[Teh Doucher]

the "national defense authorization act" can be thanked for shit like this happening now.



A San Diego college student who was forgotten by federal drug agents and left in a holding cell for five days without food or water or access to a toilet says he drank his own urine to survive.

The man, identified by news outlets as 23-year-old UC San Diego engineering student Daniel Chong, was detained for questioning along with eight other people during an April 21 raid in which agents seized guns, ammunition and various drugs, according to the DEA.

The suspects were taken to the DEA's San Diego-area headquarters in Kearny Mesa, Fox5 San Diego reported. While being processed, they were moved around the five cells at the facility, according to the agency's statement.

Each was questioned in separate interview rooms and frequently moved around between rooms and cells.
"Seven suspects were brought to county [jail] after processing, one was released, and [Chong] was accidentally left in one of the cells,'' the DEA statement reads.

Despite Chong's shouts and his pounding and kicking on doors and walls in the holding cell, agents failed to realize they had forgotten about him until five days later, Chong told NBC San Diego.

He said he had to drink his own urine to stay alive, eventually began hallucinating and at one point tried to kill himself by breaking his glasses and using glass shards to cut his wrists.

Medics took Chong to a hospital, where he was admitted to an intensive-care unit and kept under physicians' care for several days, he said. Medical staffers told him he had nearly died of kidney failure, he told the station.

The Drug Enforcement Administration offered no explanation for how agents could have lost track of Chong and failed to hear his cries for help.

"DEA plans to thoroughly review both the events and detention procedures on April 21st and after,'' according to the prepared statement about the case.

San Diego college student forgotten in cell says he drank his urine - latimes.com (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/san-diego-college-student-left-in-cell-says-he-drank-his-urine.html)

for teh stupids, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year _2012

[Excelsis]

http://zipmeme.com/uploads/generated/g1335989408859716514.jpg

[InvisibleSoul]

Someone's gonna get sued.

[yukikaze203]

http://i.fra.bz/e46.jpg

[Berzerker]

Where is the pic...

STUCK IN A CELL FOR 5 DAYS



BETTER DRINK MY OWN PISS.

Berz out.

[JSALES]

fucking Americans

[pure.life]

huge psychological ramifications. $$$ time

[Recon604]

wtf there was a small bag of meth in his cell that he found but did not belong to him?

Does the DEA know how to properly body search ppl?

[infin8]

http://breakingbad.edogo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/eahank.jpg

[murd0c]

I guess he learned his lesson not to hang around people with weapons and drugs lol

[GLOW]

:facepalm:

[kwy]

Someone's gonna get their pants sued off, and rightfully so.

[GGnoRE]

All this guy has to do is get better and collect shit load of $ from them

Poor guy had to drink his own piss

[unit]

i get the feeling that nobody is going to be held accountable for this.

[BaoTurbo]

i get the feeling that nobody is going to be held accountable for this.

Agreed. Police getting in trouble? :fuckthatshit: They either get an excuse to let off the hook or a public apology with small compensation or none at all and call it a day.

Usually that's the case scenarios

[Meowjin]

not only did he drink his own piss, he ate glass trying to kill himself, and tried to carve into his arm "sorry mom"

[melloman]

Watch them still try to charge him for something too.. :facepalm:

[Psykopathik]

how do you "forget" someone you stuffed in a locked room for 5 fucking days?

[Verdasco]

i get the feeling that nobody is going to be held accountable for this.

i am sorry but i disagree, going to federal court with a high attorney is bound to get rich


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/college-student-claims-left-cell-five-days-without-153200359.html;_ylt=Asgty7V5afPmyQXfepVgOl4SH9EA;_ ylu=X3oDMTRtZjBtZDNxBG1pdANGZWF0dXJlZCBCbG9nIFRoZS BVcHNob3QgTmV0d29yawRwa2cDYTU0ZmQ3ZTQtYzkzZC0zOTEy LTliMDQtOWVmYWNmYTZmZDAzBHBvcwMzBHNlYwNNZWRpYUZlYX R1cmVkTGlzdFRlbXAEdmVyAzljOTBhYTcwLTk0OTUtMTFlMS1h OWZmLTgwN2MxOTdiZDE2Zg--;_ylg=X3oDMTM4czVsMHVyBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRw c3RhaWQDOTJmYjY1ZjktNGM4Zi0zNmNiLTk0MzMtNjk5ZDkxMj UzNjc5BHBzdGNhdANvcmlnaW5hbHN8dGhlc2lkZXNob3cEcHQD c3RvcnlwYWdl;_ylv=3

the mom :megusta:

[parm104]

i am sorry but i disagree, going to federal court with a high attorney is bound to get rich


DEA agents apologize for forgetting college student in cell for four days | The Lookout - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/college-student-claims-left-cell-five-days-without-153200359.html;_ylt=Asgty7V5afPmyQXfepVgOl4SH9EA;_ ylu=X3oDMTRtZjBtZDNxBG1pdANGZWF0dXJlZCBCbG9nIFRoZS BVcHNob3QgTmV0d29yawRwa2cDYTU0ZmQ3ZTQtYzkzZC0zOTEy LTliMDQtOWVmYWNmYTZmZDAzBHBvcwMzBHNlYwNNZWRpYUZlYX R1cmVkTGlzdFRlbXAEdmVyAzljOTBhYTcwLTk0OTUtMTFlMS1h OWZmLTgwN2MxOTdiZDE2Zg--;_ylg=X3oDMTM4czVsMHVyBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRw c3RhaWQDOTJmYjY1ZjktNGM4Zi0zNmNiLTk0MzMtNjk5ZDkxMj UzNjc5BHBzdGNhdANvcmlnaW5hbHN8dGhlc2lkZXNob3cEcHQD c3RvcnlwYWdl;_ylv=3)

the mom :megusta:

...FOX news...:suspicious:

[A$AProcky]

DEA is a waste of American tax payer money I'm glad Canada doesn't have a 1000 different agencies

[drunkrussian]

i get the feeling that nobody is going to be held accountable for this.

depends if hes black and/or if he was wearing a hoodie

[WakeMeUp]

DEA is a waste of American tax payer money I'm glad Canada doesn't have a 1000 different agencies

unfortunately, we do.

[Meowjin]

unfortunately, we do.

Departments and Agencies - Government of Canada Web site (http://canada.gc.ca/depts/major/depind-eng.html)

most are subdepartments from what I can see.

[Teh Doucher]

I guess none of your clicked that link for the "national defense authorization act" eh? People really need to be aware of it.

[bloodmack]

LOL!

[nickmak]

anyone else burst out laughing when they read the title of this thread?

[nickmak]

LOL!

oh shit i guess that guy did. i didnt realize there was page 2

[instantneedles]

I find it weird how an engineering student at one of america's top universities would have the time/expense/interest to indulge in drugs... Reading that title might seem funny, but imagine yourself stuck in the same situation as him...

[StylinRed]

I find it weird how an engineering student at one of america's top universities would have the time/expense/interest to indulge in drugs...

not sure if srs

[ilovebacon]

What a terrible feeling. Going thru 5 days without food. I get hungry every 4hours..

[MR_BIGGS]

The Hunger Games...

[asahai69]

the man responsible

http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/saw-image.jpg

[hotjoint]

^:lol

[sleepywheel]

I watched the interview on last nights news and can see how he felt. Imagine being locked in a cell with no window for 5 days, you can hear people walking past your door and they ignore your calls for help, and the prisoners in the cells on either side yell at you to be quiet. I think he said that the lights went out near the end and had to sit in the dark. Talk about a feeling of helplessness being cooped up in a tiny room and everyone ignores you. I hate being confined in a small area and I'd probably go beserk. Hope he gets something out of this.

[Ferra]

i get the feeling that nobody is going to be held accountable for this.
pretty sure the taxpayers are going to be held accountable....

1) victim sue
2) win millions
3) moneys comes out of taxpayers pocket
4) the individual officers who were negligent and responsible will walk away scotch free...pretty sure they wont' be charged or fired...maybe a few weeks suspension?

I always thought there should be more "personal accountability" at work...you made a mistake, you pay for it, that's how people learn

[static]

I say this kid will get $5,000,000 easy, a mill a day.

They will probably settle out of court though.

[Bhachu]

He is getting paid
HE'S SUING FOR 20 MILLION DOLLARS!!!
Trapped Student Sues For $20 Million - YouTube

[pastarocket]

Wow, this student is gonna get paid big time from the lawsuit! Sue their asses!

[ilovebacon]

I'm feeling that he should get 2mills not 20mill...

[TurboFC3S]

sounds like a highly exaggerated bullshit story to me lol

[StylinRed]

^^^^ try going 5 days without water locked in a room which had its lights shut off on the 3rd day


what's odd is he claims detainees in cells beside him could hear him and were yelling at him and he could hear DEA agents conversing and walking by his cell


if that's true this could really end up being a torture case rather than a "simple mistake"

[TurboFC3S]

if he went 5 days without water im quite sure he would be dead.. and how did he drink his own piss? piss into his hand or slurp it off the ground? LOL.

and then have the energy to carve himself with glass.. sounds like a crackhead in a jail cell that went on a bad trip from the meth he did before he got put in jail or somthing lol

[TOPEC]

if he went 5 days without water im quite sure he would be dead.. and how did he drink his own piss? piss into his hand or slurp it off the ground? LOL.

and then have the energy to carve himself with glass.. sounds like a crackhead in a jail cell that went on a bad trip from the meth he did before he got put in jail or somthing lol

piss into his own hands, piss into his own mouth, lick it off the ground, doesnt matter, u try going 5 days without water, when ur desperate enough u'd probably suck anyones cock for some water.

[TurboFC3S]

piss into his own hands, piss into his own mouth, lick it off the ground, doesnt matter, u try going 5 days without water, when ur desperate enough u'd probably suck anyones cock for some water.

No, i defenatly would not

but it sounds like you have intimate experience in the survival field :gay:

[mmmk]

^ Urine is 95% water. He most likely just licked it off the ground :okay:

[Ri2]

if he went 5 days without water im quite sure he would be dead.. and how did he drink his own piss? piss into his hand or slurp it off the ground? LOL.

and then have the energy to carve himself with glass.. sounds like a crackhead in a jail cell that went on a bad trip from the meth he did before he got put in jail or somthing lol

i'm pretty sure you can live up to 10 days without water before you die...it really depends how much you sweat/piss/shit and are moving/burning energy within those days..
worst comes to worst you can drink your own piss just to even out your intake/output count. it's nutritional value is shit since it's supposed to be excreted but it'll do the job in the event. however, the less amount of water you consume makes the waste concentration of your urine a lot higher... so it'll most likely be dark and have a strong odor. wouldn't be surprised if someone puked while trying to drink this and fucked themselves over even more lol.
it also depends on the functionality of your kidneys... healthy kidneys of course will last longer... but if you got any sort of deficiency though, you're going to die from renal failure within a few days..:okay:

[FN-2199]

I'm feeling that he should get 2mills not 20mill...

Oh? Astounding mathematics. Do tell how you've come to that conclusion.

[ilovebacon]

Oh? Astounding mathematics. Do tell how you've come to that conclusion.

20mill is a ridiculous large amount of money.
2mill sounds like a reasonable amount for them to give him.
there is no way a nobody that isnt ballin would have a chance to win in court for 20mill.

[z2two]

20mill is a ridiculous large amount of money.
2mill sounds like a reasonable amount for them to give him.
there is no way a nobody that isnt ballin would have a chance to win in court for 20mill.

who are you to say how much money somebody can sue for?

[InvisibleSoul]

I also believe he sensationalized his story on purpose.

Totally conjecture, but this is how I imagine it. After maybe a couple days, he realized that they forgot about him. He then devises a plan to make them pay for it, so he actually stays quiet and avoids being detected for as long as possible. It doesn't make sense that he can hear the others, and nobody can hear him. It also doesn't seem like natural human survivor behavior to try and kill yourself if you've been forgotten about for five days. He feigns to try killing himself to add more credibility to his pain and suffering to sue for more money.

[Meowjin]

I also believe he sensationalized his story on purpose.

Totally conjecture, but this is how I imagine it. After maybe a couple days, he realized that they forgot about him. He then devises a plan to make them pay for it, so he actually stays quiet and avoids being detected for as long as possible. It doesn't make sense that he can hear the others, and nobody can hear him. It also doesn't seem like natural human survivor behavior to try and kill yourself if you've been forgotten about for five days. He feigns to try killing himself to add more credibility to his pain and suffering to sue for more money.

have you ever purposely tried to get in a collision or do you slam the breaks/evasive driving when something unexpected happens on the road?

[StylinRed]

lol yeah.... he plotted to do more damage than his partial kidney failure... instead of worrying about living he's like "hey i know i'll start smacking my head on the wall and really fuck myself up that'll learn em... whenever they find me and then I can sue them for money"




as for cutting himself, I think that may have had to do with the meth he took while in the cell, but im not too clear on what exactly transpired in his cell with that bag of meth that he claims was found in there

maybe he had the bag on him and he thought he should try and get rid of it? and due to the lack of water the meth just fucked him up even more and since he was hallucinating he just started cutting himself; who knows


that's all really beside the point though, he shouldn't have been locked up without food/water/contact for 5 days, period.

[Gridlock]

I also believe he sensationalized his story on purpose.

Totally conjecture, but this is how I imagine it. After maybe a couple days, he realized that they forgot about him. He then devises a plan to make them pay for it, so he actually stays quiet and avoids being detected for as long as possible. It doesn't make sense that he can hear the others, and nobody can hear him. It also doesn't seem like natural human survivor behavior to try and kill yourself if you've been forgotten about for five days. He feigns to try killing himself to add more credibility to his pain and suffering to sue for more money.

Hey! Let's lock you in a closet with no food or water and you tell us after 5 days if the insanity you are feeling is real or fake.

Mmm...hand full of urine? Delish!

[InvisibleSoul]

have you ever purposely tried to get in a collision or do you slam the breaks/evasive driving when something unexpected happens on the road?
...? What does that have to do with anything? I'm not drawing a parallel.

[Psykopathik]

where's the"One does not simply forget a person in a cell for 5" days gif?

RE: Bear Grilles: He'd be led into the cell already drinking his own piss....

"Gonna be locked in a cell for 5 days, better..."

[bballguy]

have you ever purposely tried to get in a collision or do you slam the breaks/evasive driving when something unexpected happens on the road?

...? What does that have to do with anything? I'm not drawing a parallel.

You are suggesting that he was purposely trying to put himself in a worse position, and thus possibly setting himself for death, so that he could sue IF/WHEN they finally would find him...

How is that any different from purposely trying NOT to avoid an accident in which you would not be at fault in, and thus could get plenty of money for through ICBC? It's the same thing. You'd be risking your life in order to maybe get some money....do you see people doing that? No; so I'm pretty sure a guy wouldn't purposely hide in this jail cell hoping that nobody remembers about him for 5 days.....

[InvisibleSoul]

You are suggesting that he was purposely trying to put himself in a worse position, and thus possibly setting himself for death, so that he could sue IF/WHEN they finally would find him...

How is that any different from purposely trying NOT to avoid an accident in which you would not be at fault in, and thus could get plenty of money for through ICBC? It's the same thing. You'd be risking your life in order to maybe get some money....do you see people doing that? No; so I'm pretty sure a guy wouldn't purposely hide in this jail cell hoping that nobody remembers about him for 5 days.....
It's very different. Not avoiding an accident is a decision that's made in a split second. He had probably at least 2-3 days sitting there alone deciding what to do.

Okay, let me say that I have no idea whether his story is completely legitimate or it's been sensationalized. No doubt it was a terrible situation to be in and that he legitimately suffered, but I just think there's a possibility it didn't have to be as bad as it was, and maybe he made it worse than it was to get more money out of a lawsuit.

[MaGNuM16]

ill admit im kind of clusterphobic, and if i was locked in a tiny cell with my hands handcuffed behind my back for 5 days id go insane too. I couldnt imagine what this kid went through , but if i did id be sueing the shit out of them too.

[bballguy]

ill admit im kind of clusterphobic

You have a fear of clusters?

[Meowjin]

It's very different. Not avoiding an accident is a decision that's made in a split second. He had probably at least 2-3 days sitting there alone deciding what to do.

Okay, let me say that I have no idea whether his story is completely legitimate or it's been sensationalized. No doubt it was a terrible situation to be in and that he legitimately suffered, but I just think there's a possibility it didn't have to be as bad as it was, and maybe he made it worse than it was to get more money out of a lawsuit.

dude you are so fucking stupid.

[Gridlock]

Well, you can add this to your conjecture of his motivations.

He's suing...for 20 million.

[kunoman1]

Holy 20 million I think we have another college dropout on our hands

[A$AProcky]

I hope he wins

[bballguy]

Well, you can add this to your conjecture of his motivations.

He's suing...for 20 million.

We established this on page 2....

[InvisibleSoul]

dude you are so fucking stupid.

What an articulate statement.

You don't think it's even within the realm of possibility he sensationalized what actually happened?

[freakshow]

What an articulate statement.

You don't think it's even within the realm of possibility he sensationalized what actually happened?It may be with in the realm of possibility.. However, I think you're overestimating your level of sanity when you're locked in a windowless room with hands tied behind your back with no food or drink for two days.
It's *possible* that he faked it all, but I think Majin was trying to say, do you really think someone would go through all of that and still be rational enough to risk their own life by subjecting themselves to starvation and liver failure for the hope of a payout?

[InvisibleSoul]

It may be with in the realm of possibility.. However, I think you're overestimating your level of sanity when you're locked in a windowless room with hands tied behind your back with no food or drink for two days.
It's *possible* that he faked it all, but I think Majin was trying to say, do you really think someone would go through all of that and still be rational enough to risk their own life by subjecting themselves to starvation and liver failure for the hope of a payout?
I never said he faked it all. I'm just saying maybe it didn't have to be as bad as it was told to be.

Maybe it was even true that the guards couldn't hear him, or maybe even they did hear him and chose to ignore him.

Maybe he really did all he could to get noticed in those five days.

Even if all of that were true, he still could have feigned some aspects like trying to kill himself with his eyeglass lens to make it look even worse.

I guess the only one that knows the truth is himself.

[Gridlock]

We established this on page 2....

I browsed back and didn't see it. Just consider me like a reality show host updating you on everything that happened before that commercial break, because your memory is so poor from watching tv, you can't remember.

For those that are just joining us, the pee kid is suing for 20 mill :)

[Anjew]

I never said he faked it all. I'm just saying maybe it didn't have to be as bad as it was told to be.

Maybe it was even true that the guards couldn't hear him, or maybe even they did hear him and chose to ignore him.

Maybe he really did all he could to get noticed in those five days.

Even if all of that were true, he still could have feigned some aspects like trying to kill himself with his eyeglass lens to make it look even worse.

I guess the only one that knows the truth is himself.

who cares if he sensationalized it? wouldn't you have done the same thing? otherwise the ramifications could be just a slap on the wrist. you want to make it a big deal because IT IS. bottom line... 5days without food/water/facilities is a BIG MISTAKE on the DEA's part.

[Hehe]

I personally don't think 20M is much for what the guy had to go through. I mean, he could have easily died if he wasn't discovered.

And imagine the fear he had to go through. I don't think people can pay me enough to go to such extreme.

[Hondaracer]

lol i'll stay in a cell for 5 days with nothing for 1 mill..

[vitaminG]

lol i'll stay in a cell for 5 days with nothing for 1 mill..

how much to play a round of Russian roulette? thats basically what youre doing if youre going 5 days w/o food and water

plus he prolly had mad pasties from smoking up all day

[bballguy]

lol i'll stay in a cell for 5 days with nothing for 1 mill..

dude you are so fucking stupid.

.

[InvisibleSoul]

who cares if he sensationalized it? wouldn't you have done the same thing? otherwise the ramifications could be just a slap on the wrist. you want to make it a big deal because IT IS. bottom line... 5days without food/water/facilities is a BIG MISTAKE on the DEA's part.
I never argued that it wasn't.

[Manic!]

lol i'll stay in a cell for 5 days with nothing for 1 mill..

You think you would last 5 days?

[dachinesedude]

lol i'll stay in a cell for 5 days with nothing for 1 mill..

:lawl: i would like to see how long you'll last

[Hondaracer]

I'm pretty sure I retain more water than this kid so I'd give it a shot

Y'all is bitchez

[bballguy]

I'm pretty sure I retain more water than this kid so I'd give it a shot

Y'all is bitchez

I feel sorry for you then as you must have a pretty shitty quality of life....1 million dollars? Seriously? That's fucking NOTHING....Doctor can make that much in 1 year, and you think it's worth risking your life? Maybe you're right though; you probably have such a shitty quality of life that maybe it is worth risking YOUR life for it....:fuckthatshit:

[Gumby]

I'm pretty sure I retain more water than this kid so I'd give it a shot
Did I miss the part where this kid says how many times he took a piss? How on earth did you come to this conclusion?! :fulloffuck:

[Hondaracer]

I feel sorry for you then as you must have a pretty shitty quality of life....1 million dollars? Seriously? That's fucking NOTHING....Doctor can make that much in 1 year, and you think it's worth risking your life? Maybe you're right though; you probably have such a shitty quality of life that maybe it is worth risking YOUR life for it....:fuckthatshit:

A) by the looks of that provincial doctors list, there are very few doctors that are making anywhere close to a million a year

B) a lump sum of a million dollars is much different than a salary of the same amount

C) I'm glad people get so worked up over hypothetical situations, goof

[Hondaracer]

Did I miss the part where this kid says how many times he took a piss? How on earth did you come to this conclusion?! :fulloffuck:

Because I'm pretty sure I'm a bigger guy than somone named Daniel Chong, and with the amount of water I drink on a constant basis, if you put me in a cell right now I'd probably outlast most

[bing]

A) by the looks of that provincial doctors list, there are very few doctors that are making anywhere close to a million a year

B) a lump sum of a million dollars is much different than a salary of the same amount

C) I'm glad people get so worked up over hypothetical situations, goof

That list is full of family practice doctors who are at the bottom of the medical pyramid. Specialists especially ones in the States can easily pull in that kind of money. If not in one, then in 2 years and it wouldn't take them that long either to save up 1 million.

Hypothetical situation or not, I don't think its a good idea to risk ones life over money. Five days may sound like an easy feat, but without water that long it could potentially be dangerous for anyone in that kind of situation. I don't know about you but I wouldn't want to take the chance of damaging my organs even if I survived.

[Hondaracer]

My organs take that risk every weekend

:troll:

[Anjew]

who cares if he sensationalized it? wouldn't you have done the same thing? otherwise the ramifications could be just a slap on the wrist. you want to make it a big deal because IT IS. bottom line... 5days without food/water/facilities is a BIG MISTAKE on the DEA's part.

I never argued that it wasn't.

do you even know what you are talking about anymore?? i wasn't even arguing against your statement that he sensationalized it.

[Duff Beer]

recycling lol..

[InvisibleSoul]

I never said he faked it all. I'm just saying maybe it didn't have to be as bad as it was told to be.

Maybe it was even true that the guards couldn't hear him, or maybe even they did hear him and chose to ignore him.

Maybe he really did all he could to get noticed in those five days.

Even if all of that were true, he still could have feigned some aspects like trying to kill himself with his eyeglass lens to make it look even worse.

I guess the only one that knows the truth is himself.

who cares if he sensationalized it? wouldn't you have done the same thing? otherwise the ramifications could be just a slap on the wrist. you want to make it a big deal because IT IS. bottom line... 5days without food/water/facilities is a BIG MISTAKE on the DEA's part.

I never argued that it wasn't.

do you even know what you are talking about anymore?? i wasn't even arguing against your statement that he sensationalized it.

Do you know what you are talking about? I wasn't arguing that you were arguing that he sensationalized it. I was agreeing that it was a big mistake for the DEA to leave him there, no matter what the circumstances.

[Psykopathik]

how is there even a single room in a DEA facility that does NOT have a camera in it???

[TheKingdom2000]

Have any of you ever done the 30 hour famine?
That alone kills me.

5 days without food or water?
Good luck.
Though, if I knew after five days I would be getting $20million, that would make it a lot easier. For this guy, it was worse because he probably felt like he was going to die before anyone would get to him.

Though, this kid was a gangster right, was he the one with the guns and drugs? Or was he innocent?

[PornMaster]

He was an engineering student smoking up for 420.

Wrong place wrong time

[TheKingdom2000]

He was an engineering student smoking up for 420.

Wrong place wrong time

Oh fcukkkk. That is pretty fcuked up.
I hope he sues the shit out of them!

[TheKingdom2000]

I found this article...
Daniel Chong sues for $20m after being forgotten in police cell for 5 days | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2139333/Daniel-Chong-sues-20m-forgotten-police-cell-5-days.html)


The thing that was pretty crazy was the fact that he may have been hand cuffed the whole time, he ate glass, he ingested MDMA, and the lights turned off so it was complete darkness in the cell.. That is pretty messed

[Chronix]

lol i'll stay in a cell for 5 days with nothing for 1 mill..


http://i.imgur.com/rvwwt.gif

[nickmak]

They should make this into a movie. With jet li as Daniel chong. And benicio del toro playing one of the officers

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

I found this article...
Daniel Chong sues for $20m after being forgotten in police cell for 5 days | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2139333/Daniel-Chong-sues-20m-forgotten-police-cell-5-days.html)


The thing that was pretty crazy was the fact that he may have been hand cuffed the whole time, he ate glass, he ingested MDMA, and the lights turned off so it was complete darkness in the cell.. That is pretty messed

he ingested crystal meth, not mdma.

[Hondaracer]

Have any of you ever done the 30 hour famine?
That alone kills me.

5 days without food or water?
Good luck.
Though, if I knew after five days I would be getting $20million, that would make it a lot easier. For this guy, it was worse because he probably felt like he was going to die before anyone would get to him.

Though, this kid was a gangster right, was he the one with the guns and drugs? Or was he innocent?

The vast majority of people could easily survive 5 days with no food.

[Teh Doucher]

The vast majority of people could easily survive 5 days with no food.

without food maybe, but without water? its pretty much fucking impossible.

[Hondaracer]

Which is why I only said food..

[nns]

Is it just me or is BBallguy one of the most judgemental people on this site? Always so quick to condemn people and their opinions.

I'm sure you get sick, make smelly farts, and take dumps like the rest of us peons, so why don't you relax a bit?

[El Bastardo]

So some of you support a man suing for 20 mil who was busted in a drug sting?

Its reasonable for us to feel empathy for people who aren't suspected drug dealers being put into this system, and I'm not saying this man is guilty, but he was arrested in suspicion of a crime... and from what I can tell, he hasn't had the charges dropped.

I don't support a suspected drug dealer getting $20mil from a government agency that ultimately does more good than harm.


Also, common sense dictates you don't eat shit you find on the floor of a jail cell. Are the entrance requirements for UCSD so low that they accept people who think its reasonable to eat white powder you find on the ground?

[StylinRed]

^^ being mistreated is being mistreated i could care less about their supposed chosen "profession"

[Manic!]

So some of you support a man suing for 20 mil who was busted in a drug sting?

Its reasonable for us to feel empathy for people who aren't suspected drug dealers being put into this system, and I'm not saying this man is guilty, but he was arrested in suspicion of a crime... and from what I can tell, he hasn't had the charges dropped.

I don't support a suspected drug dealer getting $20mil from a government agency that ultimately does more good than harm.


Also, common sense dictates you don't eat shit you find on the floor of a jail cell. Are the entrance requirements for UCSD so low that they accept people who think its reasonable to eat white powder you find on the ground?

Spending a few days in a dark room by yourself will make you do crazy things also 20 mill is just the starting point.

[Jassanova]

So some of you support a man suing for 20 mil who was busted in a drug sting?

Its reasonable for us to feel empathy for people who aren't suspected drug dealers being put into this system, and I'm not saying this man is guilty, but he was arrested in suspicion of a crime... and from what I can tell, he hasn't had the charges dropped.

I don't support a suspected drug dealer getting $20mil from a government agency that ultimately does more good than harm.


Also, common sense dictates you don't eat shit you find on the floor of a jail cell. Are the entrance requirements for UCSD so low that they accept people who think its reasonable to eat white powder you find on the ground?

Is this a serious post? He was never charged.

The guy wasn't "busted in a drug sting". He was at a house smoking a J on 420. Other people were busted for mushrooms and ecstacy and were sent to jail. He was brought in for questioning, told he was not being charged, was being released, and that they would drive him home.

They then left him in a cell, handcuffed, with no lights, no toilet, no food, no water, and no expectation that anyone would ever help him get out. He could hear people outside his door but no one would respond to his cries for help.

Anyone saying they would go through that same thing for a million dollars is kidding themselves. Sure if you had the retrospect that you would get out alive, that is one thing.. but this guy didn't know that.

What do you think starts going through your mind after 24 hours of solitary confinement? 48 hours? How about when the lights go off... for days... 72 hours passes without a single person checking in on you and you slowly start to realize that there is a very legitimate chance you are going to die in that cell... that would seriously fuck with anyone.

[impulse777]

Remember that guy locked in the elevator for 2-3 days no food no water taking a leak/dump in the corner. He wasn't locked in a dark cell & handcuffed but basically lost his mind stuck in a elevator this dea case is worse and as bad as it comes. You know how you go to work in the morning and by noon you are hungry bahahaha 5 days= 15 meals plus 20L of liquids (4L per day) that would turn me into a raisin.

[Jassanova]

BTW people just because a claim asks for $20 million does not mean that it is what he is going to get... remember the McDonalds coffee incident when the lady was awarded millions of dollars... she apparently ended up with less than $600K in settlement.

[Meowjin]

is there a syndrome or phenomenomomoemoneoneone that describes that everytime there is a thread about lawsuits that someone brings up the mcdonalds hot coffee?

[Manic!]

Someone google up hot coffee and take I look at the pictures. She deserved to get all the money she got. The pictures are NSFW.

[Jassanova]

is there a syndrome or phenomenomomoemoneoneone that describes that everytime there is a thread about lawsuits that someone brings up the mcdonalds hot coffee?

I brought it up because it's the easiest and most famous example to explain the misconceptions that the public have when they see a $20 million dollar lawsuit claim in America (see multiple posts in this thread).

[bballguy]

Dude got $4-mill.


A university student in the US city of San Diego has received $4.1m (£2.7m) from the US government after he was abandoned for more than four days in a prison cell, his lawyer said.

Daniel Chong said he drank his urine to stay alive, tried to carve a message to his mother on his arm and hallucinated.

He was held in a drug raid in 2012, but told he would not be charged. Nobody returned to his cell for four days.

The justice department's inspector is now investigating what happened.

Mr Chong, now 25, said he slid a shoelace under the door and screamed to get attention before five or six people found him covered in his faeces in the cell at the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) San Diego headquarters.

After Mr Chong was rescued, he spent five days in hospital recovering from dehydration, kidney failure, cramps and a perforated oesophagus. He also lost 15lb (7kg).

'Horrible accident'
Mr Chong was one of nine people detained in the raid in April 2012. Authorities determined that they would not pursue charges after questioning him.

One of Mr Chong's lawyers said a police officer then put him in the holding cell and told him: "We'll come get you in a minute."

Mr Chong said he thought he was forgotten by mistake.

"It sounded like it was an accident - a really, really bad, horrible accident," he said.

The 5-by-10-foot (1.5-3m) cell had no windows and Mr Chong had no food or water while he was trapped inside for four-and-a-half days.

Mr Chong said he started hallucinating on the third day.

He urinated on a metal bench so he could have something to drink. He also unsuccessfully tried to set off a fire sprinkler to draw attention of the DEA authorities.

"I didn't just sit there quietly. I was kicking the door yelling," he was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.

"I even put some shoestrings, shoelaces through the crack of the door for visual signs. I didn't stay still, no, I was screaming."

At one point, Mr Chong admitted, he thought he was going to die. He broke his eyeglasses by biting into them and tried to carve a "Sorry Mom" farewell message. He managed to finish an "S".

DEA spokeswoman Allison Price confirmed that the $4.1m settlement had been reached, without providing further details, according to the AP.

The incident prompted the head of the DEA to issue a public apology last May, saying he was "deeply troubled" by the incident.

Mr Chong's lawyer said that as a result of the incident the DEA had introduced new policies for detention, including checking cells daily and installing cameras inside them.

Mr Chong, now an economics student at the University of California, says he plans to buy his parents a house.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23512853

[xilley]

Dude got $4-mill.




BBC News - US man 'abandoned' in US jail gets $4m in compensation (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23512853)

5 days 4 million.

DEA COME GET ME AND LEAVE ME IN FOR 10 DAYS !!! (innocent that is)

on another note, some dude asks "howd you become a millionaire"
chong : "oh, I drank my own piss in a room for 5 days." :pokerface:

[dinosaur]

I thought he would have received more....

[StylinRed]

^^^ well it was a settlement they didn't go to trial
he gets 3.2million after fees etc according to cbc Student forgotten for days in cell to get $4M from U.S. - World - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/07/30/dea-cell-settlement-us.html?cmp=rss)

[Sentinel]

I wonder how Bear Grylls feels about Mr. Chong drinking urine surviving in his cell then get millions.
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[xpl0sive]

interesting. dude gets stuck in a cell due to a drug investigation and has to drink some urine... RS'ers say he should be getting millions. Dude pulls out a knife on a bus, doesn't hurt anyone, gets shot at 9 times by police, RS'ers say he deserved it and his own fault for being an idiot....

[dlo]

^ cause he did nothing illegal, was at the wrong place wrong time, hanging with the wrong people

and knife on a bus, screaming profanity and being aggressive? that warrants to being shot in most cases, but definitely not deserving of 9 shots

[xpl0sive]

and how do you know that he did nothing illegal? Just because no charges were filed doesn't mean he's innocent. as far as the guy on the bus goes, none of the things you listed are illegal, so why did he DESERVE to be shot?

[Sid Vicious]

and how do you know that he did nothing illegal? Just because no charges were filed doesn't mean he's innocent. as far as the guy on the bus goes, none of the things you listed are illegal, so why did he DESERVE to be shot?

just curious, do you have fetal alcohol syndrome or something? its hard to believe someone without massive mental disabilities could be this stupid

as per the bill of rights
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges ... of citizens ... nor ... deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny ... the equal protection of the laws"

and also um, something we like to call habeas corpus

[dlo]

do you not read? i said he doesnt deserve to get shot 9 times.. guess thas how cops subdue people now a days
if u were to have no charges, im pree sure hes considered "innocent"

[Not really racist!]

just curious, do you have fetal alcohol syndrome or something? its hard to believe someone without massive mental disabilities could be this stupid

as per the bill of rights
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges ... of citizens ... nor ... deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny ... the equal protection of the laws"

and also um, something we like to call habeas corpus

http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad93/edelcakes/478302_391129287598960_100001056773208_75855267_63 0241120_o.jpg

[AzNightmare]

do you not read? i said he doesnt deserve to get shot 9 times.. guess thas how cops subdue people now a days
if u were to have no charges, im pree sure hes considered "innocent"

:suspicious:

http://www.revscene.net/forums/686767-toronto-police-shoot-teen-9-times-video-5.html

[dlo]

last part was in regard to the comments about the DEA + kid getting locked up lol

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

being a direct and immediate threat to others (and yourself) is different than being detained for suspicion... and being deserted for four days with no food or water, if they forgot about him for another day or two he would have died. that would be a torturous slow death.

the guy on the bus didn't deserve to be shot, but he was gonna be taken down for sure one way or another.

drug suspicion/possession is not a threat to anyone. having a knife and screaming like a crazy in public is a major threat. there's a big difference dude.

no one DESERVES to get killed, but if you play on the train tracks, you're likely to get crushed.

[Gumby]

being a direct and immediate threat to others (and yourself) is different than being detained for suspicion... and being deserted for four days with no food or water, if they forgot about him for another day or two he would have died. that would be a torturous slow death.

the guy on the bus didn't deserve to be shot, but he was gonna be taken down for sure one way or another.

drug suspicion/possession is not a threat to anyone. having a knife and screaming like a crazy in public is a major threat. there's a big difference dude.

no one DESERVES to get killed, but if you play on the train tracks, you're likely to get crushed.
Thank you for explaining the difference in detail, especially for xpl0sive's benefit. :)

[Gridlock]

drug suspicion/possession is not a threat to anyone.

You better lock me away, or I'll make you feel happy and euphoric man!