https://www.revolver.news/2022/08/best-bodycam-video-ever-atf/
There’s your Feelgood Story of the Day to get your through Monday, right there. 
Damn… that ATF agent was an idiot.
LOL.
Screw that guy.
Did a info dive on ATF @sshole. He had been arrested I think prior to this incident for shoplifting $200 worth of wine
That was painful. I told someone once, if an officer or multiples show up and tell you get on the ground, you comply. Regardless of who you are, until the officers have figured out the scene. Fighting with them will just make it worse. Turns out according to the end of that, the idiot tried getting inside the apartment after the wife asked for the warrant and/or told him no until her husband was home.
Ah yes… that was good!!
Thank you sir may I have another??!!
I recall reading that when the incident first broke. What a douchebag.
This has been going around for months. Didn’t it turn out that the guy who called the police was a felon in possession of firearms?
This was posted on Youtube last year with more footage of the afternath, “Just let 'im yell.” “God please! I’m just trying to do my God damn job!”
[video=youtube_share;gb1MVFDy_tw]http://youtu.be/gb1MVFDy_tw[/video]
Yep old
Don’t care.
He handled that very poorly, and evidently had no warrant.
In case anyone hasn’t heard, the ATF guy is suing the Columbus police dept.
https://www.buckeyefirearms.org/atf-agent-sues-columbus-police-over-armed-confrontationtazing-incident
Like I posted when this video first came out… when you are plain clothes or under cover, uniformed officers always are in charge. That’s common knowledge.
I also like this video/story as a counter point whenever I hear people talk about local cops bending to the will of or being afraid of the Feds. Especially how the video apparently circulated around Ohio departments to be laughed at. Any cop that has been around long enough has realized the Feds are not what tv and movies make them out to be. Not only are they just not that good at basic police work, most cops don’t like them bringing their DC bullshit into our communities.
The only federal agency that I have had routinely good interactions with are the US Marshalls.
What if the Agent had a bead chain necklace on displaying his badge?
He doesn’t need a warrant to investigate, and might not even need one to search, make an arrest, etc. depending on the circumstances. This is a very old case, so I’m operating off of memory here, but if memory serves it seems like he was there to notify the occupant that he was required to surrender his guns after a recent felony conviction.
I’m not understanding why they would send one unarmed person to confiscate a felons guns.
I think it was one of these “Show me the guns to prove that you aren’t a straw purchaser…” deals.
“I have a medical condition”
“My wife is pregnant”
“I have these forms”
Hell, all that crap makes me thing he is bogus. I’m fine with announcing who you are, but frankly does that really carry any more validity than me saying “I’m a good guy” or “I’m a citizen”. Follow the commands or ride the lightning…
At a range once I remember a local/state cop telling a story about pulling over a car going high speed on I75. Get the car pulled over and the driver gets out and starts to reach around his back- and the cop telling the story says he had his hammer half back before he realized that it was an FBI agent reaching for his credentials. The FBIs were late for a flight and the driver thought that it would expedite things to go to the cop car…… His partner was an older FBI guy and just said “I told him not to do that…”….
He did, but it wasn’t being displayed because he had it tucked inside his shirt, claims he “forgot” it was there.
Again, I’m trying to recollect details from a year or more ago, so take this with a grain of salt…
If I remember correctly, he was there to inform the guy he was no longer allowed to keep the guns and give him the option of surrendering them.
ETA: Yes, apparently my memory is better than I thought:
I can’t remember, but I’m guessing this had something to do with an SBS. I can’t imagine how else the ATF would know he was in possession of it unless it were a registered NFA weapon.
In any case, this has nothing to do with what’s going on now regarding straw purchase inspections. That agent was well within his authority, and those officers should have stood down the moment he identified himself as a federal agent. I do enjoy seeing the government eating its own, though.