Idaho Officials Take Marijuana Activists' Children
That'll learn 'em not to criticize the system
Three marijuana advocates in Boise, Idaho, had their children taken by Child Protective Services this week after police found marijuana in one of the family's homes.
According to an item posted today on the blog of Compassionate Idaho, Lindsey Rinehart and her husband Josh Rinehart went hiking with friend Sarah Caldwell earlier this week. When they came back, their kids had been taken.
Officers with the Boise Police Department arrived at the house to conduct a "Well Child Check," allegedly at the behest of a school administrator. (I've requested information from the BPD, and will update this post when I hear back.) "The BPD intimidated our babysitter/friend and gained access to our home," Rinehart wrote. "Upon entering, and seeing that the house was Fine, the kids are Fine, they decided to go to my room." That's where police found the marijuana that Rinehart uses to treat her MS, and decided to call Child Protective Services.
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Fucking pigs.
Street thugs kidnap children at gunpoint from their home in Boise, Idaho. How long will it take before the citizens of Idaho take up arms against these criminal gangs?
I live in Boise, and honestly, I am not surprised by this. The BPD give pigs everywhere a bad name.