Sounds like some simple education is needed!
By funny coincidence I am drinking hibiscus tea while reading this. That gave me pause.
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Someone really ignorant might mistake roselle hibiscus for marijuana. Cops wouldn’t seem to have an excuse. With common hibiscus, such a mistake would seem impossible.
Roselle hibiscus is trendy in Asian-style cooking.
Hibiscus vs marijuana
Apparently western PA.
Where folks answer the door partially undressed.
And their betters don’t know marijuana from hibiscus.
Stranger things have happened in central PA but we don’t talk about them.
The trouble started when a neighbor’s tree fell on the Cramer’s property in September.
The lawsuit states that Yeamans came to the property on Oct. 5 to investigate the insurance claim.
But the suit claims that Yeamans surreptitiously shot photos of the flowering hibiscus growing in the Cramers’ backyard and sent them to police as evidence of a marijuana grow operation.
According to the complaint, Yeamans “intentionally photographed the flowering hibiscus plants in such a manner as not to reveal that they had flowers on them so that they would appear to resemble marijuana plants.”
Based on those photos, the suit claims, Buffalo Township police Officer Jeffrey Sneddon obtained a search warrant for the Cramers’ property. The suit says that Sneddon claimed to have expertise in identifying marijuana.
The suit alleges that the search warrant contained no probable cause to search the Cramers’ home.
The police apparently arrived at the Cramers’ home around noon Oct. 7 while Audrey Cramer was on the second floor only partially dressed.
When she answered the door, she alleges that about a dozen officers were pointing assault-style rifles at her.
Its the combo idiot plate. The idiot, busybody insurance adjuster who doesn’t know a marijuana plant from a flowering hibiscus. The police “plant expert” ditto. Follow it all up with a SWAT raid on a elder couple. Lawsuits. Lawsuits all around. With a double dose on Nationwide Insurance.
Only a complete moron would mistake a hibiscus for anything else. My wife has them in our garden. The flowers can be a foot across and really stark in color.
The problem with these types of lawsuits is, even if they win, the taxpayers will pay. There needs to be ruinous judgments against the police officers and other officials who were involved in this.
That’s real thug behavior.
Trying to figure out from this why it is that the insurance company is getting sued…
This story was on the local news this morning. The lady homeowner said that the way she was treated she will never trust the police again and it was a wake up call for her.
Article doesn’t say but I would hope the couple counted the silverware afterwards.
For those not particularly familiar with hibiscus tea, of the many varieties of hibiscus, the Jamaican hibiscus is known for its bright red, lemon-ish flavored tea. It is especially popular among Hispanics.
11 Surprising Benefits Of Hibiscus Tea
https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/beverage/hibiscus-tea.html
odd note: a small number of people experience a hallucinatory effect from the tea, but it is not common. Its bright red color can stain, so it’s good to avoid that.
Honey, hide the ficus.
Two stories. First some friends in the early 70s took a pill to a dumb cop in our small town and told him they thought it was LSD and they’d tell him where they got it if he’d get it confirmed it was LSD. He sent it off to the state crime lab. It was a birth control pill.
Two. I managed a home building office in the 80s and we opened a new model home park. The dirt for the flower beds was “harvested” from the Brazos River bottoms. One day a salesman walked in and said “Did you know there’s a marijuana plant growing out front?” I was busy as heck and never noticed it. The damn thing was 4 feet tall. I called the sheriff’s department to come and get it. I told my boss and he said “If there’s anymore call me!”
If we just enforced existing laws, none of this would happen.
Arrest and Charge ALL of them,including the Judge that signed a Warrant with no probable cause listed with:
Felony Kidnapping
Armed Home Invasion
COnspiracy to commit Kidnapping
Using a Firearm during the commission of a violent felony
problem solved
Did the cops realize their mistake when they tried smoking some?