GreatLife4All
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I believe the Feds have over-reached on this one.
Hopefully this is taken all the way to the supreme court and the cops are properly chastized for what they are doing. They made a boat load of accusations against innocent people based on bullshit information. Where in all of this can we apply the original motto of the police - namely to "Protect and Serve." Modern law enforcement seems interested in neither.
Think about it - what if they had found a couple of ounces of pot from the son? Everyone would be in jail without any recourse whatsoever. House and all other assets would have been forfeited. All over a teenager having some pot...
We live in a very, very sick society when it is OK to take billions in assets over a persons choice of recreational drugs.
Kansas couple: Indoor gardening prompted pot raid
The DEA is an immoral agency of the US government who has brought more injustice to this society than anything that I have ever known or read about. It it time to take away their ability to operate in this way - a civil society requires this. When they bust into a house with guns blaring, based on such limited evidence, and feel justified that they are in the right - it is time to slap them down hard.
Hopefully this is taken all the way to the supreme court and the cops are properly chastized for what they are doing. They made a boat load of accusations against innocent people based on bullshit information. Where in all of this can we apply the original motto of the police - namely to "Protect and Serve." Modern law enforcement seems interested in neither.
Think about it - what if they had found a couple of ounces of pot from the son? Everyone would be in jail without any recourse whatsoever. House and all other assets would have been forfeited. All over a teenager having some pot...
We live in a very, very sick society when it is OK to take billions in assets over a persons choice of recreational drugs.
Kansas couple: Indoor gardening prompted pot raid
Two former CIA employees whose Kansas home was fruitlessly searched for marijuana during a two-state drug sweep claim they were illegally targeted, possibly because they had bought indoor growing supplies to raise vegetables.
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April 20 long has been used by marijuana enthusiasts to celebrate the illegal drug and more recently by law enforcement for raids and crackdowns. But the Hartes' attorney, Cheryl Pilate, said she suspects the couple's 1,825-square-foot split level was targeted because they had bought hydroponic equipment to grow a small number of tomatoes and squash plants in their basement.
"With little or no other evidence of any illegal activity, law enforcement officers make the assumption that shoppers at the store are potential marijuana growers, even though the stores are most commonly frequented by backyard gardeners who grow organically or start seedlings indoors," the couple's lawsuit says.
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"If this can happen to us and we are educated and have reasonable resources, how does somebody who maybe hasn't led a perfect life supposed to be free in this country?" Adlynn Harte said in an interview Friday.
[EDITORIAL] Now that is a very good comment. Think about the people who don't have the resources this couple have, and haven't led the life style. What if they had had just a little bit of weed? The cops would have put them in jail for manufacturing since they had the equipment - even if it looked innocent (equipment had veggies in it - but a good DA will just state that they weren't growing RIGHT THEN. They could have lost their house, cars, and etc. Very sick laws that we operate under. [/EDITORIAL]
The DEA is an immoral agency of the US government who has brought more injustice to this society than anything that I have ever known or read about. It it time to take away their ability to operate in this way - a civil society requires this. When they bust into a house with guns blaring, based on such limited evidence, and feel justified that they are in the right - it is time to slap them down hard.
