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Nar Gilah
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Besides murder, terror, theft and so on, the DEA has now
added torture to the services it taxes you for.
Daniel Chong Drank Urine To Survive 5 Days In Holding Cell
Without Food, Water
The Huffington Post | By [127]Andy Campbell
Posted: 05/ 2/2012 11:38 am
Updated: 05/ 2/2012 5:31 pm
Update: The Drug Enforcement Administration has apologized to Danny
Chong after he spent five days in a holding cell without food, water or
a toilet, the [144]LA Times reported.
"I extend my deepest apologies [to] the young man and want to express
that this event is not indicative of the high standards that I hold my
employees to," William Sherman, special agent in charge of the San
Diego division of the DEA, said in a statement. He added that he has
ordered "an extensive review" of DEA procedures.
Earlier:
An innocent California student was placed in a holding cell after his
buddy's house was raided by the Drug Enforcement Administration, and
ended up spending nearly five days in his dark prison without food,
water or human contact.
Danny Chong, 24, had been told that he was going to be released on
April 20 -- the same day he was detained -- because he wasn't charged
with any crime.
Officers reportedly forgot about him. He [145]told NBC that he was
forced to drink his own urine for hydration and ended up carving his
own flesh with glass in a fit of psychosis.
"I had to do what I had to do to survive," he told the station on
Tuesday. "I was completely insane."
Chong's horrific -- and accidental -- stay in the dark holding cell
began on April 20, when agents raided a home that Chong where hanging
out near UC San Diego. DEA officials said they found some 18,000
ecstasy pills at the home, but that Chong wasn't involved. He was
brought in for questioning, but never formally arrested or charged,
[146]according to U-T San Diego.
He was supposed to leave his detention the same day. One officer even
offered him a ride home.
But he was forgotten inside his 5-foot-by-10-foot, windowless
enclosure.
He kicked, screamed and cried as the days passed. He could hear DEA
agents on the other side of his heavy door, but they apparently
couldn't hear him. He didn't have food, water or a bathroom.
At one point Chong went so "insane" he broke his glasses with his teeth
and carved "Sorry Mom" into his arm.
By day five -- when corrections officers finally heard Chong's screams
for help -- he'd been hallucinating and even attempted to eat broken
glass, [147]NBC reported.
When agents finally found Chong, he was incoherent and had to be taken
to the hospital, [148]according to the Associated Press. He was treated
for a perforated lung -- an injury consistent with someone who has
eaten glass.
The student's lawyer compared his detention to the famous Abu Ghraib
prison in Iraq. Chong is considering filing a civil lawsuit against the
DEA.
The DEA maintains that the incident was accidental and isolated, but
hasn't elaborated.
References
144. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/dea-apologizes-to-
student-who-drank-his-urine-to-survive.html
145. http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/daniel-chong-ucsd-san-diego-
dea-149758275.html
146. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/01/man-abandoned-dea-cell-
steps-forward/
147. http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/daniel-chong-ucsd-san-diego-
dea-149758275.html
148. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/calif-student-who-drug-
agents-accidentally-left-in-cell-for-5-days-says-he-drank-own-
urine/2012/05/02/gIQA2xtcvT_story.html
added torture to the services it taxes you for.
Daniel Chong Drank Urine To Survive 5 Days In Holding Cell
Without Food, Water
The Huffington Post | By [127]Andy Campbell
Posted: 05/ 2/2012 11:38 am
Updated: 05/ 2/2012 5:31 pm
Update: The Drug Enforcement Administration has apologized to Danny
Chong after he spent five days in a holding cell without food, water or
a toilet, the [144]LA Times reported.
"I extend my deepest apologies [to] the young man and want to express
that this event is not indicative of the high standards that I hold my
employees to," William Sherman, special agent in charge of the San
Diego division of the DEA, said in a statement. He added that he has
ordered "an extensive review" of DEA procedures.
Earlier:
An innocent California student was placed in a holding cell after his
buddy's house was raided by the Drug Enforcement Administration, and
ended up spending nearly five days in his dark prison without food,
water or human contact.
Danny Chong, 24, had been told that he was going to be released on
April 20 -- the same day he was detained -- because he wasn't charged
with any crime.
Officers reportedly forgot about him. He [145]told NBC that he was
forced to drink his own urine for hydration and ended up carving his
own flesh with glass in a fit of psychosis.
"I had to do what I had to do to survive," he told the station on
Tuesday. "I was completely insane."
Chong's horrific -- and accidental -- stay in the dark holding cell
began on April 20, when agents raided a home that Chong where hanging
out near UC San Diego. DEA officials said they found some 18,000
ecstasy pills at the home, but that Chong wasn't involved. He was
brought in for questioning, but never formally arrested or charged,
[146]according to U-T San Diego.
He was supposed to leave his detention the same day. One officer even
offered him a ride home.
But he was forgotten inside his 5-foot-by-10-foot, windowless
enclosure.
He kicked, screamed and cried as the days passed. He could hear DEA
agents on the other side of his heavy door, but they apparently
couldn't hear him. He didn't have food, water or a bathroom.
At one point Chong went so "insane" he broke his glasses with his teeth
and carved "Sorry Mom" into his arm.
By day five -- when corrections officers finally heard Chong's screams
for help -- he'd been hallucinating and even attempted to eat broken
glass, [147]NBC reported.
When agents finally found Chong, he was incoherent and had to be taken
to the hospital, [148]according to the Associated Press. He was treated
for a perforated lung -- an injury consistent with someone who has
eaten glass.
The student's lawyer compared his detention to the famous Abu Ghraib
prison in Iraq. Chong is considering filing a civil lawsuit against the
DEA.
The DEA maintains that the incident was accidental and isolated, but
hasn't elaborated.
References
144. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/dea-apologizes-to-
student-who-drank-his-urine-to-survive.html
145. http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/daniel-chong-ucsd-san-diego-
dea-149758275.html
146. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/01/man-abandoned-dea-cell-
steps-forward/
147. http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/daniel-chong-ucsd-san-diego-
dea-149758275.html
148. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/calif-student-who-drug-
agents-accidentally-left-in-cell-for-5-days-says-he-drank-own-
urine/2012/05/02/gIQA2xtcvT_story.html
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