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...........the best part is that the apparently-federal cops seem to suggest that the reason they cant intervene is the sequester budget cuts, though the sequester actually forced the Park Police to start furloughing employees on April 21, this past Sunday. Having said that, I know our local park here in DC, which is a federal park (its like that in DC), had to cut services weeks ago because of the sequester, so clearly the Park Service was already hit).
Read some of the transcript, then the video below:
Theyre smoking marijuana over here.
Right.
Youre letting them do that?
Its on federal property, they have a permit.
Right, but they dont have a permit to smoke marijuana.
They have a permit with the parks.
Did the park give them a permit to smoke marijuana?
I cant talk to you about the permit. If you want, I can get you a contact with our permit
Theyre smoking marijuana.
Im aware sir.
Then he talks to another cop heres where the sequester comes into play:
Sir, are you aware theyre smoking marijuana over here?
Yes, we know that theres some activity going on.
Are you gonna enforce the law?
We dont have the resources to do that right now.
Well you can disperse, revoke their permit.
We dont have the resources to do that.
Anyone else guessing that before the protest, the whiner was in full support of all the budget cuts?
VIDEO & MORE:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=186_1366741771
http://americablog.com/2013/04/sequester-stops-philly-cops-from-arresting-pot-smokers-video.html
SamKnause
(13,114 posts)This is the first positive result I have seen as a result of the sequester.
dballance
(5,756 posts)I'm sure the guy trying to get the authorities to do something has never broken the speed limit or parked illegally.
Frankly, the police have better things to do than arrest peaceful pot smokers. Maybe go arrest some of those folks who get violent and start beating people (like their spouses and kids) when they get drunk instead?
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Bear in mind that drunks are often combative and stoners seldom so.
Rex
(65,616 posts)FUCK YOU WHINER! I hope it bothers you for the rest of your pathetic little life that the cops 'let' people smoke MJ!
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)dballance
(5,756 posts)I bet he'll think it's just fine an dandy that he was breaking the law with his kids in the car with him when it happens. But oh no, no pot, not in front of the children.