Special Report: The Terror
of a Wrongful ATF Raid
The Baltimore home of Mark "Choppa" Manley (center with SKS carbine) was mistakenly
raided by ATF Agents Nov. 21. His wife (not pictured) and their three children (pictured)
were home during the early morning ATF raid. (Photo courtesy of Mark Manley).
By Lee Williams. Dec 27, 2024
Mark "Choppa" Manley is a gun owner, a gun collector and a Second Amendment advocate who has more than 70 legally owned firearms stored in a gun safe at his Baltimore home.
All of his firearms comply with both federal law and the laws of Maryland. He is always very careful about that.
Manley works as an intervention specialist for his local school district. His day begins early and ends late, usually around 7 p.m., because he also coaches girls' flag football.
Manley and his wife, who did not want her first name used in this story, get up early for their jobs. For them, Nov. 21 began just like any other workday.
"The morning of the raid started just like any other morning," Manley told the Second Amendment Foundation's Investigative Journalism Project.
"My wife went downstairs around 4:30 a.m. to make coffee," he said. "I was sitting on the side of the bed, getting myself together."
"Mark, there's someone outside the house!" his wife yelled. She saw people moving around in their front yard.
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