"as usual the media is cutting out the part of the story which this "victim" was probably either on probation OR had such a long record that a mandatory jail sentence was in the works."
longtermemory: I'm checking in late to this thread, but I couldn't help but reply to your posting. It is my belief that the "victim" was in possesion of a current CW Permit.
Are the police THAT stupid to issue a permit to someone "...on probation OR had such a long [criminal] record..."?????????
somniferum: I agree with you that 2 oz. of weed does not make one a drug dealer. As for the scales, I have at least 20 different types right here in my office. My herb business requires that I have state certified scales, plus I collect the old timers. I like your screen name.
As I reported earlier, I did run a check on him and only found traffic infractions on his record. i detailed them before. I did not see any open criminal cases either, but I only checked Miami-dade and broward.
I also did a check with www.findlaw.com and found that his 2 oz. did put him in the felony category. The selling to an uncover officers does put him in the delivery category.
You have to look at everything all as one picture because any one element alone is not enough. Scales alone is not enough, but a felony amount of pot, with dime bags, WITH scales is a different category than the the legitmat anything else.
After the whole thread, at this point I think this was a stupid young adult who decided to supliment his income via selling pot on the side. When the police burst in, his first thought was not "i am under arrest". His first thought was either "i am being robbed by druggies" or "the competition is here to shut me down".