A jury decided last year that the owner of a small organic farm, Shellie Smith, still owes $4000 after a raid by SWAT that destroyed her farm.
Garden of Eden, a small organic in Arlington, Texas, was the target of a SWAT raid in 10-hour long search with Smith being held at gunpoint at one point.
Arlington police dept. stated that there were complaints of marijuana being grown on the premises, but none was found on the property. Instead, law enforcement confiscated 17 blackberry bushes, 15 okra plants, 14 tomatillo plants, native grasses and sunflowers.
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And this is our government at it’s best this is sad
So they are members of a swat team and don’t know marijuana from blue berrys???? Hummm. Think they need some schooling on plants. Me think a neighbor wanted it destroyed.
WTF!
This is a terrible waste of time and money for a violation that could have been served by a dude in a priez. I think the city could find a better and more suitable use for their money.
Thats not a farm, just a decent back yard.
Prius
WTF?
These are the type of actions that are producing ‘cop hating’ public sentiments. The fines seem excessive and the fact that they did not find or recover any of the named search items, the owner should be qualified for monetary retribution from the city.
No doubt pissed they didn’t get to shoot anyone…
Those are gop Meetings…