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Law
Enforcement:
Agent
Who
Shot
Himself
in
Foot
Sues
DEA
for
Making
Him
Look
Silly
4/14/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/431/footsuit.shtml
A Drug Enforcement Agency
agent whose videotaped, self-inflicted gunshot wound before a class full
of school children has become the stuff of Internet legend is suing the
agency for releasing the tape. Agent Lee Paige, 45, who shot himself
in the foot while demonstrating weapons safety for the Florida children,
claims his career has been ruined and he has become a laughingstock.
The shooting occurred only
moments after Paige, a 15-year veteran, told the students he was the only
one in the room professional enough to handle a gun. He filed
suit April 7, charging that the videotape showing the shooting, which
was filmed by an audience member, was turned over to the DEA. The
drug agency subsequently "improperly, illegally, willfully and/or intentionally"
allowed the tape to be disseminated, Paige charged.
He has suffered as a result,
the lawsuit said. He has been the "target of jokes, derision, ridicule,
and disparaging comments" from bypassers in public places and he is no
longer "permitted or able to give educational motivational speeches and
presentations." Nor can he work undercover any longer because of
the tape's wide distribution, he complained.
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