Lawsuit allowed in drug raid case

Sacramento Bee ^ | January 3, 2004 | Claire Cooper

[Cultural Jihad]

Appellate court says Placer deputies must answer charges they violated civil rights.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Four Placer County sheriff's deputies must answer to a lawsuit accusing them of violating the civil rights of a woman and child during a 1999 marijuana raid of their Citrus Heights home, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

[robertpaulsen]

"Eight months after the raid, the county returned Miller's marijuana."

Hmmmm. What did he use during this time? And, why can't he continue using it?

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[Cultural Jihad]

The fellow must have had to revert to the old Democratic state legislature's standard of possessing up to one ounce with impunity, rather than the 8 ounces afforded recently by the so-called majoritarian tyranny.

[robertpaulsen]

"The fellow must have had to revert to the old Democratic state legislature's standard of possessing up to one ounce with impunity"

The horror! The horror!

[weegee]

Pointing guns at a child who posed no threat was a clear violation of the law against excessive force, said the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

[Lurker]

You're such a liberal it isn't funny....

L

[Cultural Jihad]

robert asked my opinion on the matter, and I answered him truthfully based upon the reality of California politics.

Juan Valdez is an indentured servant from Mexico, living in a backyard tent in Roseville, California. He is a state-licensed 'primary care provider,' and tends his sick patron's marijuana garden for his room and board. "My only dream in life is to earn enough money so that someday I can afford to go to school and learn to read and write. Then my mind will be really opened up, and I'll be able to go places!"-- Libertarian-Soviet Life Magazine

[Tim Osman]

rather than the 8 ounces afforded recently by the so-called majoritarian tyranny.

It seems like the Sheriff's department was the tyrant this time, not the legislature...

And how is it tyranny to let someone have medicine?

[Cultural Jihad]

The 'tyranny' comment comes from the fact that it was a voter-led initiative which created a special class of cannabis consumers, allowed 8 ounces instead of just 1.

[Tigermoth]

You're such a liberal it isn't funny....

I hope that was suppose to be sarcasm. I don't understand your comment otherwise. Do you mean that you think it's okay for the police to treat citizens this way over a plant ?!?!? They don't treat rapists this way. They didn't treat Michael Jackson this way. And the sheriff still thinks the deputies were correct in their actions ? Shameful. Absolutely shameful !!!

What has happened to this country...it's okay to dangle babies from balconies, it's okay for a 45 year old man to sleep with little boys, it's okay for anarchists to trash city business districts, it's okay to release murderers from prison early. But if you grow a plant, watch out ! Is there no one left with one iota of sanity left ?

[Nanodik]

Not the kid with the tobacco plants again! When will you stop with this campaign of yours to get kids to smoke?

[Nanodik]

pointed guns at Miller's wife and 10-year-old

I don't blame the cops for being careful. You get those 10yo girls high on marijuana and you never know what they'll do. I otta know, I watched that movie "Reefer Madness" and I saw what it did to that guy....

[Cultural Jihad]

When will you stop with this campaign of yours to get kids to smoke?

Libel must be one of those fraudulent Libertarian 'principles' we hear about.

[Tim Osman]

The 'tyranny' comment comes from the fact that it was a voter-led initiative

I thought we had a government "of the people, for the people, by the people".

When the legislature and executive fail to do what's right, we the people have to take the power into our own hands.

[Cultural Jihad]

True, but there are ideologues here who try to claim that any express political will of the majority is a tyranny by definition.

[Nanodik]

Hey, I have to make some assumptions here. Every chance you get, you're showing off some kid with a handful of tobacco claiming it's pot. Talk about bait and switch...

[Nanodik]

And BTW my subscription to Libertarian-Soviet Life ran out. Can you forward me your copies? I would renew but the bastards want me to pay for the subscription...

[Wolfie]

LEOs in general have had a hard time swallowing the new law in California. So much for their line of "we don't make the law, we just enforce it" BS.

[robertpaulsen]

"So much for their line of "we don't make the law, we just enforce it" BS."

I don't understand your statement. According to the article, "Charges were dropped, however, after an investigation showed Miller may have been eligible to grow his pot."

Seems to me that if Proposition 215 were implemented AS CALLED FOR with registration cards, this whole incident never would have happened. The California legislature refuses to fund this 7-year-old proposition.

And you have the cojones to blame law enforcement. Now that's BS.