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IPFS News Link • Drug War

An Idaho "Gun Violence" Story for the Huffington Post

• by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
.... Why were Bear and Marcella singled out for such abusive treatment? According to recorded radio traffic among the deputies, the paramilitary raid was carried out because Bear had been politically profiled as a “Constitutionalist” – which meant that in the interests of “officer safety,” SWAT tactics would be employed. Although the illegal search didn’t turn up a molecule of evidence that either Bear or Marcella was growing or trafficking marijuana, Bear was eventually cited for possession of drug “paraphernalia” – an old coffee can....

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