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NYC woman gets probation for smuggling monkey meat
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Posted on 12/12/2009 3:44:22 PM PST by Chet 99
NEW YORK A New York City woman who was caught smuggling monkey meat through Customs has been sentenced to probation.
Mamie Manneh was arrested in 2006 after agents seized a shipment of dozens of primate parts hidden in a batch of smoked fish.
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TOPICS: Food; Local News
KEYWORDS: meat; monkey; nyc; probation; smuggling; woman
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posted on
12/12/2009 3:44:22 PM PST
by
Chet 99
To: Chet 99
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posted on
12/12/2009 3:47:45 PM PST
by
FormerACLUmember
(The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Menken.)
To: Chet 99
Oh man, nothing worse than biting into a piece of fishy monkey meat.
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posted on
12/12/2009 3:48:12 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: Chet 99
I don’t understand. Was it mutilated monkey meat? What’s the big deal?
To: Chet 99
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posted on
12/12/2009 3:49:20 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: Chet 99
To the tune of “The Old Grey Mare”
Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,
Mutilated monkey meat
Dirty little birdie feet.
Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,
And me without my spoon.
But they had straws!
To: Chet 99
This bimbo should have got life in prison for that stunt.Monkey Meat is a prime vector for the Ebola virus.
I’d hate to see that crap in this country.
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posted on
12/12/2009 3:52:48 PM PST
by
puppypusher
(The world is going to the Dogs.)
To: Chet 99
Mamie Manneh was arrested in 2006 after agents seized a shipment of dozens of primate parts hidden in a batch of smoked fish
Sound like it was salmon steaks to me.
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posted on
12/12/2009 3:53:37 PM PST
by
greatdefender
(If You Want Peace.....Prepare For War)
To: puppypusher
Of course. Nobama’s family need something to serve at the White House.
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posted on
12/12/2009 3:54:11 PM PST
by
hal ogen
To: Chet 99
monkey meat is terrible .... I promise
but cat cleans up real good and tastes a lot like chicken - honest!
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posted on
12/12/2009 3:55:05 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(This is my box of Kleenex. There are many like it but this one is mine. Ahhh-Choo!)
To: Chet 99
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posted on
12/12/2009 3:55:37 PM PST
by
rsobin
To: Chet 99
The Rally Monkey frowns upon your shenanigans.
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posted on
12/12/2009 3:57:05 PM PST
by
RichInOC
("And Shiva spake and said, 'TOUCH my monkey! LOVE him!'")
To: Chet 99
"The judge ultimately rejected that defense but gave Manneh a lenient sentence because she has
11 children and is mentally ill."
"mild mental retardation," according to court papers.
Problem solved right there.
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posted on
12/12/2009 3:59:05 PM PST
by
anglian
To: Chet 99
Mamie Manneh
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posted on
12/12/2009 4:00:18 PM PST
by
kingattax
(99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
To: Chet 99
Closing the curtain on a four-year saga that raised issues of freedom of religion and freedom of speech, a West Brighton woman was sentenced today to three years probation for smuggling illegal monkey parts, known as bushmeat, into the country.
Ms. Manneh and members of Christ Memorial Christian Church, which she attended in Stapleton, maintained that eating primate parts conforms with their religious beliefs. Doing so imbues them with the cunning and agile animals spiritual power while also helping them "get closer to God."
The wildlife parts carry the risk of "numerous" infectious diseases, including tuberculosis and Ebola.
The judge said her faith didnt bar Ms. Manneh from applying for the necessary permits to import the animal parts, and she did not explain why she had misled border officials.
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posted on
12/12/2009 4:00:49 PM PST
by
anglian
To: Chet 99
Manneh's lawyers argued that she and other African immigrants on Staten Island needed the meat for religious reasons.I wonder if they'll try that defense if African immigrants are caught smuggling in parts of albinos or human babies.
To: anglian
It gets worse. Manneh is already serving a two-year sentence in state prison for trying to run over a woman she suspected of sleeping with her husband, Zanger Jefferson. If convicted of the federal charges she faces up to five more years in prison and deportation. The governments taking a woman away from her children, complained Jefferson, whos struggling to raise the children alone. Its very depressing, especially with the holidays right around the corner.
http://www.daylife.com/photo/068X2K2crX0xe
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posted on
12/12/2009 4:06:17 PM PST
by
anglian
To: Chet 99
Mmmmmmm. Chilled monkey brains.
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posted on
12/12/2009 4:22:24 PM PST
by
Grim
(Nuke the gay polar bears)
To: Chet 99
Is that what they call it these days? “Smuggling monket meat?”
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posted on
12/12/2009 4:31:06 PM PST
by
dangus
(Nah, I'm not really Jim Thompson, but I play him on FR.)
To: dangus
Federal Judge Raymond Dearie ruled that Mamie Manneh shouldn’t be put behind bars for illegally trying to sneak 720 pounds of bushmeat including limbs, skulls and torsos...
Dearie gave her a stern warning not to violate her probationary terms. Her long rap sheet includes charges of selling stolen clothing and running down her husband’s girlfriend with an SUV.
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posted on
12/12/2009 4:40:39 PM PST
by
anglian
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