Marijuana Growers Use Wild Bears to Guard Pot 75
Two Canadian marijuana growers were using at least 14 wild black bears to guard their crops. The pair had lured the bears onto their property with dog food in an attempt to deter thieves. Fortunately for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pot bears turn out to be pretty chill. "They were tame, they just sat around watching... at one point one of the bears climbed onto the hood of a police car, sat there for a bit and then jumped off," said
RCMP Sergeant Fred Mansveld.
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So, a few guys are just growing pot, smoking and selling all day, they take animals for their protection, the animals are treated well, they are well fed, and neither the animals nor the people are a danger to anyone.
So, the cops come in, put the guys in jail, burn the crops, and murder the animals. And we are somehow supposed to think that the cops are the good guys?
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I believe the vast majority of law enforcement workers just wish the public would vote in legislators who would create more reasonable laws for them to enforce. Very few want to ruin lives over relatively victim-less crimes.
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anytime the legalise pot discussion comes up, the US ambassador to Canada starts making threats of trade sanctions. Since canada does more than 90% of its trade with the US, these sanctions would put us into a recession.
So yeah, pot is illegal in Canada entirely because of the US. Its like this in most countries.
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You make it sound like they have no choice but to enforce bad laws.
If they didn’t act like complete and utter tools while they hold you over the coals and explain what they can do (based on the law) and implying that they will relax their enforcement a little bit (if you play their game), I’d be more inclined to agree with you.
They already selectively enforce the law, and a bad law is just another law to selectively enforce... except, a bad one that you probably did break, which makes it easier for them to charge you with it. (Not to mention that you won’t get a fair trial most of the time, unless you hire a really good lawyer, i.e. an expensive one.)
A lot of cops are bullies and it’s in their best interest to have something they can trump up to charge you with, all the better if you broke a real law that some stupid legislators dreamt up. You think people go into law enforcement because they want to make the world rosy? They go into law enforcement because they are so bad-ass and/or they get off on bullying people.