IG Probes ATF Use of Mentally Disabled in Sting Operations

NEWSMAX: For six months, the [Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) ] used Chauncey Wright — a 28-year-old Milwaukee man with an IQ of 54 — to stage drug deals and criminal transactions at a set-up store where undercover agents could swoop in and make arrests…

Wright was completely unaware that the store was a fake and that it was part of the ATF’s undercover operation. Wright reportedly helped agents stock shelves with illegal merchandise, including drug paraphernalia, aimed at drawing in the criminal element to facilitate making arrests.

When ATF finally shut down the shop, they charged Wright with federal counts related to drugs and illegal guns… (more)

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