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Okra in garden mistaken for marijuana, leads to police raid in Georgia
The Associated Press ^ | October 06, 2014

Posted on 10/06/2014 1:32:04 PM PDT by BBell

A Georgia man says drug suppression officers mistook his okra plants for marijuana.

(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Gardening; Local News
KEYWORDS: cannabis; donutwatch; georgia; jbt; marijuana; okra; pot; wod
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To: fulltlt
Eating fried okra is like eating snot with boogers in it.

Hummmmm... Not sure I would admit that. hehe

21 posted on 10/06/2014 1:44:58 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: BBell

raid? Do they do no police work at all, basic stuff, before they scream “RAID!!!” ??


22 posted on 10/06/2014 1:45:27 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: fulltlt

You have not had it made correctly.


23 posted on 10/06/2014 1:46:03 PM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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To: BBell

effin’ cops probably got overtime too for this ‘large scale operation’ ...
luckily nobody was shot this time


24 posted on 10/06/2014 1:46:07 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: fulltlt

“Eating fried okra is like eating snot with boogers in it.”

No, that’s stewed Okra. Still delicious.


25 posted on 10/06/2014 1:46:11 PM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: BBell

I’m fine with a War on Okra. /s

No people or dogs shot hopefully.


26 posted on 10/06/2014 1:46:51 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: BBell

So, did the cops at least shoot the guy and kill a couple of dogs?


27 posted on 10/06/2014 1:47:47 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: MeganC

At least they didn’t shoot his dog.


28 posted on 10/06/2014 1:48:09 PM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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To: BBell
the depth of knowledge amongst these guys....is really quote stunning

couldn't someone have double checked before....commencing on a raid?




29 posted on 10/06/2014 1:48:11 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
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To: BBell

Raw okra is great.


30 posted on 10/06/2014 1:48:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: BBell
Dwayne Perry of Cartersville tells WSB-TV that he was awakened by a helicopter flying low over his house Wednesday and then some heavily-armed deputies and a K-9 unit showed up at his door.

Helicopter, Swat & K-9 for Okra Raid. ...laughing stock!

31 posted on 10/06/2014 1:49:03 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
Now you're talking!


32 posted on 10/06/2014 1:49:52 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: BBell

I grew a couple of Okra plants a few years ago. They have beautiful flowers and produced lots of Okra pods. But damn they grew almost as big as trees. 4-5 inches in dia. a the base. They do not look like marijuana in any way. I will not grow Okra again it took me on my lawn tractor to pull them down at the end of the growing season. Oh and they grow fast and if the pods are not picked when very young the pods are very tough and impossible to eat.


33 posted on 10/06/2014 1:50:15 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: MeshugeMikey

Hate to see what these cops would have done with Texas Star Hibiscus.


34 posted on 10/06/2014 1:51:47 PM PDT by catfish1957 (Everything I needed to know about Islam was written on 11 Sep 2001)
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To: BBell
“The Okra” is not all that is going to be fried in Georgia.

Lawyers are frantically trying to get that person's phone number, and soon his phone will be ringing 24/7.

Simple case, probably going to earn more money per word than any other to date: “Folks, those Jack Booted Thugs, that's them a sittin’ raht there, they SWATed this innocent fellow Georgian ‘cause the idiot chilren thought his okra was marijuana.

Y'all know what to do.

Ah rests my case.”

35 posted on 10/06/2014 1:53:26 PM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: fulltlt
Eating fried okra is like eating snot with boogers in it.

I have to agree. Once was enough. I feel that way about most vegetables though, I'm primarily a carnivore...although chili and potatoes count I guess, rolls and cheese count too so it's a balanced diet.

Vegans are probably pretty tasty like sweet pork I would imagine if you aged it right.

As for confusing okra with cannabis? Um, they don't look a bit alike or vegans would be foraging in the streambeds off I-80 in Nebraska all summer long.

36 posted on 10/06/2014 1:57:41 PM PDT by eldoradude (It doesn't matter how many it takes, the lightbulb has already been stolen.)
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To: fulltlt

Stir-fried Chinese okra! Yum. And they’re huge!


37 posted on 10/06/2014 1:59:09 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: BBell
Patrol Capt. Kermit Stokes says the plants did have characteristics similar to marijuana.

Yes, they are both green.

38 posted on 10/06/2014 2:01:00 PM PDT by razorback-bert (Due to the high price of ammo, no warning shot will be fired.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

“Nothing finer than fried okra when done right.”

Good lord man, don’t forget okra succotash!


39 posted on 10/06/2014 2:03:58 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: BBell
A good gumbo needs some okra.


40 posted on 10/06/2014 2:04:47 PM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
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