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Amy Goodman (democracynow.org); Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon (eds), Wisdom Quarterly

Georgia: Police arrest 60+ at house party over 1 ounce of marijuana

We live in a police state, pot as pretext

In Georgia, police arrested more than 60 people at a house party in an Atlanta suburb Saturday night, after they found a small amount of marijuana at the scene. Those arrested ranged in age from 15 to 31 years old. They say police entered the home without permission and without a warrant, and arrested everyone inside when they couldn’t determine the owner of the less than an ounce of marijuana they seized.

 

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