Man has children taken effectively for selling medical marijuana
Posted on November 7th, 2007 by bile Categories and Tags: Uncategorized, business bank accounts, California, Child protective services, crime, DEA, desert of Riverside County, drugs, freedom, law enforcement, liberty, Los Angeles, parenting, police, police car, police state, politics, property, Riverside County, Ronnie Naulls, your rightsRonnie Naulls never saw it coming. The church-going businessman, husband, and father of three young girls knew he was taking a risk when he opened a medical marijuana dispensary in Corona, a suburban community in the high desert of Riverside County east of Los Angeles.
Although he had played by the rules, obeyed all state laws, and successfully battled the city in court to stay open, Naulls knew there was a chance of trouble with law enforcement. He knew there was a chance of the federal DEA coming down on him, as it has done with at least 40 other dispensaries this year alone.
But when they did come down on him, it was far worse than he ever imagined. At 6:00am on July 17, the quiet of Naulls’ suburban neighborhood was disrupted by the whir of hovering helicopters as heavily armed DEA agents stormed his home and collective. They seized cash and marijuana, they seized his property, they seized his personal and business bank accounts. They arrested him on federal marijuana charges.But that wasn’t enough for the DEA. The raiders also called Child Protective Services (CPS). With Naulls already hustled off to jail, his wife sitting handcuffed in a police car, and his home in a shambles after being tossed by the DEA, CPS social workers said his three children were endangered and seized them. Naulls and his wife were also charged with felony child endangerment.
Does anyone out there support this kind of behavior by the government? How do you legally justify prohibition? How do you justify the seizing of property not related to the case without due process? How do you justify similar acts taken out on owners of shops where no charges are made but through asset forfeiture their property is taken, again without due process? This man’s children were hardly in danger nor was this man breaking any legitimate laws. It’s just another wrecked family brought on by the war on drugs.
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