Dumb Cops: Georgia Police Raid Man's Garden Mistaking Okra For Marijuana

[Initech]

The flip side to stupid criminals, is of course stupid cops, and these cops at least rank Keystone, maybe Reno 911 level of stupid cops:

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. —

A Cartersville man is upset after he said investigators mistook a garden full of okra for marijuana plants.

The man growing the popular Southern food said a helicopter woke him up Wednesday and then he had deputies show up at his door.

"I was scared actually, at first, because I didn't know what was happening,” said homeowner Dwayne Perry.

All he noticed was that there was a chopper sitting unusually low over his house, then Bartow County deputies and a K-9 unit appeared at his doorstep in minutes.

"They were strapped to the gills,” Perry said.

It turned out, that helicopter was from the Governor's Task Force for drug suppression and they were out looking for domestic cannabis plants and spotted the tree and plants.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/okra-mistaken-pot-mans-garden/nhbHW/?ref=cbTopWidget

[Suich]

1. Oh, c'mon!!!

This is an insult to "stupid!"

How can you be a cop anywhere and not know what pot looks like? I wonder how they picked this guy out in the first place...the article doesn't say. If a neighbor reported him, you'd think they'd go check it out first.

Sheesh......

[Warren DeMontague]

2. Worst. Buds. Ever.

Also how much did the Okra raid cost the taxpayers, helicopter, SWAT team, etc?

YAY DRUG WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Arkansas Granny]

3. Notice the standard "apology"?

"If we disturbed them . . ."

[mainer]

4. Can't they assign a gardener to every SWAT team?

Someone who can help them identify common garden plants?

This man's lucky to be alive.