Tales from America's continuing War on Drugs

by Clifford F. Thies

Better start cleaning up, America! You never know when a dozen or more heavily armed black ops officers will bust through the doors, with semi-automatic rifles and other special weapons, and arrest you for having a disorderly house.

No, you read that right. That is no typo. They were given a citation for having a "disorderly house."

From KCRG.org Cedar Rapids, Aug. 12:

Police in SWAT gear busted through a door and searched a Cedar Rapids home for drugs Thursday morning, but came up empty.

At least 12 officers surprised the tenants at 1135 33rdSt. NE when they arrived around 7 a.m. with a narcotics search warrant. Sgt. Cristy Hamblin, a police spokeswoman, later confirmed that nothing was seized from the house.

No one was taken to jail, but the tenants of the house, Justin Davis, 28, and his girlfriend, Erica Lewis, 26, were charged with disorderly house and signed a promise to appear in court, police said. No one was injured during the raid.

I mean, if you don't actually have any illegal drugs, what do you expect them to do, overlook your stash of high fructose candy bars, half-eaten double cheese pizza, your continued use of incandescent light bulbs, or the thermostat on your air conditioner unit set too low? What, do you think you're still living in the land of the free??? Don't you know, comrade, you are now living in the USSA!

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