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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The person in charge of this team lacks leadership and direction and should be FIRED>
anotherwell done job by thearlington swat team .. bravo .. $#%&!@*s
Ridiculous!!!@
Power hunger cops and a dum jury
WTF???IS USA GOING NUTS OR WHAT??????
Evil SWAT doing evil deeds!
THIS IS NOT (!!) WHAT SWAT TEAMS ARE FOR! ! ! !I HOPE SHE SUES THE DAMN CITY OF ARLINGTON FOR EVERY CIVIL LIBERTY THAT WAS VIOLATED WITH THIS FRIVOLOUS RAID!!! COMPLETE BULL$#%&!@*!
What the hell is going on in this country????????????
She needs to go over their heads and find someone that will defend her for her rights. What this S.W.A.T. did was very wrong and this kind of behavior should not be allowed In our Law enforcement agencys.
Absolutely ridiculous and wrong on so many levels