Quote:...Months prior to the raid, a State Trooper witnessed Harte coming out of a store that “sells equipment sometimes used for growing marijuana.” The store wasn’t named, but I’m guessing it was some kind of hardware store or nursery. In any case, Harte was not witnessed purchasing marijuana grow equipment; just that he was exiting the store.

So this Super Trooper sees a clean-cut middle-aged man coming out of a Home Depot-type establishment and instantly goes, “Holy sh*t, that guy is growing weed.”

Now it gets even creepier. The cops followed Harte back to his house and started going through his garbage. Because, you know, people don’t smoke or sell marijuana; they throw it away. The cops found a substance that turned out to be his wife’s favorite tea, but somehow “field tested” it and determined it was illegal drugs.

A lab later tested the substance and proved that it was, in fact, tea. It didn’t matter though; the cops had all they needed to get a warrant. Guy coming out of a hardware store? Check. Tea bags in the garbage can? Check. Assemble the assault team.
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(03-27-2014 04:19 PM)Jerry Falwell Wrote:  And it takes a lawyer to dig deep enough to find out why he was ransacked. Darn Tea Baggers!

http://downtrend.com/71superb/swat-team-raids-family-home-after-finding-tea-leaves-in-the-garbage/

Quote:...Months prior to the raid, a State Trooper witnessed Harte coming out of a store that “sells equipment sometimes used for growing marijuana.” The store wasn’t named, but I’m guessing it was some kind of hardware store or nursery. In any case, Harte was not witnessed purchasing marijuana grow equipment; just that he was exiting the store.

So this Super Trooper sees a clean-cut middle-aged man coming out of a Home Depot-type establishment and instantly goes, “Holy sh*t, that guy is growing weed.”

Now it gets even creepier. The cops followed Harte back to his house and started going through his garbage. Because, you know, people don’t smoke or sell marijuana; they throw it away. The cops found a substance that turned out to be his wife’s favorite tea, but somehow “field tested” it and determined it was illegal drugs.

A lab later tested the substance and proved that it was, in fact, tea. It didn’t matter though; the cops had all they needed to get a warrant. Guy coming out of a hardware store? Check. Tea bags in the garbage can? Check. Assemble the assault team.
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(03-27-2014 09:47 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Some one should lose his job and that should be either the cop who requested the search warrant if he embellished the facts, or the judge who issued it if the request was similar to what was reported in the story.

(03-27-2014 09:53 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 09:47 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Some one should lose his job and that should be either the cop who requested the search warrant if he embellished the facts, or the judge who issued it if the request was similar to what was reported in the story.

lose a job????

f**k no someone should be going to prison for allowing this to happen