NYPD task force raids 20 illegal pot shops in NYC | NBC New York

More raids on illegal cannabis shops could be coming to the five boroughs. Two dozen were shut down Tuesday. New York's Andrew Siff reports.

[@ducksmoker8491]

“We can’t tax it, we will take it”

[@kingech_B15]

They robbed the spot, damn feds

[@PainandMotivation]

The City of New York did it not the feds.

[@TheWithOooooos]

Why marijuana not migrants

[@mvpmickey1]

It's not marijuana. The shop itself is illegal. Easier to police 400+ business, than 500,000+ human lives.

[@ProfessorKenneth]

​@@mvpmickey1you're right mate, but the amount of "effort" they put into highjacking shops they could get rid of the migrants..and other serious plights...drugs gangs crack houses whatever. It just weed and fags who the fuxk cares yea. I use to buy my fags at these shops. No more.

[@editz3376]

i don't think they have a jurisdiction on that (NYPD)

[@believein1]

Like your white self.

[@bencintron2368]

The government is not getting their cut.

[@joshuafleck2204]

Thank goodness. I was afraid they'd stop CRIME

[@SownSky]

🤣

[@kevinfields7500]

They're afraid of the real criminals. So they have to go after the poor business people.Shame on NYCPD

[@cityofdrugz4472]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pirrindingo2074]

All them cops, pocketed a whole lotta 3.5 packs in them pockets

[@MegaGameFan100]

especially the shrooms because its not on standard drug panels

[@EliTheRula]

Seing all that weed just being sent to waste gets me pissed i hate nypd 😡

[@vinnylotto3507]

Yep, definitely the reason for all the crime and BS that's going on in the city right now. Ridiculous! This is the best they can do with their time?

[@thebl8nlyblatantnetwork]

Exactly 😂

[@kate4biglittlevoices]

Thought that was legal in NY city ?

[@Chicago48]

But they will be released and given a court date, which they will miss. And then open up elsewhere.

[@tonymontana4284]

How you going to pay for drugs when you ain't got no job ?

[@user-vt1mm5gf9b]

Yes

[@West_Coast]

Disgusting. Why doesn't the city do more to make clean lab tested cannabis available to the public.

[@andrewserna28]

Waist of tax dollars

[@PlayBoyHustlazTV]

U really think it’s our tax dollars when they printing money out of thin air lol

[@ducksmoker8491]

You can’t spell waste? Stop smoking.

[@juanitoqueintin5908]

Waste*

[@MBsr5]

@@ducksmoker8491 probably dominican

[@renascenttv6462]

Paying taxes on a flower is this man out his mind?

[@anastasia10017]

Dope is cheap on the street. why are the cannabis shops so expensive ?

[@TIATAC]

KEEP IT HALAL.

[@joshuafleck2204]

Kosher

[@Generalcyb0rg]

They selling K2 and just placing real weed names over it.

[@chocolatewheelchair]

That’s one reason they should be shut down

[@hanibaladaptiveboxing4204]

That’s why I only buy from licensed dispensaries

[@733Enrique]

That’s just 10 blocks worth of smoke shops lol

[@shivanj1]

They still have to find a reason to arrest people for it. There's about 100 legal stores in the whole state of New York including the five boroughs that can sell weed. Open up more stores stop giving these people a hard time and let them open their stores. This way the price will go down, and it needs to go down.

[@mattr2164]

Damn my town has 62 shops and only 38k ppl

[@uh9537]

bc its unlicensed I guarantee you maybe have 1 or 2 with government approval@@mattr2164

[@Mr_B79]

Oh so "law makers " can just change the language when it comes to shutting down smokes shops (thank god) but what about illegal immigration, bail-laws. This is city is just imploding . We need some legal changes in many other areas

[@clasherslasher3462]

Somebody got pissed and gave them up 😂 he proably smoking a joint laughing in back

[@DepDawg]

We had a bunch of cannabis shops closed in Astoria on Saturday. Sheriffs were all over Steinway.

[@CrabFiles]

Someone forgot to pay off the police :P

[@mls2fye978]

This is BS! Mine got raided and had absolutely nothing and now I am out of work

[@Fomf10k]

Yall don’t have nothing else better to do

[@Chicago48]

And the criminals will post bail, walk, and setup elsewhere.

[@Fomf10k]

@@Chicago48 even Jesus was considered a criminal and he was ABOVE THE LAW!

[@sunnydelight3046]

So its not legal

[@mvpmickey1]

Based of record, only about 11+ are legal. However, 400+ are illegal. The product is legal, but the shop itself is NOT. Like all other businesses, it is regulated. Those that do not follow the rules are considered illegal.

[@spacefood8118]

Thank you Mr Miranda them Arabs are out of control 😂

[@superfun1046]

No one is stopping you it's not just arabs it's all type of people who got the money for it

[@1976ondy]

SPONSORED BY FENTANYL

[@mylifematter]

They've been doing that here in SoCal too. Pretty much all good shops here in anaheim/fullerton got raided.

[@PurpleDrugz]

This Shows New York Focus On The Wrong Things We Have Bigger Problems This Is Not Stopping Nothing 😂

[@AI4IABETA]

Good to see we can find a good plug now

[@alexmacias762]

its just weed! why cant u go after drugs instead, like coke, heroin, and fentanyl!ill make sure to keep supporting my local pot shops that are "illegal."

[@uh9537]

make sure you do for as long as you can ur fuckin lucky of course my entire area has been swept clean and I gotta go 30 mins out of my fuckin way to a dispensary ridiculous

[@ashleyrodriguez8143]

How are these stores being opened though, with out licenses.

[@chocolatewheelchair]

They just do it! They pay for the sign and get the weed and start selling!

[@JayJayCross14]

This is literally not nypd job it’s the sheriff Adam stop wasting money

[@Evdath]

Come to Brooklyn

[@deans1224]

Know dam well some of them stuffing those pockets with a few nugs and carts lol

[@Pandafu-ky1jj]

They sale the same products in California with no problems, I was going to these shops over a year with no health issues. Damn!

[@toastyt9964]

The state is causing these shops to pop up them self’s . If they’d stop being so greedy and just treated it like any other consumer item we wouldn’t have this issue .

[@larrylightfoot8738]

Is this really what we are choosing to focus on with everything going on in NYC lol?

[@zoebeatz8595]

free money how much ya think they split

[@AmericaUnleashed9327]

This government worry about the wrong things

[@williamcarrion7376]

You know the amount of vapes nypd have in there possession

[@greencoffee8224]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 finally!!!

[@abcdefghijklmkopqrstuvwxyz6821]

How did that impacted the quality of life ?it’s just weed bro chill

[@shirleyharris1335]

Good! Thanks former Governor Cuomo and news media ❤

[@BrandonGaza09]

Stopping real crime is much more difficult than easy accessible ones to boost their numbers. That’s why they target EASY assessments

[@DHFlip18]

A magnet for crime and other illegal activity... no way, really? Who would've thought.

[@SOLRACHIGH]

Not for nothing but those bodegas had trash bud 🤮

[@ls400s]

How about starting in Harlem and the Bronx where they are doing g the most damage and getting youngsters addicted

[@luizaprestes2166]

exactly! they want to focus on the affluent areas for media attention instead of where it actually needs help

[@user-qg4si6yo8m]

gimme 2 of those bags

[@EliTheRula]

Seing all that weed just being sent to waste gets me pissed i hate nypd 😡

[@joy2theworld488]

Uh Oh 😮

[@tonyeltigre1]

They’re more concerned about this than the crime rate? 😂 I can’t wait to leave NY

[@HigkeyRegarded007]

Lmfaooo love the last guy

[@frameandi]

I was staying in times square last month and the amount of weed for sale was a trip. At least the weed helps mask the smell of sewage lol.

[@mamdouhmorsy277]

They made the money already !

[@loppol6204]

I don’t mind the shops But the shops that are near public schools and churches were little Kids walk By it every mintue is no good

[@jamesdean3125]

Are they selling real weed or weed with .3 thc?

[@djehutyanubistemple7518]

Tobacco shops

[@tseringdorjee2798]

Thank You So Much, our youth are under danger as this has become fashion among high school students too. Needs action and govt support to stop

[@BobSacamano666]

Ooooh spooky marijuana *has a drink*

[@kirkdogg007]

If u think this is going to stop high school kids then u never went to highschool in America. Parenting stops kids from doing things. The fact that u think someone else should do your job or a parents job shows why your kids are failing. You not the government you. Americans have horrible parents probably the worst in the world and why because you look 4 others 2 do what your supposed to which is tech your kids.

[@kingofmyhonor2879]

Yet, people are fine with their local law enforcement and medical agencies getting high on the job.

[@dezfloxk1784]

Take away the spray

[@brucegenerous2211]

Somebody snitchin

[@itstherealwon]

so who's the criminal?

[@chocolatewheelchair]

The people making money off untested cannabis

[@travelandeats8518]

The nyc bud be weird like the food. Some spots be having decent bud

[@calvinjones7444]

legal pot shops are too expensive that why people go to the illegal one's its more cheaper why pay $50 or more plus tax for an 1/8 when you can get it for $20 - $25

[@Fklv1988]

😆 that be them guys who deliver

[@richardkato]

Bridge cart is a scam site will take your money send you an invoice but it will never ship your product I spent over $3,000 on hemp industrial and I never got my product

[@mbaez9168]

Long overdue

[@thomasportelli1694]

Ocky will open right back up in a day

[@zoeking95]

“I mean we gotta follow the rules I guess, I don’t know” -- yea you vote for joe Biden it’s pretty obviously

[@soundrecordings2659]

pick up a few scooters while you're out?

[@harryhocus7367]

So the legalization of pot is already proving to be a tricky business... Good luck trying to put the genie back in the bottle.

[@Aaron565]

Selective enforcement, violation of due process. City will pay lawsuits

[@user-vq6jo2vz9u]

240 a zip i wild

[@hle144]

20...lololol..2980 more to go!!

[@derekbelgum6296]

Ya let's worry about thc and not other problems in the city lol 😆 😂

[@user-tg4we4mz3v]

Cause there's no fentanyl in NY

[@ayitimarley]

Marijauana is legal

[@EnlistedBombin]

Oh no flavored vapes...

[@undertakerfanz628]

Leave them alone i need my vapes

[@the409_pilot]

Waist of time.

[@northsidepressuretechclean3171]

Investment money wasted

[@TheAlchemist1089]

Cannabis shops sell other stuff

[@tommyls4357]

Wtf. Something good is happening - the city is shutting down something illegal - but people in the comments will still complain.

[@youngande3882]

Weed ? Okay I gs

[@ItachiUchiha-ey7wz]

They don’t know no better all these smoke shops selling laced products to possibly someone you know

[@mohmmadigbara3547]

They want there money

[@joeabbate2983]

Boooo

[@believein1]

We’ve had medical marijuana since 2005 in California with no problems like this, then New York. You guys are trippin.

[@benjaminrivera9077]

FJB AND THE DEMOCRATS

[@ClearviewTrading]

This bozo wants to talk about quality of life lol

[@user-uc9ne8ow2u]

Ya haters

[@ThePoliticalBulldog]

Copaganda

[@bluelabel6444]

They didn't think about this after legalizing it. It caused more problems with this cat and mouse chase, should've stayed illegal.

[@jaystoned6172]

haters

[@JOKER-kr4uv]

THEY SHOULDNT BE OPEN PERIOD

[@himusardar8329]

They will smoke it later

[@user-qg4si6yo8m]

gimme 2 of those bags