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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Property code violations are not basis for assault. These are civil code infractions and should not have to be dealt with looking down the barrel of a ar 15.
You have been pushing this for 6 years…give it up!
So, the SWAT team destroyed crops for what reason?
So they look for MJ, not sure what it looks like so they take everything THEN tells the people “YOU owe $4,000 PLUS we are NOT going to pay for the damage we did NOR will you get your plants back. Also you didn’t stack your wood properly (and what is the “proper” way to stack wood?) If we have to come back because you have a piece of siding missing from your house we’ ll arrest you. Al Sharpton owes MILLIONS in back taxes but we aren’t worried about that nor are we worried about all the CRIMES and unconstitutional acts Obama is doing. We are concerned about IMPORTANT things—like your wood not properly stacked”. GOD HELP US AND BLESS AMERICA AGAIN.
Lol!!! Was it scifi killer blueberries; these biological weapons are getting better and better!!!
Wow, We Can’t Have BLUEBERRIES- Really effecctive Keystone Kops on the hunt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why, weren’t they Halal?…..a-holes
Looks like the damage was done by the swat team and they should pay her for the damage.
Wild Texas! Should of used a drone first…
This is pure stupid !!! QWhat democrat did he p**s off ?????