[quote][B]CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — [/B]
A Cartersville man is upset after he said investigators mistook a garden full of okra for marijuana plants.
The man growing the popular Southern food said a helicopter woke him up Wednesday and then he had deputies show up at his door.
"I was scared actually, at first, because I didn't know what was happening,” said homeowner Dwayne Perry.
All he noticed was that there was a chopper sitting unusually low over his house, then Bartow County deputies and a K-9 unit appeared at his doorstep in minutes.
"They were strapped to the gills,” Perry said.
It turned out, that helicopter was from the Governor's Task Force for drug suppression and they were out looking for domestic cannabis plants and spotted the tree and plants.[/quote]
Source: [url]http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/okra-mistaken-pot-mans-garden/nhbHW/[/url]
THAT RAT BASTARD
that'll show him to grow his own spices and herbs in his yard and try to sell them to our innocent children!
[QUOTE=Sableye;46158820]THAT RAT BASTARD
that'll show him to grow his own spices and herbs in his yard and try to sell them to our innocent children![/QUOTE]
Okra is a vegetable
I can sort of see how you'd mistake them for pot from a distance or at first glance but up close? Really?
"On the hunt for domestic cannabis plants" don't you have something better to be doing than using helicopters to search for plants in residential neighborhoods?
[quote]All he noticed was that there was a chopper sitting unusually low over his house, then Bartow County deputies and a K-9 unit appeared at his doorstep in minutes.
[/quote]
Even if it was pot, this is ridiculous.
"we're winning the war on drugs guys!
don't worry guys no one will do drugs anymore!"
[img_thumb]http://www.selectedplants.com/gardenphotos/okra.cowhorn.jpg[/img_thumb]
vs
[img_thumb]http://www.agreenercountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/old-miss-marijuana-farm-06.jpg[/img_thumb]
[video=youtube;6b0ftfKFEJg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b0ftfKFEJg[/video]
????
What cop would mistake a whale for some pot?
Is he blind?
[QUOTE]"If we disturbed them in any manner, that's not our intent. Our intent is to go out and do our job and do it to the best of our ability,” Stokes said.[/QUOTE]
And our job is too use disproportionate force to [del]stop the spread of a low level narcotic[/del] meet a cynical quota set by laws drafted for the benefit of a politicians reelection stump speeches so the DOJ can give us more of that sweet War on Drug money by blowing millions of dollars of said money on shit we don't need to continue to [del] fuel our addiction[/del] meet an arbitrary quota to get more money in a never ending cycle of life ruining, expensive, unnecessary, draconian nonsense that accomplishes nothing except fattening the paychecks of people who profit off human misery.
[img]http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/Okra-Plant.jpg[/img]
It doesn't even look anything like marijuana lmao
This "war on drugs" shit needs to end
Looks like a gherkin plant?
Well Okra is fucking terrible though.
[QUOTE=Occlusion;46159120]Well Okra is fucking terrible though.[/QUOTE]
it's great pickled
[QUOTE=Mikemaximum;46158875]What cop would mistake a whale for some pot?
Is he blind?[/QUOTE]
Thats an orca whale
Okra is the fucking bomb.
For people saying "oh cops are so dumb can't tell drugs from leaves", look at these leaves:
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Okra_Growing.jpg[/t]
Now imagine trying to identify this leaf from a helicopter.
Now if you try to argue that the pods / flowers should give it away, also keep in mind that growers often mix various plants among the marijuana to try and throw off police helicopters.
All they had to do was send two patrols, knock on the door...
"Hey, is that pot?"
"No."
"Okay, have a good day."
Someone would be really retarded to grow Marijuana in the open.
Sounds like they got bored...
I once knew someone and their dad grew weed in their basement.
[QUOTE=Plattack;46159433]I once knew someone and their dad grew weed in their basement.[/QUOTE]Did you mistake it for Okra?
What's the guy complaining about? They knocked at his door instead of kicking it down and shooting his dog and throwing a tear gas grenade into a baby crib.
How much nicer do you want cops to be??? We can't destroy the very concept of drugs itself if you keep worrying about things like civil rights.
[QUOTE=Plattack;46159433]I once knew someone and their dad grew weed in their basement.[/QUOTE]
You'd be surprised how many people grow weed up here.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;46159277]For people saying "oh cops are so dumb can't tell drugs from leaves", look at these leaves:
Now imagine trying to identify this leaf from a helicopter.
[/QUOTE]
Don't see how that changes anything. It's still on the cops, and it's still stupid. Maybe they shouldn't be trying to identify plants from a helicopter?
[QUOTE=FordLord;46158831]Okra is a vegetable[/QUOTE]
Fruit*
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;46159277]For people saying "oh cops are so dumb can't tell drugs from leaves", look at these leaves:
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Okra_Growing.jpg[/t]
Now imagine trying to identify this leaf from a helicopter.
Now if you try to argue that the pods / flowers should give it away, also keep in mind that growers often mix various plants among the marijuana to try and throw off police helicopters.[/QUOTE]
How about you not try to identify what a plant is from a helicopter then
"SHIT THAT GUY HAS SOMETHING NEXT TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE TOMATOES AND PEPPERS WE'D BETTER ARREST HIM AND MAKE SURE IT'S NOT POT"
[QUOTE=gk99;46159598]How about you not try to identify what a plant is from a helicopter then
"SHIT THAT GUY HAS SOMETHING NEXT TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE TOMATOES AND PEPPERS WE'D BETTER ARREST HIM AND MAKE SURE IT'S NOT POT"[/QUOTE]
And do you have a more efficient way of searching large areas?
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;46159702]And do you have a more efficient way of searching large areas?[/QUOTE]
They don't want the police to search large areas.
[img]http://hiphopandpolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/oprah.jpg[/img]
I'm just not seeing the resemblance, guys.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;46159277]For people saying "oh cops are so dumb can't tell drugs from leaves", look at these leaves:
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Okra_Growing.jpg[/t]
[B]Now imagine trying to identify this leaf from a helicopter.[/B]
Now if you try to argue that the pods / flowers should give it away, also keep in mind that growers often mix various plants among the marijuana to try and throw off police helicopters.[/QUOTE]
Tell me if you can see what's wrong with this statement
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;46159702]And do you have a more efficient way of searching large areas?[/QUOTE]
You don't, you idiot.
Who cares if some random guy in the middle of nowhere is growing a bit of marijuana? He isn't hurting anyone. Spending tons of taxpayer money to shut down some guy's personal stash of weed isn't helping anyone.
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