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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Just WRONG. The militarization of police. Not to place blame on the military.
Be willing to bleed for what you believe in..
Wow! Seriously? Just admit you were wrong for raiding her farm.
$4000.00 for what ???!!
That piece of c**p is an advisor to Barack Obama for race relations probably just give him a big paycheck to cover his taxes seems like after he got busted on taxes it was funny how he had a position at the White House this whole administration is nothing but a joke
hey james holman i hope when you pull your gun out they blow a new pie hole in your ass one less white man bitchen about living free off others ..your just another sorry white man
Or break out the artillery
Unnecessary force. Obviously. Get the police chief fired, and sue for the damage done.
Ridiculous waste of my tax dollars.
The cops that are “Just doing their jobs” or “just following orders” are more than we can imagine. They should never be apart of something like this. They choose to do this. These pigs should feel like real heros for harassing these farmers like this.
It is only a matter of time before the state ends up shooting people while on a “raid” like this