WHOOPSIE!

[docwebster]

Cops make major Hibiscus bust

Texas cops thought they’d made a major drug bust when they raided a home northwest of Houston last Tuesday. After all, it looked like there were huge marijuana plants growing in the front yard.

“All of a sudden, they burst in with their guns loaded, pointing at me, screaming, ‘Get on the floor! Get on the floor!’” northwest Harris County resident Blair Davis told KHOU-TV.

It turns out the tall plants with the narrow leaves arranged in a fan pattern weren’t pot plants at all, but specimens of Texas Star hibiscus, which Davis grows for his landscaping business.

(snagged from mock_the_stupid)

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[rubber-shirt.livejournal.com]

And I bet those fuckers didn't even clean up the mess they made or apologized. :/

[ceruleanst.livejournal.com]

Lt. Webb: "Any time there's a search warrant served at your house, there's gonna be some trauma involved."

And this is okay? That it is "normal" should be cause for more concern, not less. "Get used to it" is not a reasonable explanation for anything, and it's a very poor substitute for an apology.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_duncan/]

and from the same page,

Police spokeswoman Alice Casanova said "He teaches himself English by reading newspapers. It was all just a miscommunication."

Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Andrea McCauley said travelers need to be mindful of how they behave on airplanes because potential security threats are treated very seriously.

"We caution people not to write about bombs because if they're going on vacation, their travel plans will be disrupted," she said.