As usual, they’re using the excuse of protecting the environment and providing safety to the citizens for this military style action against peaceful communities in California. I think it’s reasonable to say that if they really wanted to protect the environment and make people safe there’s a lot of other things they could be focusing on. This cannabis legalization doesn’t look like freedom at all, it looks like martial law.
“A National Guard HH-60 Pavehawk supports a multi-agency effort led by the [sherriff] to eradicate thousands of illegal marijuana plants which cause environmental and safety concerns in their county.” https://t.co/Ki84aDBA7G
https://www.kesq.com/news/sheriff-s-conducting-marijuana-eradication-operation-in-anza-valley/1083850509
This is a perfect representation of the attitude of police post “legalization”. Exactly the same as before, but now with more funding. They didn’t want to stop treating the cannabis community like criminals, and they didn’t have to. The divide and conquer strategy is being used perfectly. Enforcement is being paid for by the compliant cannabis businesses who are happy to see the competition shut down. It’s business as usual in the corporate world. This is what regulation, licensing and taxes are for, and soon almost all small cannabis businesses will be bankrupted by the weight of them.
These petty officials, drunk on power, think shattering the peaceful lives of farmers is a fun time.
The raids come more than a month after Riverside County officials held a similar eradication effort in Anza on April 20, or 4/20 — a date typically viewed as a holiday for marijuana users.
“We treated 4/20 a little different.” “Yes, there is a new Sheriff in town,” the newly elected sheriff wrote on Facebook.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-marijuana-raids-riverside-county-20190605-story.html%3foutputType=amp
I’m sure they are using all the buzz words like gangs, cartels, polluting, violence danger etc. etc.
