and thinks himself special.

he'll probably even get a book deal, and a tv movie deal out of it.

I blame the people who care.

1 of 2 things will happen now:

1. He'll NEVER go to a drug house again.

2. He'll use even MORE drugs now because the experience has caused post-traumatic distress disorder.

That's awful. They shouldnt have prison cells if they dont monitor them.

.. It doesnt' even discuss what drugs he used.. If he was simply using something like pot, who the f!ck cares?!? Why are people actually attacking the guy here..sSubZerOo

I wonder how airshocker feels about this

He lasted 5 days without water?