DEA Agent Who Shot Self In Foot Sues U.S.
Seeks damages for distribution of humiliating gun accident video

APRIL 11--A Drug Enforcement Administration agent who stars in a popular online video that shows him shooting himself in the foot during a weapons demonstration for Florida children is suing over the tape's release, claiming that his career has been crippled and he's become a laughingstock due to the embarrassing clip's distribution. Lee Paige, 45, blames the video's release on DEA officials in an April 7 federal lawsuit filed against the U.S. government. A copy of the pro se complaint by Paige, a DEA agent since 1990, can be found below. According to the lawsuit, Paige was making a "drug education presentation" in April 2004 to a Florida youth group when his firearm (a Glock .40) accidentally discharged. The shooting occurred moments after Paige told the children that he was the only person in the room professional enough to carry the weapon. The accident was filmed by an audience member, and the tape, Paige claims, was turned over to the DEA. The drug agency subsequently "improperly, illegally, willfully and/or intentionally" allowed the tape to be disseminated. As a result, Paige--pictured above in a still from the video--has been the "target of jokes, derision, ridicule, and disparaging comments" directed at him in restaurants, grocery stores, and airports. Paige, who writes that he was "once regarded as one of the best undercover agents, if not the best, in the DEA," points to the clip's recent airing on popular television shows and via the Internet as the reason he can no longer work undercover. He also notes that he is no longer "permitted or able to give educational motivational speeches and presentations."


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That clip is funny and sad all at the same time.

 

What a dumbass..he deserves the ridicule, accident or not, if he had shot one of those kids, it could have been much worse.

 

 

Obviously, he hasn't been living on planet earth for very long. If you're a cocky DEA agent and you shoot yourself in the foot, you better be ready for a long line of ridicule, espeically if you allow the incident to be videotaped. That's just the way it goes.

 

What would Carlos Mencia say about this moron ?

 

He deserves to be shot, oh wait he already did that himself.

Moron!

 

I love it how he continued his presentation for another 5 minutes while hobbling around like an a$$clown. How hard is it to double check your firearm to see whether it's loaded or not? And... finger off the trigger unless you intend on firing the weapon, but being the only professional one in the room to touch a Glock 40, he already knew that I guess.

What is this country coming to when you can be a moron, shoot yourself and make money off of it? He's lucky that he still has a foot left to walk on and that he's not a rent-a-cop cruising around a Walmart parking lot.