Mark Manley, AKA “Mark Choppa,” a prominent Second Amendment advocate and community activist based in Baltimore, had his home raided by the Bureau for Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) in November.
Manley, who has dedicated his life to empowering underserved communities through firearms education, conflict resolution, and self-defense training, became the subject of an early-morning raid on his home in which officers pointed rifles at him and his wife and children.
The raid occurred at about 4 a.m., catching Manley and his wife and children off guard. Manley’s wife alerted him to the presence of law enforcement officers in front of their home. “I looked out the window, and I’m literally watching them crawl through my grass,” he told me during an interview on my podcast.
The agents then broke into the home, throwing a flashbang grenade into the living room where Manley’s wife was drinking coffee.
The activist described the traumatic moment when federal agents aimed their guns at his children. “I can see my children, and I can see that they still have their rifles drawn on my children while they were…with their hands up.” He recounted. “That is where I have a problem, and that is something that I can’t ignore.”
In the video footage, Manley can be heard telling officers to stop pointing their weapons at his daughter.
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Cash Patel