| The police raid of a small organic farm in Arlington, TX, which lasted for more than 10 hours and included aerial surveillance and a SWAT team,resulted in a confiscation of vegetables and plants on the property only,Huff Post reported.Owners of the property called ??Garden of Eden ? are now demanding an apology from police and compensation for what was taken from them including 17 blackberry bushes,15 okra plants,14 tomatillo plants,native grasses and sunflowers, after police were granted a search warrant for marijuana plants. Ironically, no evidence of marijuana was found on the property. According to CATO ??s Radley Balko,there areapproximately 40,000 raids per year which involve subjecting non-violent drug offenders and innocent bystanders to police terror by wrongfully having their homes invaded by police dressed as soldiers which at times can result in unnecessary death and injur |
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