Marijuana mix-up: Brooklyn building superintendent, cops at first mistake tomato plants for pot

[DainBramaged]

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Cops responding to a report of a marijuana farm on the roof of a Brooklyn building didn’t find the wacky tobacky they were looking for — just tomato plants, police and witnesses said Wednesday.







http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cops-mistake-tomato-plants-pot-article-1.1338781

[MountainLaurel]

1. That happened near my college about 25 years ago

Local Barney Fifes thought they were raiding a grow operation, and it was just an elderly woman growing tomatoes in her trailer.

[NutmegYankee]

2. City people... Life in the concrete jungle doesn't help with plant identification.

After all, tomatoes don't come from plants right? They come from grocery stores! I have heirloom tomatoes growing right next to me at the computer, hence my laughter.

[closeupready]

3. More to this story - likely, late night parties and loud gatherings

that disturb residents who actually DO live there; someone got pissed and called the DEA - it's a timeworn tactic to get law enforcement to actually enforce laws about noise and trespassing.

Granted, it's illegal to file a false police report. But so is breaking the peace, and disturbing your neighbors late at night.

On edit, oh, I see - the super called the police, not the DEA; at any rate, he said he's locking the door to the roof - it's a safety hazard and a nuisance and source of all kinds of problems.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. Super locks roof: 'roof made me and the cops look pretty stupid'

Just wanted to take a moment to homage the narrative you spun,involving noise and the DEA. Not a word of it true, but that didn't stop you. The 'super' also did not say 'safety hazard, nuisance, nor 'source of all kinds of problems' just said he's locking it. Not the brightest thing fire safety wise, locking the roof, but this is about pride and right and wrong and that coyote like plant!!!

[closeupready]

8. LOL, I know Brooklyn better than you,

pretty safe to say. I know how things work, I can read the subtext. Fear me.

[Bluenorthwest]

10. And yet your tale of the DEA was just not true. Just stuff you typed. Fear you? Ha.

How many of 'NY's finest' showed up to bust a condiment? Imagine how many cars they'd need if there had been lettuce as well!
Sorry but this is 'tried to milk the bull stupid'. And for NYPD who spend so much time in NYC trying to stamp out marijuana to go after a salad platter because they don't know what pot plants look like is embarrassing to those who 'train' them and send them forth to stop and frisk random minority youth. Looking for it, searching you for it, have no idea what it looks like. Good stuff.

[closeupready]

11. I think because it's late in the day here, or I'm tired, or

maybe because it's Monday, but I can do nothing more than giggle at our exchange here - seems kind of silly - or maybe I put on my Silly Cap this morning.

Anyway, have a nice night!

[Bluenorthwest]

12. I'm glad you got the humor.

Lot of cops looking at little red cups. Brooklyn is a nice place.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Your tax dollars

Hard at work.

[TrogL]

5. I saw some really kewl looking 3-pointed leaves coming up in my garden

My ex-boyfriend used to smoke back there and was addled enough that stuff would get away from him so it didn't surprise me that some of it might come up.

Took me a few minutes to figure out they were raspberry bush runners.

[Rex]

7. It is so sad to was LEO succumb to reefer madness.

Got to kill off da weeds at any/all costs!

[burnodo]

9. So after they kicked in the door, pulled the plants...

cuffed the owners and shot the dog...THEN they said "Oops!"