{"id":1572,"date":"2014-10-06T01:50:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T01:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2014\/10\/06\/farmers-okra-plot-gets-raided-by\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:24:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:24:35","slug":"farmers-okra-plot-gets-raided-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1572","title":{"rendered":"Farmer&#8217;s Okra Plot Gets Raided By Georgia Cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11438,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.wsbtv.com\\\/news\\\/news\\\/local\\\/okra-mistaken-pot-mans-garden\\\/nhbHW&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20160209022814\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.wsbtv.com:80\\\/news\\\/news\\\/local\\\/okra-mistaken-pot-mans-garden\\\/nhbHW\\\/?&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 04:28:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-01 07:26:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-01 07:26:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11439,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/news\\\/the-watch\\\/wp\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/30\\\/georgia-toddler-critically-injured-by-polices-flash-grenade&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260308231242\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/news\\\/the-watch\\\/wp\\\/2014\\\/05\\\/30\\\/georgia-toddler-critically-injured-by-polices-flash-grenade\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 04:28:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-01 07:26:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-01 07:26:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11440,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Kathryn_Johnston_shooting&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Kathryn_Johnston_shooting&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nI know some people don&#8217;t like that Southern staple, okra. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/news\/local\/okra-mistaken-pot-mans-garden\/nhbHW\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Still, it isn&#8217;t any reason to launch a full force raid with cop cars and a helicopter on someone growing it<\/a>. However, mistaking the five-leafed vegetable for marijuana might be.<\/p>\n<p>A Bartow County, GA Sheriffs Department drug task force raided Dwayne Perry&#8217;s garden in Cartersville last week after a spotter in a Governor&#8217;s Task Force for Drug Suppression helicopter misidentified the okra for pot.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Perry is understandably upset by the whole incident.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>&#8220;Here I am, at home and retired and you know I do the right thing,\u201d Perry said. \u201cThen they come to my house strapped with weapons for no reason. It ain&#8217;t right.&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The more I thought about it, what could have happened? Anything could have happened,\u201d Perry said.<\/p>\n<p>Perry said he&#8217;s still getting calls about all of the deputy vehicles that responded at his home. He fears his reputation has been damaged.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Given the record of some Georgia police departments conducting SWAT-type raids, Mr. Perry was right to be worried. It was in Habersham County, Georgia that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-watch\/wp\/2014\/05\/30\/georgia-toddler-critically-injured-by-polices-flash-grenade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a toddler was critically injured<\/a> by a stun grenade in a raid in which no drugs were found. And it was <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kathryn_Johnston_shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in Atlanta where 92-year old Kathryn Johnson was killed<\/a> in a botched drug raid. That raid left the elderly woman dead and a number of cops going to Federal prison.<\/p>\n<p>If I were Mr. Perry, I might be consulting a good attorney.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know some people don&#8217;t like that Southern staple, okra. 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