rawstory.com — When a California medical marijuana dispensary was raided last Thursday by agents of the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency and local police, the Los Angeles Times ran a dramatic story on the incident, accompanied by a set of photographs. However, one particular photograph from the Times story has drawn more attention than anything else.
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travis1982Aug 6, 2008
wow, that was possibly the DUMBEST comment I have ever seen you write on Digg. So you're saying, anyone with general self proclaimed "knowledge" doesn't have to provide sources? Good one, I bet academics are beating their heads against a wall reading that statement. I know this is not going to go through that thick, convoluted head of yours, but you really should stop making such ridiculous comments, you're making yourself look really dumb, dumber than I actually thought you were. What a f**king joke.
travis1982Aug 7, 2008
Oh that was a BRILLIANT answer pfft. So basically, your defense is that you're too good to provide sources? You can't even defend yourself coherently let alone spell properly, how do you expect me to believe any of your obviously false and ridiculous comments, yea...you're a f**king retard CAPTRICK. The only s**t you write on GOOGLE are your ads on craigslist to come join your KKK posse you racist f**king illiterate bastard. Again, you're a joke. No one values your comments of stupidity, you are your own biggest hero, everyone else thinks you're just insane.
endofniteAug 8, 2008
Well i think whether or not politicians respect the law is a side issue, the issue viz a viz the DEA in California, is here we have the politicians of a sovereign United State enacting laws allowing its citizens access to medical marijuana, and at the same time, we havea Federal Agency raiding establishments complying with the respective laws of their "land" so to speak.Now in Peronist Argentina and several other international regions, we've had the Air Force fighting the Navy for example, but not seen this kind of Federal vs Regional warfare since the United States Civil War - correct me if im wrong...Solidcube, perhaps Californians are so on edge cause the word was that Gov Arnold has spoken with Blackwater about performing Security roles during future California civil emergencies, and yes i do see more factionalism in our future, merc vs state vs federale,especially in light of the comments you two echo: distrust of elected officials...
scrivenlkingAug 14, 2008
rkeyo,Are you LEO?...Cuz I am....Not all agencies require their agents particularly their undercover agents, which this guy obviously was to wear uniforms....Watch COPS, you fricking idiot...Pay attention to the real world...Go to the ghetto and see what the DEA wears when they kick in doors...Better yet watch the TV show, "DEA".....Its on i Tunes....Once you do that, give me a shout.....From what I gather, the DEA doesn't even have a uniform....As matter of fact, I challenge you to find me an FBI or DEA uniform guideline which says they have to wear a uniform on a raid or even have a uniform better yet...They are some guidelines in regards what should be worn like a the words "POLICE" on the vests, but not every agent on a raid is SWAT and will be decked out in the traditional SWAT uniform....It certainly would help, but some guys are a part of the official search party which SWAT doesn't do...They perform an officer safety search and look for weapons or other people or booby traps they may have missed when they were clearing the building....But the searches which entail turning over furniture and looking through kitchen cabinets and things of that nature are usually left to plain clothes detectives or agents....Plain clothes would be what this agent was wearing...He probably had intimate knowledge of the case meaning he was probably a UC working the case and tagged along to assist in looking for dope...Like I said, watch TV or go to your local meth house and watch a real raid.....
krazykrakr01Aug 16, 2008
I don't think it's hate of all gov't contractors. Just the ones that carry guns and occasionally have to kill people. If Blackwater wants to build some roads, lay a pipeline, consult, or any other kind of infrastructure related contracts, then sure, maybe it's fine.Private companies are for one thing only. To make as much $$$ as possible. Dudes running around with automatic weapons AND a profit margin to watch out for seems like a bad combination.
atlien74Aug 21, 2008
Oh I know it's around, but there is NO comparison to Cali. You'll pay twice as much in the southeast for a bag of purp than you would in Cali. You also don't have a million different sources in the Southeast like you do in Cali. I'm just saying, I really wish the Southeast was more like Cali in that respect.
medicaljusticeOct 22, 2008
This is bad very very bad whether in this case or any other are being dispatched to carry out fascist tactics in the U.S.A. and there are actually individuals in Our Government who want it to be this way.