Alameda sheriffs threaten to kill paraplegic man’s dog if he didn’t comply in marijuana raid

[DreamSmoker]

An Alameda County medical marijuana patient is reeling after sheriffs raided his garden and threatened to kill his pet dog today.

Jason Rivera, a paraplegic who suffers severe chronic pain, was detained by sheriffs presenting a warrant at his recording studio. The warrant was based on the tip of an anonymous informant, said Rivera, recounting the statements of deputies on the scene.

As sheriffs executed the warrant at the studio, one asked Rivera about searching his home. Rivera says the deputy threatened to kill his dog if he didn’t cooperate. ”We can do this the easy way and you can take us to your house to look around,” Rivera recounts the deputy saying, “or we can detain you for six hours while we get a warrant and go to your house and shoot your dog.”


http://stash.norml.org/alameda-sheriffs-threaten-to-kill-paraplegic-mans-dog-if-he-didnt-comply-in-marijuana-raid

Jesse Ventura is correct:

We’re a fascist nation now

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/23/former-governor-jesse-ventura-were-a-fascist-nation-now/

[Blecht]

1. Cops being cops

The new normal.

[RKP5637]

2. Yep, we are getting close to a fascist nation now. Too bad many still don't get what's

going on. Imagine what will happen if we face another financial crisis. Martial law was on the edge of being declared during the last crisis. Imagine the field day some cops would have with that.

[Dawson Leery]

3. Why do these bullies recieve any respect?

Deference to the "uniform" is what happens in third world countries.

[Webster Green]

4. Thanks Obama!

Call off your fucking thugs! :mad:

Edit to add: Yeah, I know they are local sheriffs, not DEA thugs, but Obama has decided to ramp up the phony war on drugs. This makes no sense at all.

[ZombieHorde]

5. Police officers have no more authorty than us or a tree, they just have more people willing to

commit acts of violence with/for them.

Authority is an illusion; violence is real.

[theaocp]

6. I hope they all get cancer of the AIDS of the eye. K&R

They are using up my valuable oxygen and serve no legitimate purpose on this planet.

[Union Thug]

7. With two cops in the family, I can say without hesitation...

...that there is a cruel authoritarian streak in those that want to be cops. This is precisely why they need to be kept in check and held accountable by civil and legal authority and why they should NOT be treated as superheroes. Police are like the military - a necessary evil that when left unchecked quickly shift toward single minded rule by force. They cast themselves as social outsiders, moral authorities and misunderstood victims in a society where offenders are everywhere, where everyone is suspect, and no one is above their judgement. These cops forget that they are not here to act as judge, jury and executioner. It is not their job to assign or assume guilt. But they do and they feel justified in doing so.

[WingDinger]

8. Wait, there have to be some that get jaded with on the job experience.

I knew a guy that was weeded out by the cops. For mental unsoundness. But not all cops start that way. Strangely, he didnt get outted for weed.