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In May 2020, Sacramento, California, resident Alfonso Nguyen was alarmed to find two Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies at his door, accusing him of illegally growing cannabis and demanding entry into his home. When Nguyen refused the search and denied the allegation, one deputy allegedly called him a liar and threatened to arrest him.

That same year, deputies from the same department, with their guns drawn and bullhorns and sirens sounding, fanned out around the home of Brian Decker, another Sacramento resident. The officers forced Decker to walk backward out of his home in only his underwear around 7 am while his neighbors watched. The deputies said that he, too, was under suspicion of illegally growing cannabis.

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[–] echo@lemmings.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In the Trump dictatorship, nothing is illegal except when he can use it against his enemies.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you got that backwards

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

except

No I think they got it spot on.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

Ohhhhh got it