Dozens arrested at a house party over less than an ounce of marijuana, police say

[n2doc]

Ten of the nearly 100 people arrested during a 21st birthday party over the weekend spoke exclusively to Channel 2 Action News for the first time since the incident.

Cartersville police said officers responded to a call of apparent gunshots fired early Sunday morning and something led them to believe that party goers had drugs on them.

The ages of the people arrested range from 15 to 31-years -old.

On Monday, a parent of one of the party goers told Channel 2's Tyisha Fernandes she is furious because police arrested everyone since no one would claim the drugs.

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End the Drug War Now.

[Iggo]

1. Cops. That's who they are. That's what they do.

[MineralMan]

2. Atlanta, folks. This happened in Atlanta.

[Stuart G]

8. According to the map, Cartersville is about 20 to 25 miles north of Atlanta, pop: 21,000

Lets hear it for the brilliant police..

.In my opinion, (I am not a lawyer)...all the cases will be thrown out. It was a power play by the cops to disrupt the party. Nothing more.

[MineralMan]

9. Atlanta area, then. I just wanted to localize this for

people who have no idea where this happened.

[Stuart G]

13. I agree completely with you. I had to look on a map, then found out where..

My post was like yours, just to inform a little more.......

Seems that in Georgia, the police, at least in that town, have little to do. What a waste of time, money, and effort. There just might be some payback to that town..something about "false arrest" and a number of lawsuits that will cost a whole lot of money for that town. (suburb I guess)

[MineralMan]

14. I clicked the link and saw that it was an Atlanta station.

I really wish people would post locations for those local news stories from local media. It's a real annoyance for me.

[tblue37]

15. And to intimidate a lot of young black people to show them the cops can do

anything they want to them, Constitution be damned.

I hope all the families sue that place and its PD into oblivion.

[jalan48]

3. Back assward laws create this stuff.

[NCTraveler]

4. Owner/Tenant of the house is the owner of the drugs.

This is a really shady power play police use often.

[Jim__]

5. Also sounds like an illegal search.

Cops entered the house without a warrant, seemingly no probable cause.

[sabbat hunter]

10. They smelled marijuana

that gave them probable cause.

[Clarity2]

6. I was reading

That Jeff Sessions is pushing for drug testing of anyone suspected of driving under influence for mj (which stays in system up to 3 mos) upon which a positive result would then trigger mandatory drug treatment...for marijuana. This would include those with a medical rx. Can you imagine someone with cancer, or another serious disease, or suffering from anxiety/depression and using mj for medical reasons being subjected to the stress of that??

Its outrageous.

I believe those people can sue for false arrest, and they should.

[Girard442]

7. So, based on this logic, NYPD could arrest everyone in Trump Tower if drugs were found there.

Not throwing rocks at NYPD here. Just pointing out how insane the premise is.

[logosoco]

11. I can't help but wonder while the cops were arresting these many people that were

at a house, how many drunk drivers were out on the roads in that community? To process that many arrests must have taken up much of the resources and manpower of the police department...and for what good?

[unblock]

12. how do we not know the actual count? headline says dozens, tweet says 70, lede says nearly 100