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ATF- You Can't Make This Up-Storefront Sting
Posted on 3/3/14 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 3/3/14 at 3:37 pm
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Operation Fearless, as it was called, was a multi-city program through which ATF opened roughly 37 pawn shops and storefronts around the country, often in or near gang areas, with the purpose of attracting felons and criminals to unknowingly sell their crime guns to the government. Agents would then trace the weapons to determine their source and use forensics to tie the guns to homicides.
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Problem is, some storefronts opened across from schools and churches, against policy. Agents attracted juveniles with free video games and alcohol. In one case, the agency paid two informants, one mentally deficient, to get tattoos on their neck of a squid smoking a joint to promote the store.
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This post was edited on 3/3/14 at 3:38 pm
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Posted on 3/3/14 at 3:42 pm to Strannix
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tattoos on their neck of a squid smoking a joint
Posted on 3/3/14 at 3:46 pm to Strannix
The state ATC raided a grocery store in full swat/military gear for selling milk at too low of a price.
This happened two weeks after state politicians wanted the store's parent company to drop out of a law suit against a prominent developer.
True story.
This happened two weeks after state politicians wanted the store's parent company to drop out of a law suit against a prominent developer.
True story.
This post was edited on 3/3/14 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 3/3/14 at 3:49 pm to Strannix
Mother -Of-GAWD!!!
Posted on 3/3/14 at 3:51 pm to Strannix
So they committed crimes to entrap people to do illegal stuff. I don't see what the big deal is.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 3:52 pm to Strannix
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Operation Brainless
FIFFEDGOV
Posted on 3/3/14 at 3:58 pm to Strannix
Nothing to see here, move along. Its for your own good and safety, ends justify the means.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 4:04 pm to Strannix
Yep, the gubmint is much better equipped to handle my healthcare than I am.
Posted on 3/3/14 at 4:06 pm to Strannix
That's not the only botched program...
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similar problems in ATF stings from Pensacola, Fla., to Portland, Ore
Agents put stings near schools and churches, increasing arrest numbers and penalties — and attracting juveniles with free video games and alcohol. They paid so much for guns and other goods that it encouraged burglaries in some cities. Defendants bought guns at stores such as Gander Mountain and sold them to undercover agents hours later for more than double what they paid.
In Milwaukee, three guns belonging to the case’s lead undercover agent, including a machine gun, were stolen. The machine gun remains missing
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similar problems in ATF stings from Pensacola, Fla., to Portland, Ore
Agents put stings near schools and churches, increasing arrest numbers and penalties — and attracting juveniles with free video games and alcohol. They paid so much for guns and other goods that it encouraged burglaries in some cities. Defendants bought guns at stores such as Gander Mountain and sold them to undercover agents hours later for more than double what they paid.
In Milwaukee, three guns belonging to the case’s lead undercover agent, including a machine gun, were stolen. The machine gun remains missing
Posted on 3/3/14 at 4:35 pm to Alahunter
The ATF might be my first choice as the most useless out of control federal agency that should be abolished tomorrow
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