The BS is the government at any level interfering with the operation of a business selling a legal product. Whether or not there were “jackbooted thugs” or not, these people should have been left alone. Additionally, I am more inclined to believe the story of the victims of this raid than the public officials who implemented and then defended it. The base line position is that those in power are not telling the truth, not the victimized subjects.
Having witnessed and unfortunately been a part of just such a kind of raid, I can attest that the abuse that goes on is staggering. Especially the abuse (and I suspected theft) of personal property.
That's pretty much where I'm coming from these days as well. The "cops", be they local, state and/or federal, more and more often go WAY overboard on simple issues.