Obama DEA Uses Company’s Truck & Driver Without Permission to Haul Pot in Drug Sting – 1 Dead
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 5:23 AM
This is a photo of Lawrence Chapa, who was working as a government informant when he was driving a truck that was fatally attacked in Houston. Chapa, 53, was from Houston. This shot is from 2/4/2010 when he was arrested by HPD for possession of a controlled substance. (Photo by HPD)
It’s an Obama world…
The Drug Enforcement Administration used a truck company’s driver and truck without permission to haul pot in a drug sting. The owner didn’t find out about it until his driver was shot dead in a botched operation.
Chron.com reported, via Dad29:
The phone rang before sunrise. It woke Craig Patty, owner of a tiny North Texas trucking company, to vexing news about Truck 793 – a big red semi supposedly getting repairs in Houston.
“Your driver was shot in your truck,” said the caller, a business colleague. “Your truck was loaded with marijuana. He was shot eight times while sitting in the cab. Do you know anything about your driver hauling marijuana?”
“What did you say?” Patty recalled asking. “Could you please repeat that?”
The truck, it turned out, had been everywhere but in the repair shop.
Commandeered by one of his drivers, who was secretly working with federal agents, the truck had been hauling marijuana from the border as part of an undercover operation. And without Patty’s knowledge, the Drug Enforcement Administration was paying his driver, Lawrence Chapa, to use the truck to bust traffickers.
At least 17 hours before that early morning phone call, Chapa was shot dead in front of more than a dozen law enforcement officers – all of them taken by surprise by hijackers trying to steal the red Kenworth T600 truck and its load of pot.
In the confusion of the attack in northwest Harris County, compounded by officers in the operation not all knowing each other, a Houston policeman shot and wounded a Harris County sheriff’s deputy.
Still waiting
But eight months later, Patty still can’t get recompense from the U.S. government’s decision to use his truck and employee without his permission.
More here.
Hat Tip Meg
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GrayRider commented:
The Obama admin don’t need no stinkin’ permission to do anything nor do they need no stinkin’ badges to run roughshod over the Constitution. They’re just stinkin’ awesome. Just ask their Narcissist-in-Chief.
Diane Harvey commented:
Com’n, Mitt. You’re being handed hit-it-out-of-the-ballpark issue after issue.
This one for sure, but yet another mother lode is to be found in the IG’s reports on the AG Fast and Furious.
Will you start pummelling this guy?
Militant conservative commented:
Yet another example of the
Obama values.
Stonedome commented:
I think mitt is saving the nuclear blasts to cement his lead after the convention…don’t be surprised when Marco Rubio throws down the gauntlet during his speech…he is a very eloquent and forceful speaker.
TXPatriot commented:
Well, clearly Mr. Patty didn’t build that company. It was the government’s to take and do with as they wished without informing him of anything… I had Liberal Democrats more and more each day! Wake up, folks! These people are not playing games here! Today Mr. Patty, tomorrow YOU!
J commented:
Fast and Furious part II – letting the drugs walk…
Robodog7 commented:
#6 J
BINGO, that is precisely what this is, Both are bungled operations by this regime with no reguard for the saftey of the citizens.
snap boy commented:
The crimes of Obama’s “Justice” Department cannot be ignored.
Earthmover commented:
It’s amazing that this is the first time I ‘ve heard of this. If Bush was President
this would be front page. Unbelievable.
arnonerik commented:
You don’t understand. They are from the government and are here to help us!
Tim in Cali commented:
If Nixon were a Democrat..The Watergate would be just another apartment building in D.C.
kato commented:
These DEA agents must be in a union.
Limousine Barry commented:
That man did not get killed on his own! He had help.
The roads that he drove on; the government guns and several government agencies helped!
The company he worked for and his boss Craig Patty did land in danger and financial ruin by themselves! They had help.
The Drug Enforcement Agency helped. And, DEA is still helping by not giving Mr. Patty any compensation for the loss of his driver and the bullet holes in his truck.
No sir! He did not build it! Someone else did. And, that someone was me and my crappy administration. That is why we can wreck Mr. Patty’s little trucking company. We built it so we can destroy it… and him if necessary!
All goods and power come from the federal government. The federal government is the one who helps you succeed… in wrecking your little company.
If you like the way I abuse little companies and get people killed then vote for me. Send me $39.99 before midnight. My campaign is running out of money!
My campaign bus is sucking air and David Axelrod has a new Confidence Game to cheat my few remaining Donkey donors. It’s the old Pick Pocket scam. Beside, my donkeys always vote for me. I say why not take their money and screw them! I cannot go into any details at this time. Good day.
Patty commented:
OT
See the man who challenges Obama’s family story
http://mobile.wnd.com/2012/07/see-the-man-who-challenges-obamas-family-story/
redneck commented:
If you’re business owner ,remember its not your business anymore it belongs to marxist regime…..
RealMc commented:
That company didn’t build that truck, somebody GAVE them that truck.
/s <— Really hope that wasn't needed but, just in case.
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