Arundel police fault FBI manhunt (Maryland)

Baltimore Sun ^ | July 4, 2002 | By Laura Barnhardt and Andrea F. Siegel

[Donald Stone]

The FBI's ill-fated search for a bank robbery suspect, which led to the March shooting of an unarmed Pasadena man, was flawed from the start, according to an Anne Arundel County police report released yesterday.

Problems ranging from malfunctioning equipment to poor supervision are detailed in the investigative report, which recounts the FBI shooting of 20-year-old Joseph C. Schultz in a case of mistaken identity.

[Donald Stone]

Baltimore Sun does not allow posting of full article on FR. Please go here: http://www.sunspot.net/bal-te.ar.fbi04jul04.story

[Donald Stone]

http://www.sunspot.net/bal-te.ar.fbi04jul04.story

[Howie]

It's clear to me, if their radios had functioned properly they would have shot the right person!

[Donald Stone]

The real suspect drove in circles around the FBI agents, who were in unmarked vehicles and out of uniform, and left the area unseen by federal agents.

Is this why they call them Special Agents !!!!!!!!

FBI agents unable to find their posterior with both hands, a flashlight, and a street map decide to go on a shooting spree targeting innocent unsuspecting members of the general public.

[FreedomPoster]

I heard a short radio news snippet the other day, that the FEEBS were going to walk on this one. Bad news. The agents involved should not get away scot-free; this is a travesty of justice.

The agents of the Imperial Federal Government are immune from prosecution for misdeeds. Forget this at your peril.

[FreedomPoster]

Is this why they call them Special Agents !!!!!!!!

I think this bunch was riding in the short patrol car.

[FreedomPoster]

Ping. At least some of you guys were active on the threads when this was originally being discussed. Enough time has passed, it's officially being swept under the rug.

[Donald Stone]

Enough time has passed, it's officially being swept under the rug.

At the Maryland State level that has already happened !!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/fo cus/news/709857/posts

[cynicom]

Stone...

What in hell was wrong with the members of the grand jury??? Somewhere, sometime, the assults on American citizens has got to stop and it can only be done by the CITIZENS themselves. The Federal government will NEVER hold their people accountable and the state governments have proven over time that they have not the guts to protect their own citizens.

To my mind, John Ashcroft has not the guts to rein in these people, he is no better than Reno.

[Donald Stone]

Grand Juries are a very effective way to white wash or conceal criminal wrong doing.

It is my understanding that members of the Grand Jury are chosen from the so-called up-standing members of the community, probably comprised of politicians,Annapolis(Anne Arundel County) is the capital of Maryland, and their personal acquaintances and political cronies.

Annapolis is a haven for corrupt FBI agents, politicians, and organized crime.

The federal, state, and local law enforcement in Annapolis probably spend a large portion of their resources concealing criminal activities involving these politicians and their cronies, so in exchange for this police protection,the politicians can cloak and control the outcome of any Grand Jury proceeding involving unlawful or criminal conduct by law enforcement.

[Donald Stone]

Here is one of the earlier post on this matter with more in depth explanation on why the Grand Jury is used.
http://www.freerepublic.com/fo cus/news/702085/posts

By convening a grand jury, law enforcement and legal experts say, Weathersbee, who is up for re-election this year, can also avoid criticism if charges are not filed.

"For political reasons, prosecutors sometimes take the case before a grand jury looking for a stamp of approval from the community," said Byron L. Warnken, a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law. "Particularly when there's controversy involved, the prosecutor can then say, 'Hey we didn't make the decision. We took it before 23 citizens, and they decided.'"

[TC Rider]

From Baltimore Sunspot..

FBI agent who wounded Pasadena man involved in fatal shooting in 2000

Fugitive murder suspect was killed in Laurel

The FBI agent who shot an unarmed Pasadena man by mistake March 1 was involved two years ago in the fatal shooting of a fugitive murder suspect at a Prince George's County apartment, an FBI official confirmed yesterday. The fugitive was not armed at the time, but investigators later said he had a loaded gun nearby.Special Agent Christopher Braga, 35, was one of three law enforcement officers involved in the February 2000 death of fugitive Donald Lee Thompson Jr., who was wanted in a...

Anyone remember the wacko schoolbus driver who decided to take his Pennsylvania students on a tour of DC? After a long chase, he drove his school bus into a municipal police station because of his fear of the feds tailing him. The agent in charge? Braga. Maybe he wasn't so wacky after all.

Braga is certainly on track to surpass Lon Horiuchi's record.

[cynicom]

Stone...

I use to live in Baltimore and in the Annapolis area many years ago. During my last trip to Annapolis, I very nearly got my self a beating while dining at that rib place in Annapolis. Three drunken officer staff members of the academy were using such foul language that I asked them to desist. They had a lady with them that seemed not to mind their social graces bestowed upon them by the academy.

I am over 70 but that seemed not to bother them as one followed us outside and was willing to whip me. Disgusting group.

[Donald Stone]

I have spent the last 9 years investigating political corruption,organized crime, and law enforcement corruption in Maryland and Florida which I have documented at www.marylandcorruption.com

I also have had limited personal dealings with who(I think) is Braga's supervisor, a Dave Midura,FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Annapolis, MD. FBI field office.

I'm currently investigating an approx. $8.3 million payment that was made personally to a Mark C. Sapperstein by a company in south Florida, Pinnacle Towers (now in bankruptcy) for certain Maryland cellular tower assets that Sapperstein sold to Pinnacle and that Pinnacle bundled into a $325 million public securities offering.

Mark C. Sapperstein is a very close personal acquaintance and political crony of the Maryland Attorney General, Joseph Curran Jr.(D).

[cynicom]

I have been active in politics for forty years, hence my moniker, cynical old man. I was involved in or managed several county political campaigns and have never met a politician that was not either tainted or became tainted after entering office. Lived in NYC for a few years, friend there was member NY state legislature, tainted. It just always seemed to me that most of these people were failures at everything else earlier in life.

[Donald Stone]

Pretty gutless of the boys from the academy to threaten someone of your age.

"A person who sees the world as it is, is called a cynic by all those that don't"

Back in the early 1990's I had the utmost respect for our law enfocement agencies, such as the FBI and DOJ, in fact I was in awe of the DOJ.

Over the past 9 years that respect and awe of the FBI and DOJ based on my personal experience and by collaborating with others has been replaced by utter contempt for anybody that works for the DOJ or FBI or any type of law enforcement agency especially if it involves high level political corruption.

I find the DOJ emplyees that outright lie to conceal political corruption and criminal activity to be the most despicable, because they are lawyers and the best educated.

One of the DOJ defendants I had charged with alleged racketeering back in 1998 was being touted by the Republican Party as a possible replacement for Louis Freeh, Director of the FBI.

This individual would have made a great replacement for Louis Freeh,he and 5 or 6 other high level DOJ employees had been caught lying in two federal court proceedings to conceal a multitude of fraudulent schemes involving political corruption and organized crime.(sarcasm)

[harpseal]

It has been well swept under the rug and it is now officially open season for the FEEBs on innocent civilians. The bad news for the Feebies is that the open seaqson thing can work both ways. Eventually people get tired of seeing sons, daughters, brothers, sisters cousins and spouses shot for no reason.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[cynicom]

I had the sorry duty of working with the FBI, DEA and such for over twenty years in government service. As time evolved, it became apparent that they were arrogant self serving people that had little or no regard for citizen rights, it was only if they might have trouble that they would back off. They were always scared to death of the powerful and God almighty with the weak. We learned over time to give them minimal cooperation, and to offer nothing.

[Free the USA]

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[Fred Mertz]

Braga, who took a brief voluntary leave after the shooting, has returned to duty.

Unbelievable! This is his second shooting, fortunately for Braga, he killed the first one. Braga's day will come.