Scarlet_Buckeye;1481290 wrote:Shouldn't have been smoking marijuana. Not saying the kid deserved to be locked in an interrogation room for 5 days, but kinda goes back to that age old adage... don't put yourself in bad situations. By smoking marijuana, you could be potentially involving yourself in a drug ring. By potentially getting involved in a drug ring, you risk placing yourself in an interrogation room. By placing yourself in an interrogation room, you run the risk of getting trapped in a room with no windows, food, water, etc.

Don't get caught in an interrogation room. Don't smoke marijuana.

That pretty much sounds like the lesson to be learned here, to me.

Scarlet_Buckeye;1481290 wrote:Shouldn't have been smoking marijuana. Not saying the kid deserved to be locked in an interrogation room for 5 days, but kinda goes back to that age old adage... don't put yourself in bad situations. By smoking marijuana, you could be potentially involving yourself in a drug ring. By potentially getting involved in a drug ring, you risk placing yourself in an interrogation room. By placing yourself in an interrogation room, you run the risk of getting trapped in a room with no windows, food, water, etc.

Don't get caught in an interrogation room. Don't smoke marijuana.

That pretty much sounds like the lesson to be learned here, to me.

LJ;1481297 wrote:A cool million for 5 days drinking my own piss? Hmmmmm.....

Scarlet_Buckeye;1481290 wrote:Shouldn't have been smoking marijuana. Not saying the kid deserved to be locked in an interrogation room for 5 days, but kinda goes back to that age old adage... don't put yourself in bad situations. By smoking marijuana, you could be potentially involving yourself in a drug ring. By potentially getting involved in a drug ring, you risk placing yourself in an interrogation room. By placing yourself in an interrogation room, you run the risk of getting trapped in a room with no windows, food, water, etc.

Don't get caught in an interrogation room. Don't smoke marijuana.

That pretty much sounds like the lesson to be learned here, to me.

justincredible;1481299 wrote:Not worth it. Especially after the fed takes their cut. This guy is going to have a lot of problems going forward.

Scarlet_Buckeye;1481290 wrote:Shouldn't have been smoking marijuana. Not saying the kid deserved to be locked in an interrogation room for 5 days, but kinda goes back to that age old adage... don't put yourself in bad situations. By smoking marijuana, you could be potentially involving yourself in a drug ring. By potentially getting involved in a drug ring, you risk placing yourself in an interrogation room. By placing yourself in an interrogation room, you run the risk of getting trapped in a room with no windows, food, water, etc.

Don't get caught in an interrogation room. Don't smoke marijuana.

That pretty much sounds like the lesson to be learned here, to me.

LJ;1481303 wrote:He's prob gonna get around $1.5 cash

What if they just said "$300k per day in cash"

LJ;1481303 wrote:He's prob gonna get around $1.5 cash

What if they just said "$300k per day in cash"

Rotinaj;1481304 wrote:Uhhh, WUT?

justincredible;1481102 wrote:He was never arrested or charged with a crime. He just won a $4.1m settlement, paid for by us the taxpayers. Also, Uncle Sam is going to take his cut from it even though he is responsible for the incident. Oh yeah, no one was ever fired over this.

Basically, torture is no big deal.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dea-settlement-20130731,0,5395826.story

Pick6;1481321 wrote:

His settlment isnt taxed. Only punitive damages are taxable. Hope this helps, Mr. Anarchy.

IRC
§ 61 states all income from whatever source derived is taxable, unless specifically excluded by another Code section. IRC § 104 is the exclusion from taxable income provision with respect to lawsuits, settlements, and awards.

The 1996 amendment added to IRC § 104(a)(2) the word physical to the clause “on account of personal physical injuries or physical sickness.”•

Therefore, in order for damages to be excludible from income, the judgment or settlement must be derived from personal physical injuries or physical sickness.

justincredible;1481347 wrote:According to this article it's muddy. Hope this helps, Mr. Pick6.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2013/08/01/student-detained-5-days-without-food-or-water-by-dea-settles-for-4-1m/

Pick6;1481357 wrote:He won the settlement on maltreatment, correct? Maltreatment is physical abuse. The kid was never formally arrested or charged. He wasnt a prisoner.

His lawyer isnt stupid. That's why they settled for maltreatment and not "unwrongfully jailed" or whatever. Its pretty clear to me.

thavoice;1481302 wrote:Kinda sounds like the reasoning, cause-and-effct used by the marketing execs for Direct Tv.

Con_Alma;1481542 wrote:I don't subscribe to the cause and effect statement but neither side is innocent of wrongdoing.

Scarlet_Buckeye;1481290 wrote:Shouldn't have been smoking marijuana. Not saying the kid deserved to be locked in an interrogation room for 5 days, but kinda goes back to that age old adage... don't put yourself in bad situations. By smoking marijuana, you could be potentially involving yourself in a drug ring. By potentially getting involved in a drug ring, you risk placing yourself in an interrogation room. By placing yourself in an interrogation room, you run the risk of getting trapped in a room with no windows, food, water, etc.

Don't get caught in an interrogation room. Don't smoke marijuana.

That pretty much sounds like the lesson to be learned here, to me.

dlazz;1481557 wrote:You don't subscribe to having rational and coherent thoughts, either.