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Cops Taser ATF agent

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December 18, 2020, 11:23 AM
fbmg
Cops Taser ATF agent
https://paragraph4.media/on-du...pyRjudXcEZVmZqjhhaRw
December 18, 2020, 11:32 AM
Skull Leader
Rubber gun squad for you, buddy! Bye bye!

It doesn't go into detail about the encounter, but it seems this guy had his ego on full display and that's why he didn't just get on the ground and allow them to cuff him while they figure out who the hell he was.
December 18, 2020, 11:35 AM
Dzozer
Did you see the blurb at the above link where this ATF agent was also accused of stealing wine from Kroger?



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December 18, 2020, 11:36 AM
Skull Leader
Yes, but the article makes it sound like these were two separate incidents.
December 18, 2020, 12:14 PM
lyman
why would an ATF agent, or any agent from any agency, go alone to pick up a firearm from a prohibited person?

why wasn't there State or Local backup?


seems off to me, but I am not LEO



I had to turn in some stuff to the ATF when I shut down Dad's FFL, the Agent had to take receipt of it, not the Compliance guy that was there, but they were both there,,

and the Agent I dealt with had another Agent with him (and I was known to not be a threat)



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December 18, 2020, 12:26 PM
sns3guppy
I didn’tsee anything that said Agent Burk was convicted of stealing wine. Just a hit piece that includes reference to an accusation. It does not enhance the story, but only serves to denigrate Agent Burk.

Insufficient information in the story exists except to clearly have an objective outside the subject. If the subject is about excess force and a law suit claiming such, the backsides story is really about smearing Agent Burk.
December 18, 2020, 12:54 PM
airsoft guy
quote:
Originally posted by sns3guppy:
I didn’tsee anything that said Agent Burk was convicted of stealing wine. Just a hit piece that includes reference to an accusation. It does not enhance the story, but only serves to denigrate Agent Burk.

Insufficient information in the story exists except to clearly have an objective outside the subject. If the subject is about excess force and a law suit claiming such, the backsides story is really about smearing Agent Burk.


Being an ATF agent smears him plenty already.



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December 18, 2020, 01:17 PM
dsiets
quote:
Originally posted by sns3guppy:
I didn’tsee anything that said Agent Burk was convicted of stealing wine. Just a hit piece that includes reference to an accusation. It does not enhance the story, but only serves to denigrate Agent Burk.

Insufficient information in the story exists except to clearly have an objective outside the subject. If the subject is about excess force and a law suit claiming such, the backsides story is really about smearing Agent Burk.

It says right there in the first line:
" Top notch correspondent Bethany Bruner of the The Columbus Dispatch "
She's Top. Notch. So it has to be accurate.
December 18, 2020, 01:22 PM
Micropterus
Somehow, I'm not terribly sympathetic to the ATF guy.


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December 18, 2020, 01:42 PM
DaBigBR
There's (obviously) more to the story.

Two 20 year veteran cops don't go on this call and blunder it to the point that the lawsuit claims without significant help from the ATF guy. The article says he has moved to an "administrative role" as a result of this incident. It's highly likely that that did not happen to make him feel better.
December 18, 2020, 01:51 PM
Gunfan
BS story. There’s no such thing as going to seize a firearm alone.
December 18, 2020, 02:03 PM
mrapteam666
So I just did a quick google search and read a completely different version on the WOSU website.

It will be interesting to see what the CPD body cameras have to say.

I did an online check to see if I knew the Officers since I grew up in Cols.
December 18, 2020, 02:30 PM
mike28w
What a great combination....ATF agent and Taser....."Light him up" !! Big Grin

Maybe take turns...let the department have some practice !
December 18, 2020, 02:42 PM
radioman
maybe he should stick to Tobacco enforcement. forget about the rest of the charter.


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December 18, 2020, 02:51 PM
DanH
At least the CPD didn't shoot Burk's dog...
December 18, 2020, 03:25 PM
rburg
quote:
Originally posted by DanH:
At least the CPD didn't shoot Burk's dog...


Just an oversight on their part.


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December 18, 2020, 04:26 PM
RichardC
quote:
Originally posted by DanH:
At least the CPD didn't shoot Burk's dog...



Oh, no. You didn't ...


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December 18, 2020, 04:35 PM
229DAK
quote:
Originally posted by Skull Leader:
It doesn't go into detail about the encounter, but it seems this guy had his ego on full display and that's why he didn't just get on the ground and allow them to cuff him while they figure out who the hell he was.
Yea, there is a LOT missing from this story.


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December 18, 2020, 07:45 PM
Fed161
Not an LEO, but I do know that the OIG agents for the agency I worked for (SSA) always at a minimum informed local law enforcement when they were interviewing a suspect in a fraud case (or any other violation they were investigating). Depending on the circumstances, on occasion they would ask for local LEO backup. Makes no sense not to do otherwise.
December 18, 2020, 07:48 PM
Jimbo Jones



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