On 2015-03-06 3:48 PM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:20:24 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2015-03-06 2:10 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Fri, 06 Mar 2015 08:47:18 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don't they have anything better to do?
>>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...71425654596337
>>>
>>> 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.
>
> Idiot cops that mistake okra leaves for marijuana leaves need
> something better to do.
>

The leaves look similar. They spotted it from a helicopter. They
followed up. It was no big deal. It's not like they seized the guy's
okra crop and shot that picture of it.