Okra In Garden Mistaken For Marijuana Leads To Police Raid In Georgia
BY Herschel Smith
10 years, 2 months ago
A Georgia man says drug suppression officers mistook his okra plants for marijuana.
Dwayne Perry of Cartersville tells WSB-TV that he was awakened by a helicopter flying low over his house Wednesday and then some heavily-armed deputies and a K-9 unit showed up at his door. They were from the Governor’s Task Force for drug suppression and they were out looking for marijuana plants.
What they had seen, apparently, were Perry’s okra plants and a shrub at the end of his house.
Perry says the officers ended up apologizing to him.
Cops think they’re doing something good for society, as some sort of heroes, by spending resources (helicopter pilot time, aircraft fuel, wages and benefits for the officers, etc.) hunting for a plant. In the mean time, MS13 continues to cross the border unmolested, black gangs are roaming Atlanta, and real crime goes unnoticed.
Your tax dollars at work.
On October 7, 2014 at 8:48 am, TexTopCat said:
When are we going to stop the non-sense. If the federal government is not willing to enforce laws against marijuana in some states, then such laws should be repealed in all states and places. This idea of marijuana being legal in some states and not in others does not make sense. Since, we have already shown that we do not have the resources or will to stop marijuana usage, does it make sense to make drug cartels rich?
For me we need to have laws that punish bad actions, not try to impose our wants on people.
If a person, does harm then by all means punish them. If they use marijuana in there home and do not harm anyone, then why bother?