DEA raids tribal land to destroy pot; tribe says it was hemp

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

DEA raids tribal land to destroy pot; tribe says it was hemp
Amy Forliti, Associated Press
Updated 9:32 pm, Friday, October 23, 2015

The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin said agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration entered their sovereign lands on Friday and improperly destroyed a crop of industrial hemp — but federal authorities said the crop was actually an illegal marijuana growing operation and some of the participants were not tribal members.

There were no arrests, and the investigation is ongoing, the DEA said.

The tribe legalized the growing of low THC non-psychotropic industrial hemp on its lands in May. In a statement Friday, Tribal Chairman Gary Besaw said the tribe had always intended to grow the crop legally for research purposes under the 2014 Farm Bill, which recognizes the distinction between marijuana and industrial hemp.

He said he was disappointed that federal authorities used "the full force of the DEA to raid our tribe."

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/DEA-raids-tribal-land-to-destroy-pot-tribe-says-6587676.php

[postulater]

1. Here's more from this afternoon.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027283801

[Peace Patriot]

2. The DEA really REALLY needs to be busted up!

Fini! Kaput! End of agency. End of their goddamned 'war on drugs.'

[Unknown Beatle]

3. I agree with you 100%.

But, like the CIA, the DEA makes money by selling drugs.

[potone]

4. This infuriates me.

Why doesn't the federal government leave American tribes alone? I'm all for them finding new revenue sources besides casinos. If they make discoveries about new ways to use hemp, that is all to the good.

[librechik]

5. more evidence of the brilliant DEA and its officers

there is a difference, jerkwads

[tabasco]

6. It's past time to disband the DEA.

Just another jack-booted gang of thugs terrorizing the American people.

[Gregorian]

7. Democracy in action! Like feudal times, but with more guns and jails!

[jtuck004]

8. DEA ought to be flying a confederate flag at their HQ, as they keep racism alive. n/t

[dembotoz]

9. wonder which tv crime show will first glorify the raid in an episode

maybe it will start with a raid on an ace hardware that is pushing rope to elementary school children

might be ncis
must imagine they killed all the muslims by now

[ForgoTheConsequence]

10. This will be part of the Obama legacy.

Unfortunate.

[Comrade Grumpy]

11. The greater part of the Obama legacy here is clearing the way for Indians to grow marijuana.

The Justice Department did that in a memo last year.

Someone needs to clue in the DEA.

[EndElectoral]

12. For crying out loud. This is what the DEA wants to spend their time on?

[Sunlei]

13. Obama needs to mandate marijuana, the plant species off the Federal lists already.

Make the Feds really work on dangerous crime!! Take marijuana off the Federal drug list.