Medical Pot Patient Robbed, Beaten; Cops Take Plants While He’s Dying
A Washington medical marijuana patient has died after being attacked by robbers who were after his pot crop. When local police were called to the scene, rather than investigating the assault, they started questioning mortally injured Michael Shane Howard about how many plants he had.
The police told Howard, who had just been clubbed in the head with a crowbar, that the medics would “probably just put a big bandage in his forehead and leave him at the house.”
Read the full article at tokeofthetown.com
This reminds me of a news story a few years back..
a couple came home from work to find their house had been broken into. They called the local constabulary, who upon arriving were more concerned about the supposed pungant smell in their house. After a search, they arrested the couple for possession, of a small amount of illegal plant material.
Nothing more was said about the robbery !! Shows were the priority appears to lie..