#405 Make Sure That The Weed You Are Busting Someone For Isn't/Aren't Daisies

I'm totally seeing double. Or not.

Whoops-a-daisy: 'Significant' outdoor bust in Lethbridge history wasn't weed

All police will concede at this point is the 1,624 plants torn from a suburban Lethbridge garden on July 30 isn’t marijuana, as first claimed after a phalanx of police marched in and starting plucking.

“This is a significant bust, given the size of this operation,” is how a senior officer put it at the time, while proudly displaying garbage bags full of the dastardly daises.

That same officer, Staff Sergeant Wes Houston, now admits the plant haul was a mistake.

Gee, really? Exactly how does one confuse daisies with marijuana plants unless one has never been exposed to either? And you'd think that one of that "phalanx of police" would also be able to correctly identify that the "drugs" they were yanking up to destroy were clearly not drugs at all.

But nope, they destroyed Ryan Thomas Rockman's garden. He is an admitted medical marijuana user for long term back pain and did have a pretty sizable quantity of weed in his house (1.5 pounds) and a bunch of hash. But they annihilated his garden because good ol' Wes Houston absolutely blows at plant identification.

Or, as likely and probably more so, the cops knew exactly what they were doing when they methodically destroyed Rockman's garden. Harassing pot smokers is a hobby for a lot of assholes.

It is my hope that Mr. Rockman sues the crap out of the police department and targets Wes Houston specifically. The damage they caused is absolutely ridiculous especially since it should have been apparent almost instantly that they'd made a stupid mistake. But egos and pride make even intelligent people do really, really stupid things sometimes too.

Rule #405 is Make Sure That The Weed You Are Busting Someone For Isn't/Aren't Daisies