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On 2015-03-06 2:10 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Mar 2015 08:47:18 -0800, sf > wrote:
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>> Don't they have anything better to do?
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...71425654596337

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> The headline says "cops raid retiree's garden, seize okra plants". But
> what really happened is "the officers apologized and took some of the
> suspicious okra leaves". I guess that headline wouldn't attract as
> many readers.
>



Yep...and some people apparently don't read much further than the
headline. Someone sees the stock photo of okra pods and assumes the sops
are a bunch of dumb asses for seizing his crop when the fact is that
they mistook the leaves for pot, went to investigate and then left.