An Ogden, Utah, police officer was shot and killed and five others wounded, two in critical condition, in a drug raid on an Ogden home Wednesday night. The resident was also wounded and is in custody facing as yet unspecified charges. Although police aren't saying, it appears the target was a personal marijuana grow. Chronicle story here.
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Hope it was worth it for your department
Somehow the cost of persecuting a personal marijuana grow in human lives is hard to justify. However the police will continue to justify it under the pretense of a "war on drugs." Because you can wage war on a plant.... yea.... PIGS had it coming.
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