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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Practicing for isis?
As a Police Officer myself, I would not have taken this mission seriously! This can’t be real! I would laugh at the local SWAT team if they were doing this! No honest member of our Agency would be able to carry out such an endeavor.
Dope dealers and killers do as they please in the inner cities and this is how we now respond to farm violations? Hard to comprehend! WTH has happen to our once great country of freedoms? Sick!
One hell of a swat team, used an armored vehicle to confiscate blue berries
Got nothing better to do?
MUST HAVE BEEN SOME GOOD BLUEBERRIES
Fascism, neighbors should have no say at to what one does on their own property, unless they agreed to some type of contract such as used in homeowners associations.
Never the less, they stole theirs.
Back in the days of Bonnie and Clide
must of been some fine blueberries the guy should run ads I grow Blueberries so good I got raided by the SWAT TEAM LOL that would get back at them and increase sales/