My Home was Searched for Growing Vegetables in my Bathroom

[@brettoberry3586]

Make them produce a warrant. I allowed a police officer in my home ONCE because "I had nothing to hide" and almost went to jail for it. When I asked him to leave, he called for backup and refused. Told me he was going to arrest me because I started to video record how I was being treated and was upset at being talked down to in my own home. I will never allow a policeman into my home without a warrant ever again because the one time I did, I was punished for it. Fool me twice... shame on me. "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

[@CSAcitizen]

Read my above post. This is teh LAW adn how to handle it all. And what they are NOT allowed to do ! And about that "warrant" - be careful many are just generic copies ! Read post above at the top.

[@1lovinmyboys3]

A statute is not a law Its public policy for the public.you are only public if you receive tax payers money. The incompetent masses have no idea the fraud that has been going on

[@RVBadlands2015]

Maybe that’s the democrats they don’t want to have the constitution.

[@joymcarthur5429]

Notice that they show up at night. Nobody can call his lawyer at that hour for some quick advice. My advice would be to call 911 at that point and report thugs at your door trying to get in.

[@hectorvasquez690]

@@RVBadlands2015 there is a brain in between your ears, did you know that?

[@studiotime6671]

It's pretty sad that the average person in this country would view growing large quantities of your own fruits and vegetables a "weird thing"

[@KevinP32270]

AGREED.

[@ncc2126]

studiotime Corporate monopoly on food supply means we stay more plugged into the capitalist economy. If feeding your family is perceived as "weird" then we are hardcore fucked because Trump is going to accidentally trigger social disorder or maybe a nuclear war. time to get independent for your food and lock and load kiddos

[@AlexMW-1]

America is so brainwashed and clueless on so many fronts. I gave up on the general public a long time ago.

[@YerBrwnDogAteMyRabit]

AlexMidnightWalker Me too. It's pretty sad.

[@Barcodez5555]

for you its productive :)

[@OSR1996]

wish more people were as awake as this guy. This guy is centuries ahead most of the sheep in this society.

[@msbjr23]

He isn't centuries ahead. Citizens are only going to become more stupid with time. He is certainly more 'Woke' and smarter than most of the population, and that makes him the opposite of "centuries ahead".

[@msbjr23]

Citizens are only going to become more lazy, unhealthy, brainwashed, and easier to take advantage of with time. Centuries from now these traits will be extremely prevalent throughout the population. Therefore, this dude is not "centuries ahead".

[@victorracioppi9821]

lol you serious? You think this guy is of above average intelligence. oh my! do me a favor and read the posting I just left him. I would love to hear your feedback on it.

[@AbideinChristFully]

There is MUCH MUCH more to know to be considered awake, then how to deal with police at your door. It is hard, because if you are innocent, then not letting them in makes you look guilty, and very likely to be under surveillance from that point...and certainly they would be back. Let them in, show them the veggies, and be done with them. Maybe film the whole thing though, which depending on the police could only bring more trouble to you. Choose wisely, it all depends on if you end up with a bad cop or not. Feel them out and go from there.

[@e.v.6389]

Never open the door to cops without a warrant

[@PenguinApple]

you do have to comply with a warrant bro, but without one you can legally tell them to fuck off and charge THEM with a crime if they don't

[@celestialeg]

How would you know it's real?

[@GamerSpite]

ask to see if it's signed from a attorney or judge, something along those lines.

[@playing_jazz]

Na they will force themselves in and lie about it in court saying them smelled marijuana if you open the door holler out the window. The cops will always lie and say they detected the odor of marijuana to illegally search anyone. Illegal searchs of people who didn't have marijuana on them have been held up in court because of the unverifiable probable cause the cop can claim. It's a horrible system. Don't open the door just hollar at them to kick the door down if they have warrant you are unarmed and your hands are up.

[@1lovinmyboys3]

@Michael R. Reiter corpus juris secedumn vol 7 sect 4 attorney client relationship you piece of shit tyrant

[@johndavis9487]

NEVER LET THE POLICE IN YOUR HOME! IF THEY DON'T HAVE A WARRANT, TELL THEM TO GET LOST! 4TH AMENDMENT!

[@deejeff8846]

JOHN DAVIS never give them a reason to knock on your door

[@ChrisWilhite]

Like shopping at a hydroponics store?

[@marthacmd]

obama stopped that

[@amandalynnagain]

Exactly, because like this guy said happened- if they dont find what theyre looking for, theyll look for ANYTHING else they can to get you on

[@mariahendrickson1443]

JOHN DAVIS , very soon they wont even need a warrant... martial law... police state....

[@kthomp55]

DO NOT let anyone in your house. Even if it is the police. They need a search warrent.

[@goldsilverandiamonds]

+kthomp55 Democrats and socialist think you have no rights. Bernie Sanders would love to tell you how you must live.

[@GreenMountainGrow]

+kthomp55 ESPECIALLY the 5.0, not our "buddies"!!!!!!

[@rezbarbie24]

+goldsilverandiamonds As long as you aren't a minority... "They're" guilty of everything and anything... I watch TV so I know these things... duh!

[@PresidentialOGkush]

goldsilverandiamonds you're a fucking dumbass. Who is it again that just signed a internet privacy repeal? Trump. Who is it that's trying to take away woman's right to choose what goes on with her body? Trump. What about Trump going after our right to religious freedom, trying to ban muslims. Or trump saying he wants to bring back stop and frisk. Sure the left is fucked up in trying to take away our right to bare arms. But the right has tried taking FAR MORE of our rights as Americans than the fucked up left.

[@garychandler4296]

+BuyTheTicket TakeTheRide Rignt on many points, but the one who takes the "rights" of women to commit MURDER is GOD, the one who created her AND the babies! Could there be any greater insult and abomination than to destroy such a complicated wonder with the RIGHT TO LIVE? And don't give me the rape garbage; God takes that intended for evil to be for the good. Wait 'till you find out one of your good friends was a rape baby! Is he or she an abomination because of that? Time to get real my friend.

[@growingyourgreens]

I would encourage everyone watching this video check out this video about EVEN OPENING the DOOR for the police. You are under NO obligations to open the door to the police EVER. If they have the right to be in your house, they will kick the door in! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4Gbo4pmmNxsb9k

[@tnick2469]

John, with the greatest of respect, have you been living under a rock since 9/11? Please search youtube for : Rawsome Foods Raided... Again! Also google : Rawsome foods James Stewart bail bond There are so many other stories such as a chicken farmer taking his own life rather than be shut down and arrested. Or pig farmers in michigan having to shoot their own pigs or face imprisonment. Do your research. This is real. Please stop being so naive to think the police are just doing their job. 'Thinking peace keepers ' are being replaced with low IQ thugs. Do the research. Protect yourself with knowledge. We live in ever increasing tyrannical times. You should check out "Don't Talk to Police" on KZbin.

[@SC2086]

tnick2 That's what happens when you sell raw milk in California without a licence, then skip out on your friend who paid your bond using his house for collateral. Who then helps/hires bail agents to arrest you for it. I do not agree with needing a licence to sell raw milk, but breaking the law is breaking the law and not showing up to court is asking for an arrest. With the raids, they do the same thing to pot growers and moonshine sellers. It may just be milk, but as far as the law is concerned it is a dangerous product and selling it without a license is on par with dealing drugs... plus it's California, they've managed to keep electing the same type of people election after election and somehow expect things to change, but in reality these tyrannical laws will just become more numerous until they stop electing these people and stop voting in laws that restrict freedoms.

[@TheEarthCreature]

tnick2 More than likely he was just saying that to appease everyone who is listening.

[@hewoapreeez]

Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens Well put brother, god bless you, turning a negative into a positive, well done

[@ImprovisedSurvival]

tnick2 They still need a warrant. No illegal search or seizure. People turning over and accepting this crap will bring us to Nazi Germany.

[@williamwilley1423]

Wow your story is so similar to mine. I am 28 and a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. It changed my whole life around and I healed myself with food. Since then my whole like has changed with the food the earth provides. I cant pack all of what I have learned into a sentence or how much I have learned or changed in a year but ill just say that your story about changing your life and sharing the importance of food is so important. So few people are aware of this knowledge and we need to spread the word. God bless. Love your videos.

[@raymondmckay7240]

Also, there's been cases where officers have planted false evidence, so be careful letting them in.

[@prejudicetendencies632]

Raymond Mckay yeah this guy totally got lucky. That friend of his needs to be educated on her rights.

[@jerazikp]

That only happens to black people unfortunately but doesn't at the same time. Funny how that happens. But always presumed guilty in public opinion. We just look like bad guys hunh.

[@longtail4711]

An important tip: If cops like this show up at your door for any reason and you're not expecting them and frightened, KEEP YOUR DOOR SHUT and don't answer it! Call 911 first and ask whether they have sent police to your address. There are a lot of bad people who pose as cops so they can get in and rob your place, or in the case of women home alone, rape them. My mother actually had a guy who claimed he was a cop from the local PD come banging on her door with great authority, and saying he was sent to collect on some unpaid bills (which she did have). My mom wasn't stupid and listened to her gut instincts that something was fishy...She didn't go near the door, and called 911. It turned out the guy was a wanted thief. IT'S OK TO DO THIS. The police won't be upset if they are actual cops and you just want to verify it. Well, most of them...usually...pray you don't get rotten pork at your door.

[@scandia67]

"Rotten pork"...snicker...

[@longtail4711]

losepoundsandinches Alas, welcome to America. :(

[@flashcloud666]

"There are a lot of bad people who pose as cops" Yeah, they're called cops.

[@longtail4711]

Flash Cloud Alas, I think that falls under "Pray you don't get rotten pork at your door." :C

[@Secureours]

Flash Cloud when your mom beat the shit out of your old man who did you call???? maybe al sharpton?

[@bluewater454]

Exactly right. Do not open your door or consent to search. *Dont step outside.* Keep a barrier between you and them. Don't even talk to them. Simply assert your rights, and close the door. Refusal to a search is NOT admission to guilt. *Terry Ingram* has some great information on this here on KZbin.

[@deetoxinz7252]

Sad that a guy who talks about growing your own food and teaching us very useful information even has to make a video like This! Your amazing brosafari keep up the good work

[@survivalfarmcoach8727]

Dee Toxinz w

[@christinegoodno7662]

They didn't have a warrant and they went on a fishing expedition once they were in. You are absolutely right to not give consent because of the odd nature of "fishing expeditions" that commonly occur. This is a nice video to help explain how we can be better citizens. We can ask "Am I being detained?" "Ami I free to go?" When they ask for identification, they don't actually need to see your ID. Just give your full name. Shooting video is essential nowadays.

[@oddmaster01]

If i heard correctly, they did produce a warrant.

[@michaelripperger5674]

Odd master - they had a stack of papers. They never showed a warrant

[@KenJohnsonMusic]

70% of people in prison ANSWERED THE DOOR. Let them knock all they want.

[@tigerbody69]

good luck with that one. There are many examples of even compliance not working out.

[@42042O]

Op is right. Let them kick the god damn door in and call a lawyer. No warrant no entry. Don't even answer them, nothing, stay quiet as hell.

[@Marco-nd1cp]

Pay no attention to the ignorant mother-fuckers who attempt to justify their terror. This is simple: where's the obligation to answer the door?- there is none! its their home, hence them knocking. Point#2: This is easy to solve, just ask for proof on what grounds that they can even enter the home without consent? Point#3 I believe the burden of proof is with the party who makes the claim (sarc, because it is actually a fact) Without a warrant, it would most certainly require evidence of wrong doing... to enter the home, and if a warrant or evidence of wrong doing is NOT present, then consent would be the ONLY WAY LEFT TO ENTER THE HOME. And regardless of how they enter, growing cannabis isn't unlawful anyway. You see, that's all legal bushwa, that the private individual in the confines of his own home is not under any obligation to comply with, and if someone is making a claim to the contrary....then guess what?-PROVE IT ASSHOLE!

[@Marco-nd1cp]

Oh, another point. Should they enter by force or threat, because of some presumption, then that would be bad for them. Just kindly take their names/contact info, and file a claim of your own in the proper jurisdiction for damages/trespassing/assault....what-have-you. Stand in truth people, otherwise a bleak future awaits. Remember, everything is done in increments, slowly but surely. The lower level courts, the scum lawyers and cops who stand for corruption, who refuse to relent from their swindling tactics, have slowly worked their way into this pathetic collective mindset, and have everybody believing that the corporate code applies. Well, it doesn't, so where's all that money going huh? do the words civil forfeiture ring a bell you fuckers...

[@susancarter3864]

Hahaha, I hear you knocking, but you can't come in.

[@thenewsurvivalist]

This is what it is like to live in a police state tyranny. It gets worse...

[@PeeboTyson]

Make that soft tyranny. It's a few short steps before a police state.

[@MrAdrianaangel]

+Major Disdain ...People ARE being killed for blogs like this. It's called dew weapons from drones and satellites.

[@Strange-Viking]

thenewsurvivalist my name fits you more then it fits me.... so much sad ignorance...

[@JohnWhite-pu3ys]

Gay

[@whynot-jm9uy]

sessions just approved the police to get tanks and grenade launchers lol this should be interesting

[@VirginMary1.0]

The police would not understand. You cannot grow donuts under a LED system.

[@gillenzfluff8380]

Trance Kuja It would be funny to sit some doughnuts under some LEDs in a window!

[@fredc8618]

@@gillenzfluff8380 lmfao!

[@redonk1740]

Duh, you need CFLs. That's why they have cfl tubes in the display cases at all the donut shops.

[@michelewells-dinsmore2789]

HOLEY CRAP!!!! I am sharing this man! I had no idea this had happened and Ive been watching your vids for a LONG TIME!!!!!! Of course, its happening all over the country with other organic growers and family farms!

[@SmoothChino]

+michele wells- dins more are you on weed? haha

[@hed420]

"We got some complaints from your neighbors ." Yeah right . I bet they were doing illegal searches with infrared cameras . There's this guy on youtube that sets up cops using this illegal technique . He sets up a grow room with plastic cannabis plants and cameras everywhere . When crooked cops drive by with these infrared thermal cameras they can clearly see through your walls invading your privacy . This guy caught these cops on camera doing this and they all got fired because they lied to the judge in order to get their search warrant . Pretty satisfying video , you should check it out . It also makes you aware of all the illegal things pigs do that make them think they are above the law .

[@themissinglightninglink]

hed420 link?

[@hed420]

Took me awhile to find it . I saw the video like 8 years ago. I don't know which exact video it was but just look for KopBusters on this channel . kzbin.infovideos?disable_polymer=1

[@hed420]

I can't find the full video but it has to be somewhere on the internet . kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6bRgI2brdV7e6s

[@kbtdadap]

if youre not breaking the law, who gives a fuck whtat the cops do? idiots

[@hed420]

roger dodger so you don't mind if the cops search every inch of your house invading your privacy ? ..but it's ok since you're not breaking the law right ? You're the true definition of a sheep . Talk about being an idiot .

[@bryceoliver8899]

Love this guy, such a positive spirit

[@tdanak]

John, you are so pure of heart. The world is not always ready to trust pure hearted people. Keep on your journey, keep educating the rest of us and pursuing what is right and good.

[@ski999]

Searching peoples' homes on shady tips is truly an example of fascism. It's actually a pretty stunning video. I know it's three years later, but keep up the great work, John. Our gardens are better because of you. Off to activate my biochar with worms castings, flour, and rock dust ...

[@Kabloooy]

People need to understand their rights. You never ever let the police into your house unless they have a warrant. They can yell at you and come up with all kinds of BS but if they have no warrant they can't come into your house. Letting them into your house can only harm you, regardless of whether you are doing anything wrong or not.

[@tamaraweber3296]

Also people are jealous of what you have and what they think you have. While they were in your house they could have put tiny cameras in there and could be watching you now. You hear about this happening in the hotel rooms filming people. Your right don't allow them in your house unless they have a search warrant.

[@otherpatrickgill]

Firstly, I just want to say that cannabis is an amazing medicinal plant and I support its legalisation 100% Secondly, I was once stopped by the police for buying a tarragon plant at a nursery. I had it in a pot, walking down a main road in the middle of the day, having come out of the nursery. It had a sticker on the side of the pot saying "culinary herbs tarragon" with some growing instructions and I still needed to spend about 20 minutes explaining to them that I wasn't smuggling drugs. The way I think it works is that police are like watch dogs, they don't think much, but they are very good at seeing someone who is different and making a huge racket, sometimes violently attacking the person for looking different, behaving differently or something like that. People who grow their own food are seen as antisocial - why, I don't know other than that they are different. perhaps you have some thoughts on why police like to target people who grow stuff?

[@adamshealy8968]

The underlying problem is that your NEIGHBORS sold you down the river without consulting you first.

[@yotheguy521]

+Adam Shealy That does suck, but fixing that relationship will still leave a government that does this crap. The problem is a government that will violate one persons rights because of another's concern with their lifestyle.

[@rebeccahutcheson599]

chances are it was no neighbor at all remember the police lie this was an excuse to get to his house and see what he was growing they can make up any b******* they want lying in this country or industrial nation I should say is legal even from your government news media it's all legal for them to lie you just got to be smart enough to see through their b*******

[@roger6703]

They watch power consumption and will use thermal imaging to see if heats being put out from the house. lots of other stuff I'm sure.

[@USALibertarian]

Adam Shealy Nah, the underlying problem is Marijuana will be legal soon and the government sucks.

[@kaydickerson1229]

No the TRUTH is COPS LIE ALL the TIME

[@gnat8218]

You are actually VERY LUCKY !! I used to be a Master Gardener & someone i knew at the extension office had a friend who's business was raising & selling rare tropical fish. Apparently his lights were discovered by helicopter, and they destroyed his home & biz looking for the pot they were sure he was secretly growing there, using the fish as a smoke screen. Last I heard he was still in court try to get paid for damages.....

[@rshells9755]

You are very lucky that they didn't plant evidence while they were in your house. Especially since they didn't find anything. Planting evidence is way more common than most people think.

[@wayneruffner223]

That's where hidden cameras are handy. Catch those that are corrupt and hold them accountable!

[@oxybrightdark8765]

Heh. “Plant”.

[@micahsheppard2068]

Great video and priceless advice! I know it's a touchy subject because a lot of people think officers should be obeyed without question. Let them be hassled like this and suddenly they might realize there is no Andy Griffeth. I just about lost it when you started lecturing on the task force's diet! Keep it up. You, sir, are an inspiration!

[@planetmongocommoditiesexch9079]

Oh stop it, what a bunch of baloney. If they dont have a search warrant don't let them in. DON'T SAY ANYTHING TO THEM. They are only interested in getting you to say things that can be used against you. Afterwards talk to a lwayer about filing harassment complaints or a lawsuit.

[@krixig]

It really is a shame that you can do everything right, follow all the rules, pay your dues, and play all the right cards... and yet everything you value, whether privacy or property, can be deemed forfeit and seized under the pretense of little more than suspicion. And thats even after we're waylaid with multiple layers of taxation and treated like cattle by companies and lawmakers alike. It really just makes me want to drop the niceties and head out to live in the sticks.

[@StarNumbers]

Let's not forget that Cannabis legalization is first and foremost a grass roots movement. People lead. Do it and you will not have to complain.

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

People dealing fruit/vegetable seeds down a dark alley before long. Scenario : "Hey man, want some Irish jumping beans" 😉

[@NoNORADon911]

And here we are in 2021......watch Ice Age Farmer.....

[@roxannejones7959]

Thank you for posting this video. Over police radio, I have actually heard a police officer say, "do I need to get pc?" Meaning, do I need to get probable cause. Not good. Of course, I'm in Texas. The smaller towns are worse interpreting laws as they see fit. I am thankful no one was harmed in your incident. Keep growing John and many blessings.

[@gladtidings4all]

In Puerto Rico they are encouraging the citizens and people to grow their own food! They even offer you free agricultural classes and offer free classes to make your own raised beds!

[@kathrynshaw192]

Doctors still were not trained in nutrition in med school by the mid-1960s. My grandmother ran the UofW Hospital kitchen for over 30 years & ran the "Women's Studies Program" when women returned to college after WWII. Three of her daughters taught Nutrition at major universities, after volunteering years of their time and experience in missionary work to Haiti in the 1950s. The point is that you were fortunate to have survived such a "dumb" time in our history of training our doctors. I can tell you, as a retired Medical Record Administrator, millions did not. I happen to see your video on the 50th anniversary of the Detroit "riots". It was actually a rebellion against the loss of privacy and community in the neighborhood caused by decisions made by people not directly impacted by those decisions. Finally, enough was enough. The only available tracks were to hide or to rebel. Now, young people like you have the very best opportunity to help fix our government. Our current legislators are "aging out". That's not saying that they are not still slick, experienced and intelligent, but that you have the gift of a new point of view. Usually your point of view is not compromised by pre-judgements. Try & Good Luck!

[@kbtdadap]

woman s studies program? so she ripped off college kids for 30 years with her useless class? she had no shame huh? what a scumbag your gram is

[@maryroseilog1784]

Your nosy neighbors are what started it. Sorry to hear about this.

[@efittery]

***** cops will shot you dead if they see a AK in your hands.

[@bza069]

Elmer Fittery or bb guns or cell phones etc

[@love2vintage]

You are incredible , never give up what you are doing , the human race need you.

[@PenguinApple]

I learned this lesson in college throwing parties. They definitely don't actually get complaints, they just knock on doors phishing for tickets.

[@videomelanie]

That's terrible. I'm sorry you and your friend had to go through that.

[@eirikmurito]

Wow your vegetables must be really good. Hopefully they will visit me too one day..

[@acmedata]

I love your passion, John.

[@FirstLast-nf8wm]

Half way thru the video you can tell that you are really "Pissed", good for you.. You handled well, did you bring suit against them false searching without cause?

[@tanyabrown9839]

you couldn't do them for false searching if someone willingly let them in to do it.

[@freedomisfromtruth]

Willingly is coerced lies, doesnt like theres a choice

[@nunyabusiness8000]

Lol the greenhouse I work got raided last year, the police spent thousands of dollars to bother people just trying to grow some lettuce

[@theshamanarchist5441]

Nun Yabusiness lettuce put it behind us.

[@ursamagick]

Nun Yabusiness. Correction: They spent thousands of OUR tax dollars.

[@Pinkenstein]

It was... The Devil's lettuce!!

[@Mikesey373]

lmao

[@guyeshel9316]

There is something in your face that makes me like you. You look like such a nice person. Wish you the best

[@minttea3973]

Don’t be down you are a good person and we love to watch your video’s, and don’t be sad because they did that at my house when I was at work

[@minttea3973]

To find out there was nothing there

[@Vinces618]

just dont answer door period

[@thermionic1234567]

I hope your neighbor apologized to you! This is absolutely disgusting!

[@feralcares5327]

It's not about neighbors, that's just an excuse to invade you.

[@cleverkimscurios3783]

It probably wasn't the neighbors. Here in CO the utility companies will report you for "abnormal" water/electricity usage.

[@milo8388]

Wow!! it's like walmart reporting you for buying too many oranges

[@Here_Today_]

Lolafabiola85 they do, that old, they don't report anymore. each house is allowed 6 plants unless you have a medical card then you can grow more

[@MasterCarguy44-pk2dq]

Hate to say it but the constitution really doesn't apply much today. Sadly. And, in many states that don't have a lot of water or it's to expensive, the government is now stepping in and telling and arresting people for collecting rain water on their own property!!!!!! This is getting bad folks. The big bro wants TOTAL control of us. Why do you think they are pushing for autonomous vehicles? So we lose our privilege to drive and move about freely.

[@KishorTwist]

The land of the _not_ free. The people hating your freedoms are not wahhabi Al-Qaeda shitheads, it's the people in the Beltway.

[@ussocom3644]

amazingdany I'll help you pack snowflake.

[@ussocom3644]

amazingdany aww you poor little child, does my flag offend you snowflake?

[@ussocom3644]

amazingdany You're good at showing your lack of intelligence, liberal by any chance?

[@Paul-gz5dp]

There is an old saying, rights are never given... Everyone must fight for them, or you will loose them.

[@andalonds]

Happy with you passion. DO NOT STOP EVER

[@MrWiibetrollin]

This is why the drug war is pointless

[@1USAUSA]

+Anarcho Exactly, it has NOTHING to do with STOPPING people selling drugs, but everything to do with MONEY. LAW ENFORCEMENT (LEA) KNOWS who is actually producing these drugs and distributing them, but they won't go after them, because LEA gets LARGE SUM OF BRIBE money from these CRIMINALS. So, they look the other way. Who am I talking about? BILLIONAIRES, MILLIONAIRES, WEALTHY BUSINESS OWNERS, POLITICIANS, etc...

[@カスカディア国人]

If President does it, it is NOT ILLEGAL don't forget about the private prison industry that makes millions off of mass incarceration.

[@MrTodd2000]

I believe the dudes told the lady a lie. I bet NO neighbors said anything,

[@maximilian333]

yes they used/abused their FLIR cameras given to them after the iraq war

[@CaliforniaCarpenter7]

You are really underestimating the cost of bad neighbors. To some people, the only thrill they have is reporting people for anything and everything, proven or unproven.

[@sin90950]

CaliforniaCarpenter7 😂😂😂😂

[@rattusnorvegicus4380]

I`ve lived in the same small neighbourhood for over twenty years and neighbours have been grassing on each other to various organisations regularly.One slimy neighbour tried to get a public footpath moved onto his neighbour`s property.He wrote to the Local Council but didn`t bank on them providing a copy on demand to that neighbour.They looked through their xmas cards and matched the handwriting.That`s just one example of six I can immediately recall. Also some postal delivery people are grasses and other people who call,and friends and relatives of neighbours,who love to stir up the proverbial.I could write a book on it. I had to call the cops because a mad ex-army neighbour was defacing my property and trying to steal my clearly defined land and threatening to kill me(all recorded).Cop was friends with neighbour`s daughter,so you can guess what happened there.Neighbour is a Walter Mitty story teller with no gainful life and flips what he does wrong to accuse others of the same.A real psychologist`s dream.

[@down2one313]

LOL I saw that suggested video to watch, but haven't yet, and was thought the same thing.

[@briggs9187]

Next time tell them "You do not need to get mad, Doughnut trees do not grow around here"

[@MidEastAmerican]

You already had my respect, but now I admire you even more. Great video!

[@airborneranger1each110]

good for you man! I just subscribed to your channel. .I like the message and thrilled to see that there are still Americans exercising their constitutional rights! much of America has been programmed to believe that the police can do anything they want-and that is simply not the case. I grow my own food and drink water from a mountain so ill definitely be watching your garden show, keep up the good work my friend!

[@realclassamerican2777]

MY question is: Have YOU filed Charges Against that Police Dept & the officers involved? AND did you Make them Lock up the people who made the "False Police Report"??? Has your female friend Sued the Police Dept for Anxiety Related Disorders SINCE the "Threatening" encounter? Seems a Civil Rights Attorney would LOVE this case!!!

[@davidporowski9512]

RealClass American LOL lawyers are dam frightened of these Fascists since 9/11/2001 when the War on Terrorism became a War on Civil Liberties, too Thank Patriot Act; NDAA; & NaziZionists embedded in Government.

[@Paul-gz5dp]

You do not understand the situation most of the time it really is never the neighbor that complains, but an officer looking for something. That is their excuse to hope that you will let them in to search your property so they can find something to bust you on. I have had it happen to me where I was outside at night on my own property, and a helicopter flew over. Next thing the police show up saying that they had a report of a prowler. Can you see my point, based on my own experience. Also this happens to people no matter what the color of their skin.

[@AmusedChild]

Tell your neighbors that your vegetables are now out of the slammer, having gotten a slap on the stem, and must check in with their parole officer every two weeks until they are eaten. Maybe then they will get a clue and mind their own business.

[@christinacyrus3824]

I'm so sorry that happened to you, especially to your friend who was so scared. I'm sorry for everyone this happens to. Eat strong and stay healthy!

[@ChuckMcC]

Big brother doesn't want you to grow your own food because they can't poison you and control you.

[@svetlanikolova5557]

+Chuck McClanahan no kidding! Why do you think I left your country? I cant collect rainwater, I cant grow food in my bathroom so the next thing is what? Pay taxes for breathing? Please! I get free water and I will used it all I want and I will grow my own food in my bathroom and anywhere I darn well please and there is nothing the US can do about it! Thank God I left this stupidity!And I even build my own bio cell where I never have to pay any bills!

[@RoccoBruehl]

+Chuck McClanahan Oh yeah and you forgot the chem-trail-rainbow-Ice-Cream. And the cucumber flavoured LSD in the drinking water. All meant to poison you, so that you can't keep the tax money rolling a couple of years less. Seems pretty legit, that a state is poisoning its citizens because they profit from your death, NOT. But I know you read it on the interwebs so it must be true. All what's left from your pointless paranoia is just a bunch of made up and illogical stuff to pretend being the smart guy on YT Comments. But apparently from a smart guy perspective, you just repeat things even dumber Guys are making up to sell shitty books to guys like you. But that results also in more tax money rolling down the road. And yes, I am a paid Troll by the Illuminati and S.H.I.E.L.D. and they don't want the truth to be told to the people. Somewhere in the future, I dream of a day where Americans are on the same education level like many other developed countries. So no one has to deal with that illogical crap what you call the truth. Have a nice day sir. I have to cash my paycheck.

[@ornottoobless]

+Svetla Nikolova good bye

[@svetlanikolova5557]

ornottoobless you can keep it! LOL!

[@azoresplayah]

+Svetla Nikolova If u don't mind me asking, where do u live now? & power to u.... ॐAmitabha

[@garydiamond6078]

sad, your a good person

[@Linguiphile]

As a self-sufficiency gardener, I too watch John's videos for gardening advice. I do NOT watch them to hear about about illegal search-and-seizure raids by police conducted without warrants, and yet here one is. Our country is now following the same slippery sloped path to being an economically collapsed socialist police state that Germany and Austria followed under Hitler's National Socialism, somewhat under Bush but far more so now under Obama.

[@HongrySheep]

Actually...... It was the Soviet Union under Stalin in 1932-33 who deliberately caused the Ukrainian Holodomor where 1.5 million Ukrainians(men,women,children,old) were unmercifully starved to death. It had absolutely nothing to do with Hitler. The literal definition of the word "Holodomor" means 'Death by forced starvation' (Ukrainian) The brainwashed soviet red armies would not only search but confiscate all the food crops, livestock and farm equipment (to feed his brainwashed army and to sell for war equipment) John just experienced a very, very, lite version of what MAY come to past for those that are gleefully gullible, complaint & ignorant. We cannot let this happen. Reverse the process. The 'Ukrainian Holodomor' 1932-33 (a short consise read): holodomorct DOT org/history DOT html

[@HongrySheep]

Oh...Otey. Sorrrry for watch'n. :-< Truth is truth...and it was 1.5 million AND UP TO 7million that were bludgeoned, starved, sliced, imprisoned in-torture-gulags; the lucky ones were shot in the back of the head. Learn not only gardening =Good but also about the encroaching tyranny, Knowledge is Power, disseminate the information for the rest of the sheep.

[@chimi6877]

You are an exemplary citizen. Thank you for everything that you do

[@hazardousheart6266]

I think what was sadder in this story is that there is someone in your neighborhood thinking they need to call the cops on you -__-

[@OnlyZunkin]

That likely was not the case.

[@childoftheheavenlyfather302]

Hazardous Heart - Cops could have lied. I think he is being targeted by someone in a very high position.

[@mattjames7773]

Hazardous Heart fuk the police

[@mybackhurts7020]

Yeah A neighbor called probably someone who doesn't like them

[@druathabotanica2806]

unbelievable, gov so needs to be scaled back & has gone far beyond its reach everywhere!

[@TheFilamom30]

We have a right to ask for names, badge #s & a phone call to 911 for verification. Law enforcement badges & uniforms can be purchased online so we have a right to verify who is knocking @ the door. After that, a search warrant signed by a judge must be provided. Otherwise, "adiós amigos"... Sorry this happened to you guys... This kind of intrusion pisses me off...

[@michaeldemetriou1399]

this guy is so genuine god bless him .and he is right we are what we eat

[@smallfootprint2961]

Shouldn't have to "prove" that you're innocent.

[@BenjaminEsposti]

Unfortunately that's what happens when you're accused of rape, domestic violence, or a few other things ...

[@Hookahitter]

No We have no rights! The failed drug war and 80+yrs of Prohibition of a Plant has taken all those rights away! We all let them do it! Yes they shouldn't be harassing anyone unless you have committed a crime that has harmed someone, not growing plants!

[@atimberline]

we always have rights, no matter where we live... but if they feel like they can get away with it they will violate your rights. if we want our rights respected we need to defend the rights of others. ...damn lawyers...

[@lauracullen8122]

The trumptards are taking your rights and putting them where the sun don't shine. Soon we will be charged by feds to simply breathe.

[@ursamagick]

Laura Cullen. If we pay them enough do you think they might lay off on the chemtrails?

[@ussocom3644]

Laura Cullen And than you leftists wonder why youre called out braindead all the time, I suggest you don't comment, preserve people's IQ's

[@ussocom3644]

Nemesis youre brainwashed

[@PeeboTyson]

The funny thing is they sell hydroponic growers at Walmart - perhaps they should raid all their stores!

[@randar357]

Wal Mart is protected, they are the main supplier for the wealthy underground citys. They support the New World Order. Never happen!

[@Lkonae]

+randar357 You memer lel

[@jameshaley2261]

john i just love you videos juicing and planting. you are a rock star in my book. thanks for sharing all you knowledge.

[@RhinoJoe1776]

So glad I clicked on this channel. Perfect example of the control our country has fallen under by useless idiots who take advantage of a society that has been so brainwashed to accept what ever the powers that be say and do. Thanks for what you do and for sharing this with the world.

[@ozarkearthshipfarms9402]

I was arrested once for public intox on my own property during an epileptic seizure, after calling because of an abusive situation. I live in the south though.

[@lisarice4402]

Ozark Earth Ship Farms - I hope you were able to get the charges thrown out!

[@Pinkenstein]

WTF! Are you serious!? How did that play out??

[@lauriemashek5419]

Living in the south does not make that ok.

[@Pinkenstein]

Laurie Mashek You're absolutely right, but it's kinda true anyway.

[@tmars9296]

Sue.

[@jacquelyn515]

Glad you were able to Vent this out John....Yes, it is really bad when neighbors like to go peeking over the fence and in windows to see what you are doing....They need a life...they must not have anything better in theirs....Thanks for the info John...Only wished you were home at the time and could have recorded a video for us with them knocking at your door....I would not let them in my home and like you I have nothing to hide...I invite who I want in my home... otherwise move along somewhere else where you are welcomed down the street...

[@Cathy24601]

I would be more curious which of my neighbors was such a miserable person that they had to invade into my personal space like that.

[@savingmayberry387]

you're a saint john, i spent a night in jail and the state of georgia forced me to pay $2000 for the apparently violent, terror inducing, crime of have 3 grams of cannabis in my truck. The police officers treated me like a rapist, pinned me up on my truck like i was struggling and towed my truck. idk for sure but from personal experience every cop i've ever had to deal with seemed dangerously egotistic, dangerously alpha mamallian, and dangerously ignorant of what cannabis and other psychedelics actually do.

[@frenchmontana961]

Casey Tomberlin This is what happens when people are against police policing their own communities.

[@11219tt]

Don’t let them in your house unless they have a warrant. Period.

[@peggyhall5363]

Thanks, John. That was really scary. I don't understand people anymore. Glad to know everything is good with you.

[@AnnoyedDragon]

As far as they're concerned if you don't submit, if you don't consent to violations of your rights, then you're guilty of something. Because what do you have to hide?

[@_e8a]

Maybe you don't want your privacy being breached?

[@AnnoyedDragon]

waffletiem As good as guilty as far as they're concerned, only people with something to hide want privacy.

[@_e8a]

so you're saying that if you have nothing to hide, you should be denied privacy as well?

[@AnnoyedDragon]

waffletiem I'm simply stating how things are, not how I want them to be. The very existence of NSA surveillance is enough to show governments are extremely paranoid and do not allow privacy concerns to stop them. Today you are guilty until state intrusion proves otherwise.

[@CrotalusKid1]

hey dude, can I come over to your house and look around?

[@Brohymn80]

You should take some of your extra harvest into the police station. Make friends with them. Tell them that it looked like some of them could benefit from some more greens in their diet :)

[@waynebollman]

+Justin Pearman That'll just get you more suspicious visits from the cops where I live. These pigs are dumber than a bag of hammers.

[@Brohymn80]

+waynebollman possibly...but so what? if you're doing nothing wrong then you have nothing to hide.. ..as such, the 'visits' aren't the problem but more the 'tone' of them. this may increase the number of them but it so drastically alters the tone & nature of them that the benefits should far outweigh the inconveniences

[@kaf230able]

+waynebollman funniest insult i have ever read i think AHAHA

[@freesoul9317]

Justin Pearman it's ppl like you leading humanity down the rabbit hole

[@billwilson3665]

He would be cited for not having proper permits.

[@kafrenchable]

Did they have an actual search warrant? If not you should sue them-

[@kilroy238]

For what? SCOTUS has already said cops can lie. If she let them in it's on her.

[@iinRez]

Straight up! However weed laws in Nevada were pretty strict until recently so civil rights probably fell by the wayside in such an instance as this.

[@kafrenchable]

iinRez Civil rights are supposed to be in place at all times-it has nothing to do with weed laws plus they didn't even find any weed so I guess the cops feel pretty stupid.

[@iinRez]

kafrenchable -supposed- to be but sadly this day and age many times they're not respected

[@kilroy238]

kafrenchable Why should they feel stupid? They got what they wanted. Which was getting in. We should be happy they didn't plant anything while they were in there. As for civil rights the dumb woman let them in. Therefore she gave up several of her rights. The biggest mistake she made was to trust the police. They are trained to lie and people are brainwashed from a young age to trust and believe them. It's a sad combination.

[@drb3710]

Right on. We need to assert ourselves. Thanks John

[@jesstv3029]

Apparently it's illegal in Louisiana now to resist arrest. (which is problematic if your arrest is illegal to begin with. Because once you resist a unlawful arrest you can get arrested for that.) Be careful guys.

[@christinakuhlman5427]

Lol, “my , uh . . . Friend that lives with me.”

[@mosipd]

You're lucky they actually knocked, many aren't so lucky. If they executed a no-knock warrant, which in this day and age is HIGHLY likely, the SWAT team would've trashed your place. They would've seized all of your equipment until their "investigation" was complete, which is code word for never. There is simply no oversight of these police departments whatsoever. Each one is essentially a private barony with its own special rules and customs. It's so bad that in 2013, the federal government asked the 18,000 independent police departments for statistics on the use of force, the information they received was useless. Very few responded, and most provided useless information, but many large departments simply refused. We can't even ask how many times our police used force against citizens.

[@donmurray8021]

The FBI picked Paul Manafort's lock in the middle of the night when he was sleeping and walked on in.

[@thecloneguyz]

No-knock warrants are for people with violent historys

[@thecloneguyz]

@@donmurray8021 And that's not true either if you actually read the report he was woken up at 4:45 in the morning by people pounding on his door and calling his cell phone repeatedly

[@tonimojo5859]

Take care ma, many of us understand you. We really are what we eat. Take care brother love all your videos please keep em coming. Your an inspiration.

[@sthomaslewis]

If you step outside, the police might grab you. Stay inside and do not invite them in.

[@goldsilverandiamonds]

+S. Thomas Lewis This is why Trump and Cruz are so popular. Hillary Clinton or Bernie would fully support infringing on your rights and freedom.

[@onewayfarer6663]

goldsilverandiamonds Ah, except the Donald teamed with Scotland's govt to boot several families permanently off their property to make better scenery adjacent to his new mammouth golf resort...plus that destroyed a great sand dune Eco system that people loved to visit. Yeah, the Donald is an eminent domain freak on the side of the rich...but at least he says he wants people to have their gun rights...for that I would prefer the Donald over the Hillary hellcat!!!!

[@goldsilverandiamonds]

One Wayfarer Trump greatly improved the area (many lot's were full of rusty junk and neglected) Trump created hundreds of new good paying jobs and millions in new tax revenue. Now people come to the area to visit , enjoy and play golf when before people could not get there or use the property because it was owned by people who were not using it and in many cased polluting it with rubbish and junk. Scotland did the right thing.

[@onewayfarer6663]

+goldsilverandiamonds well it sounded like trump just said they're just a slum, so bye bye...and I wasn't there so I can only go by the news report videos Any how, if Trump doesn't get it...hello tyranny for sure...especially with the big bad Hillary !!!

[@azoresplayah]

+S. Thomas Lewis Bloody vampires...!

[@Warndog9]

If the officers have a real search warrant they do not need your permission to search the house. So all you need to do is say "I do not consent to any searches" and close the door. If they do have that warrant they will get into your house. If they do not have the warrant and enter anyway then nothing they find can be used against you. Moral of the story: Consent to nothing and terminate all communications. Then the ball is in their field.

[@catherineashford35]

In 2010 (?) or so I look up grow food in apt. It said it was illegal. Obama pasted bill S- 510. It said what we can't grow food at homes, nor if done we can't share what we grow nor sale. I think that it's for or from food companies. They don't want us to be healthy. They are trying to dumb us down. 🌾 Keep up good work and fight.Stay strong!

[@katydidnt3906]

Started back with the Clintons.

[@kbtdadap]

you get any more dumbed down than you all rdy are, youll need arm floaties for when you have soup so you dont drown

[@SadD3adGirl]

Catherine ashford from a brown woman I lost respect for obama he made life harder for people who want to live organic

[@rsracrs19]

Catherine ashford I think you all need to stop being useful idiots and hating on the people trying to help you. Do YOUR OWN RESEARCH! I reviewed the bill and I can tell you it makes it very clear in the first few lines who is exempt from the ffda crackdown... you dumbasses voted trump in and now look ! We don't even have a FDA nor a EPA !!

[@brandonmanson8866]

Very cool of you to put out this video, and very brave of you too. I hope your viewers heed your advice and never consent to searches. Im sorry that happened to you. The reason you feel violated is because, you were. Our government was never supposed to have that kind of power. They should be ashamed of themselves. Things have gotten way too far outta control. Founding fathers are probly rolling over in their graves. That's very good advice that you give. I love when people like you are strong enough to speak up when their rights get violated. Hopefully it will help things change. The sooner the better. Much Respect!!!

[@ksburner01]

Police are not allowed to search your home without a warrant. They can not get a warrant without some sort of proof that you have done something wrong. If they come to your door treating you as a criminal when you have done nothing wrong simply ask them if they have a warrant. If not tell them to have a nice day and politely close your door.

[@ksburner01]

Rett Goings I'm assuming from your post that they had already performed the search before they got the warrant. That is an illegal search and seizure. USC Title 18 Chapter 109, USC Title 18 Chapter 205 and USC Title 18 Appendix Rule 41 should clear that up for you. If what you said is true I would get an attorney.

[@ksburner01]

Rett Goings If they would of entered your house without a warrant the case would of been thrown out in court and those officers could have been fined and/or jailed. Also It is not your word against theirs. Those raids are well documented and video taped on the side of the police. They have to be to protect the police and for evidence purposes. For you to say that your lawyer told you it was your word against theirs tells me one of two things. Either you had a POS attorney or your not telling me the truth.

[@futurevideo10]

If you don't let them in they will just find a way to burn your home down, remember what happened at Waco where dozens of children shot and burned by US government special tactic agents.

[@smith45acp]

They are allowed to search your home if anyone in control of the home gives consent to enter. They're quite skilled at presenting the "question" of consent in a way that doesn't seem like a question to people who don't know any better. It seems this homesitter didn't know how to handle them.

[@ksburner01]

smith45acp Actually simply letting them in your home does not give them the permission to search your house...they would still need a warrant for that. What letting them in your house does do however is allow them to see what is out in the open. If they see any evidence they can then come back with a warrant. Keep in mind this information was geared towards people that did not commit a crime. If you have committed a crime and they are at your door more than likely they already have evidence and they have a warrant.

[@warlockcommandcenter]

So file a complaint with internal affairs to put these guys on notice.

I have no respect for Police officers because of their own actions, lies, deceptions, and power tripping neglect for citizens. I do not trust cops for any reason and Dallas happened as a result of overall police state BS on their part.

[@shreddingfreshpowpow2699]

All the run ins i've had with cops have been horrible. Its a shame that the crooked pussies out weigh the good ones

[@skobird2732]

I've only had 'good' run ins with the cops, ive been handcuffed once for having a gram of weed on me and got charged with a misdemeanor. And just a few speeding tickets, but ive always just been upfront and honest with them., being white helped. But yes, theres too many good cops who don't speak out against bad cops and are complacent with bullshit. Its the culture and training that needs to change.

being white doesnt help dont give BLM credit Sko

[@crazy32people55]

plumpkitters....stupid!

[@shreddingfreshpowpow2699]

being a certain color has nothing to do with the situation of corruption......

[@KristoferSanders]

I knew I liked you before; just learning a bit about aquaponics from you. But now I love you man! Your all American! Absolutely our rights are so valuable! You're totally red blooded American. Love the shows and I love your passion about our bill of rights!

[@Ibeth2785]

I bet all the thumbs down were from the ones who do the same or the ones who agree to this stupidity xD

[@antinsanwo]

even if you were growing weed, they should leave you alone :( nature shouldnt be illegal..especially beneficial plants

[@ellmatic]

Americans are slaves to their Almighty Federal Government. It's extremely sad. Hopefully the riots will turn into something that will change that.

[@trevorbarron7451]

yeah let people grow heroin and cocaine too use discernment antinsanwo, theres a reason not everyone wants their kids smoking pot.

[@antinsanwo]

Trevor Barron who said anything about kids smoking pot? and you might not know this but there are strains of cannabis now that have pretty much 0 THC, but are high in CBD, which means you get the medical benefit without the high...they are giving CBD oil to children with epilepsy so they dont have to get put in coma's to let their bodies have a break....and when it comes to recreation ofcourse people should be resposible and teach their kids that if you use too young you become dependent and your brain will develop around the drug..same goes for heroin, if you are educated about how terrible heroin and coke can be for people....you dont do them...like most people..and im not saying we should let those who want to do it grow their own, but Portugal started a program where they give addicts heroin and a safe clean place to do it, while being monitored by trained counselors etc.....their addiction rate has dropped dramatically, a long with their petty crime/violent offences...obviously you have to be a addict in the first place for them to let you have it, they arnt just letting anyone have it, things are changing for the better and you need to explore these new ideas

[@jimilite]

Trevor Barron you're a total dipshit idiot. Take your inane comments and fuck off moron. You can not grow heroin or cocaine fool. You can however grow poppys so lets make flowers illegal. You are a dumb fuck !!!!!

[@bza069]

Trevor Barron then be a parent.... let other adults choose their own behavior....if it doesnt concern you....kindly butt out.

[@sly9263]

I always thought the dude running this channel was a cannabis plant wearing a human mask

[@MannyBarrantes]

LMAOOOOOOOOOO WUTTTTTTTT

[@Free_Falastin2024]

I thought something similar when I first saw John but I quickly learned he's just a whole food vegan lol.

[@sgillcomp12]

Your the best John, I wish you could show kids how to eat and live, Your the man John, Thank You much

[@sumbitspicy]

Cops come and try to snatch our crops

[@marlborored100s]

If they outlaw growing food in the front yard, move your house up closer to the curb. Then your front yard becomes your back yard! 🤗

[@DowntownSound1]

Raina Baecere WHAT ?????😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 You funny !!!!!!!!!

[@Sekhubara]

Yup yup lol

[@shoechew]

Don't forget to check the tire pressure first.

[@Paul-gz5dp]

It is easier to move the fence though...

[@stevesawyersdca]

Sorry, but this isn't an example of "bad cops". As John said, they were simply doing their job. HOWEVER, as to the neighbor who went to the police and told them that John was growing marijuana in his bathroom with no evidence other than their own neurotic fantasies and wildly overactive imaginations, that's a much, MUCH different matter. "Thou shalt not bear false witness" is more than just a neighborly way to behave. That dumbass at the very least filed a false police report and unnecessarily traumatized both John and his housemate. That's a very, very bad person, indeed.

[@informationwarfare]

Actually this is an example of bad cops, they are costumed gang thugs who are threatening people for non-violent actions. Just doing their jobs? Heard of Nuremberg, that shit didn't stand and yes it is the same thing.

[@stevesawyersdca]

There's not much to say to someone who can't tell the difference between what happened to John and what happened at Nuremberg. It's the difference between lightning bugs and lightning (apologies to Mark Twain).

[@anythingoriginal]

No such thing as a good cop. They all power trip on people, and think they cam do whatever they want. If he would have said they sold that food, they would have busted them for something.

[@stevesawyersdca]

Al Florida First of all, the “tip” in this case was not anonymous was it? Secondly, I’m sorry, but if I call the police to accuse my neighbor of sexually abusing his dog with no evidence other than I can say with a perfectly straight face that think it must be so, doing so anonymously doesn’t keep it from being a malicious false report. This neighbor had no more reason to suspect that John was growing marijuana in his bathroom than he/she had to suspect that John was growing poppies in his bathroom to make opium or heroin, or that he had a full-blown meth lab set up in his garage - or that he was sexually abusing domesticated animals. Any police department that doesn’t take such a claim seriously - especially from someone in the neighborhood who a reasonable person might think would be in a position to know - frankly isn’t worth a pinch of warmed-over shit. I stand by what John himself said - that he doesn’t blame the police. John’s just too nice a guy to refer to his neighbor as a miserable, pond-scum-sucking, puss-oozing slimebag. Law enforcement has, IMHO, a well-deserved reputation for too often needlessly going overboard with decidedly unheroic heavy-handed tactics, but they didn’t really have much of a choice but to respond to the “tip” of someone cultivating drugs (and to be heavy-handed about it, given the reputations those sorts of folks sometimes have.) Obviously a judge somewhere agreed and issued the necessary warrant. Nope, not a match - the board goes back.

[@stevesawyersdca]

Al Florida You're missing the whole point, getting tangled up in some pointless squabble about the meaning of official police jargon, "tips" vs. "official police reports" and such nonsense. If you can't see the difference between calling the police to report a prowler in the neighborhood or to report actually smelling dope coming from your neighbor's house and seeing a grow light on in the bathroom of a home that has practically every square inch of yard space cultivated with fruits and vegetables to claim that it can only mean that marijuana must be being grown on the property (and then, as you rightly point out, presumably supply police with enough "information" in that regard to make them think getting a warrant and swat team together would be a good idea), I'm afraid mere clues aren't going to help you.

[@rick43pen]

i'm a apt bound old guy but i decided to turn my little storage room into a indoor garden. this is my second year now. I'm never going to feed myself but it's great physiologically speaking during winter plus its a great cheap hobby. I've got about 8 different types of tomato plants this year. it was pain trying to find light supplies for vegs because almost everything is for the pot growing spectrum. LED lights rock, though cfl's will do.