... have jumped the shark:
The Seattle Police Department and the mayor's office have repeatedly insisted that marijuana possession, per city law, is the lowest law enforcement priority. They also adhere, they say, to a state law that makes it legal for authorized patients to use and grow marijuana.
But last night provided evidence that Seattle police are willing to invest tremendous resources in the smallest of pot cases—even cases where the pot is legal—and the mayor’s office will remain silent.
They did this by sending a drug dog to sniff the gent's front door (of an apartment), the sending the SWAT team to execute a search warrant. The "perpetrator"?
A 50 year-old disabled Airborne Ranger with medical authorization to grow marijuana for his condition. The police found?
Two 12-inch high marijuana plants.
Two ...
Now, forgive me if I'm a bit ignorant about Seattle laws, but surely there is some sort of registry by which the cops could have known in advance that this gentleman was a legal marijuana user, right? Right?!
Either way, it's time that SWAT teams have their leashes put back on, and their funding eliminated.
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