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Old 05-06-2010, 07:36 AM  
Ethersync
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Don't get me wrong, I love my country, but my government scares the crap out of me... and being a libertarian, I think that any idiot that wants to do drugs has the right to
I agree.

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Having said that though, I was a reserve deputy sheriff for a couple of years, and I can tell you that the search warrants signed by judges that allow a major felony entry like that are not over "a joint"
I am sure they told the judge he was a dealer and without a second thought he signed the warrant.

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Do search warrants get served when there is no evidence at the time of the raid? Absolutely, and the officers, especially the lead detective, end up with egg all over their face, but the original intent of the warrant is not "over a joint"
They are not charging him with drug possession. They are only charging him with possession of drug paraphernalia. So it was not all over a joint, but rather all over a bong or pipe...

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