DUmmies once again show their hypocrisy

[thundley4]

lame54   (1000+ posts)           Tue Jul-13-10 11:48 AM
Original message
Some Things Don't CHANGE
   
Feds Raid Legal Marijuana Farm, Destroy Crops
Agents descended on the property of Joy Greenfield with guns drawn, tore out the plants and took Greenfield's computer and cash.
July 12, 2010 |

The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has flouted Mendocino County, California’s newly enacted medical marijuana ordinance by raiding the first collective that had applied to the sheriff’s cultivation permit program.

A multi-agency federal task force descended on the property of Joy Greenfield, the first Mendo patient to pay the $1,050 application fee under the ordinance, which allows collectives to grow up to 99 plants provided they comply with certain regulations.

Greenfield had applied in the name of her collective, “Light The Way,” which opened in San Diego earlier this year. Her property had passed a preliminary inspection by the Mendo sheriff’s deputies shortly before the raid, and she had bought the sheriff’s “zip-ties” intended to designate her cannabis plants as legal.

In the days before the raid, Greenfield had seen a helicopter hovering over her property; she inquired with the sheriff, who told her the copter belonged to the DEA and wasn’t under his control.

The agents invaded her property with guns drawn, tore out the collective’s 99 plants and took Greenfield’s computer and cash...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8739017

Let's see. The Federal government is acting under federal laws that supersede state laws, is that right? 

tekisui   (1000+ posts)             Tue Jul-13-10 11:49 AM
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1. I thought the feds weren't going to do that anymore.   
   
That's what we were told anyway.

Obama lied, pot plants died.

asdjrocky   (1000+ posts)             Tue Jul-13-10 11:55 AM
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2. I know these people.
   
These are good, hard working people, compassionate people just trying to make a living within the law in Ca.

I don't suppose we should expect our President to remind the DEA that he promised no raids?

Californians also are under federal law.

EOTE   (1000+ posts)           Tue Jul-13-10 12:01 PM
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4. If you had been listening to Obama during his campaign, you'd know he said this would happen.
   
Oh wait, he actually said that this wouldn't happen. And some of us were naive enough to believe. What incredible bullshit. This has me seething with anger.

[DefiantSix]

Oregone  (1000+ posts)      Tue Jul-13-10 12:12 PM
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5. Do you expect him to wave his magic bong?
 Its easier to just pander to the widest electorate.

Oh shit; you mean he akshully has to behave like he was "elected", and not immaculated?  Jeez; what is this country coming to?!?  I mean, who else would have the unmitigated temerity to expect the Messiah^(TM) to ascede to the will of mere mortals?!?!

[Wineslob]

asdjrocky   (1000+ posts)             Tue Jul-13-10 11:55 AM
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2. I know these people.
   
These are good, hard working people, compassionate people just trying to make a living within the law in Ca.

I don't suppose we should expect our President to remind the DEA that he promised no raids?

What an absolute crock. We had a "dispensary" on a side road (little tilt-up wherehouses) next to our building. I personally caught the guys who "worked" there lighting up..................on our property. They looked like the typical pot heads, young guys in their 20's, pretty healthy, not looking like they needed to be "medicated"..........2-3 times a day.
The people that showed up for their scripts, didn't look all that "unhealthy" either. Not when they are jumping out of their Ford F 250 4X4 rather easily, to run in and get a baggie.