More out of control power in our beloved America:
r&b Jeremiah Ransom, a junior from Macon, has received no response to a letter he sent to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives requesting a formal apology after being tackled to the ground by ATF agents in front of Snelling Dining Commons in April...Before he knew it, he was on the ground with a knee to his back. “One of the agents kept asking me where my gun was, and I explained that I didn’t have one,” Ransom said in a phone interview Monday.Ransom didn’t want to take legal action against the agents, but sent a letter asking for an apology.
“It’s not a big deal that they stopped me for looking suspicious,” he said. “It's how they treated me — using excessive force — that matters.”Ransom was treated for injuries, including a large bruise on his back. Marc Jackson, a spokesman for the Atlanta Field Division of the ATF, declined to comment, saying the agency doesn’t want to “breathe new life into the story.”
