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ATF rids Univ. of ninja threat (University of Georgia)
Red and Black ^ | 4-12-2006 | CAROLINE ERVIN

Posted on 04/12/2006 1:02:51 PM PDT by Cagey

ATF agents are always on alert for anything suspicious — including ninjas.

Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearm agents, on campus Tuesday for Project Safe Neighborhoods training, detained a “suspicious individual” near the Georgia Center, University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said.

Jeremiah Ransom, a sophomore from Macon, was leaving a Wesley Foundation pirate vs. ninja event when he was detained.

After being held in investigative detention, he was found to have violated no criminal laws and was not arrested.

“It was surreal,” Ransom said. “I was jogging from Wesley to Snelling when I heard someone yell ‘freeze.’”

Ransom said he thought a friend was playing a joke before he realized officers had guns drawn and pointed at him.

ATF agents had noticed Ransom’s suspicious behavior and clothing and gave chase, apprehending him, Williamson said.

“Agents noticed someone wearing a bandanna across the face and acting in a somewhat suspicious manner, peeping around the corner,” said ATF special agent in charge Vanessa McLemore.

Ransom was wearing black sweatpants and an athletic T-shirt with one red bandanna covering the bottom half of his face and another covering the top of his head, Williamson said.

“Seeing someone with something across the face, from a federal standpoint — that’s not right,” McLemore said, explaining why agents believed something to be amiss.

Agents noticed Ransom peering around a corner and said when police sirens sounded, he took off running.

After chasing Ransom and identifying themselves, ATF agents detained him, turning him over once University Police arrived, McLemore said.

Ransom said Williamson told him the incident should not have been handled in such a manner and he would file a complaint with the ATF.

“I was in shock, to say the least,” Ransom said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: academialist; atf; banglist; donutwatch; educationlist; highereducation; jackbootedthugs; jbt; jbts; libertarians; students; uga
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To: Cagey

Your papers, please, citizen.


41 posted on 04/12/2006 1:17:46 PM PDT by mysterio
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To: Cagey
And notice that in the photo they have the kid handcuffed yet they still have to have the obligatory knee smashing the fact into the concrete maneuver.

That's the special treatment for white folks. If he was black, he'd be dead.
not quite /sarc

What is with the ATF? Someone, from a college campus no less, calls about someone weird walking around and they pull this stuff? I'm all for securing the nation and all, but it gets harder to be pro-LEO.

42 posted on 04/12/2006 1:18:32 PM PDT by radiohead (Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking guts, you coward.)
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To: Cagey
“Seeing someone with something across the face, from a federal standpoint — that’s not right,”

Really? What about the ATF thugs, who routinely hide their faces?
ATF

43 posted on 04/12/2006 1:19:10 PM PDT by holymoly (Dick DeVos for MI Governor: http://www.devosforgovernor.com/)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Hahahahaha!

You have a Keen Eye for the Ninja Guy.


44 posted on 04/12/2006 1:19:52 PM PDT by Cagey (You don't pay taxes - they take taxes. ~Chris Rock)
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To: thinkthenpost

One wears the balaclava. One eats the baklava, BTW.

That one was good for a chuckle.


45 posted on 04/12/2006 1:22:04 PM PDT by MortMan (Trains stop at train stations. On my desk is a workstation...)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Yup, me too. Seems your company has the same firewall software ours does.


46 posted on 04/12/2006 1:23:06 PM PDT by DarkSavant
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To: Cagey
"You have a Keen Eye for the Ninja Guy."

LOL....I guess since they snuffed out all the Davidians, the ATF is rounding up the last of the Heaven's Gate folks....

enter>

47 posted on 04/12/2006 1:24:48 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: DarkSavant

Websense... the killer of fun.


48 posted on 04/12/2006 1:24:56 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Cagey

Arrr...he be lookin' like a suspicious character to me, mate! Keelhaul him! Not that oi've a vested interest in the matter, y'see...


49 posted on 04/12/2006 1:25:19 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Cagey

At least they didn't nerve gas him, then shoot him.


50 posted on 04/12/2006 1:26:48 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Cagey
They look like banditos to me. I don't see any badges, jackets, face masks, kevlar helmets, dogs, grenade launchers, armored personnel carriers, flamethrowers or select-fire weapons that might help me identify them as law enforcement officers.

Why do we have federal alphabet-agency enforcers doing neighborhood watch indoctrination duty anyway?

This outfit needs to be defunded and disbanded.

51 posted on 04/12/2006 1:27:33 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: Joe 6-pack
the ATF is rounding up the last of the Heaven's Gate folks....

Oh man, that's funny!

Nike lost some of their best customers when they offed themselves, that's for sure.

52 posted on 04/12/2006 1:29:02 PM PDT by Cagey (You don't pay taxes - they take taxes. ~Chris Rock)
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To: Cagey
“Seeing someone with something across the face, from a federal standpoint — that’s not right,” McLemore said, explaining why agents believed something to be amiss.

Somebody please find where there is a legitimate federal interest in someone obscuring the face -- at least when not done in a bank. Also note that they were on campus for training on the Safe Streets program and not to implement it during their lunch hour.

The picture in post #2 PMO to no end...

53 posted on 04/12/2006 1:29:41 PM PDT by T-Bird45
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To: Cagey
This photo, taken by a student’s camera phone, shows ATF officials pinning down Jeremiah Ransom in front of Snelling dining hall. He was coming from a pirate vs. ninja event at the Wesley Foundation and was not arrested. (Kathleen Ruark | The Red & Black)

He should sue for assault. That's hardly a reasonable search they've got going on in that photo. As far as not being under arrest, he doesn't exactly appear free to go in that photo either.

Where are the marches and rallies with signs reading "BATFErs Off Campus"? Hmmm?

54 posted on 04/12/2006 1:30:44 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: Supernatural
Hooray for the ATF. Maybe they will get a medal for this one.

Certainly, commendations and promotions for all involved. That's the BATFE way.

55 posted on 04/12/2006 1:31:35 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: Cagey

WORST NINJA EVER!


56 posted on 04/12/2006 1:32:02 PM PDT by Daus
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To: Cagey
pirate vs. ninja event

Maybe it is against the law being a nerd..atf is on top of it..

57 posted on 04/12/2006 1:33:11 PM PDT by BerniesFriend
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Seeing someone with something across the face, from a federal standpoint — that’s not right.

Apparently no federal agents anywhere have seen any of the illegal immigrant protests. Do the live on Mars?


58 posted on 04/12/2006 1:34:11 PM PDT by a_different_conservative
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To: El Gato

You make some very good points.

I'd love to be on a jury trying that case.


59 posted on 04/12/2006 1:34:16 PM PDT by Supernatural (When they come a wull staun ma groon, Staun ma groon al nae be afraid)
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To: mysterio
"Your papers, please, citizen."

Real ID Act | USA

60 posted on 04/12/2006 1:35:58 PM PDT by Buddy B (MSgt Retired-USAF)
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