aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Ninja to ATF: Say you’re sorry!

You may recall that a couple weeks ago a UGA student was leaving a campus pirate vs. ninja event when he was detained for wearing a mask by ATF agents. MTV has this update:

As is somewhat fitting for a modern-day ninja, Jeremiah Ransom is not seeking revenge against his enemies with Katana blades or throwing stars. Instead he had his lawyer mail them a letter demanding a formal apology.

It’s the latest step in the increasingly strange story surrounding Ransom, a sophomore at the University of Georgia, who gained national headlines two weeks ago when he was roughed up by agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms after going to the dining hall in a ninja costume (see ”University Ninja Ambushed By Feds On Way To Dining Hall”).

At the time of the incident, in which ATF agents pinned him to the ground and searched him for weapons in broad daylight, Ransom said he was considering legal action. But while a lawsuit remains an option, his attorney said the whole thing can be rectified if the ATF will just say it’s sorry.