Couple things….
The police are not your friend. Period.
Never, ever invite the police into your house. No matter how good intentioned you are, or the police seem… you will be powerless when the situation goes sideways. Do not be naive. The police situation today, is not as it once was. Protect yourself, don’t do the mans job for the man.
It is not your job to assist the police in their duties. That is that little part of you that wants to make the governmental daddy happy by helping. Let someone else help. Mind your business….
Once you open your door for the cops, you’re along for whatever ride they take you on. Sometimes you don’t have a choice. But if you do have a choice… make the one that benefits you, not them.
We’re not veterans who feel abused by our government. We understand the adversarial game they’re playing. It’s them vs the citizens in their eyes. They think you’re lying from the outset. They’re inherently suspicious of you. They’re looking for an easy win so they can look good for their superiors. You don’t matter. You’re just some guy…. Whose house smells like pot. Be smart. Not polite. You have no obligation to do what polite people do.
Well, Frank just come out and says what I was dancing around!
And that really is the sad state of law enforcement in this country. I think what's even sadder is that there is a large part of the population that just do not know their rights. Some of them to the point that they can witness cops doing wrong and support them
at the time it's going on!
I give what I get!
I get kindness and courtesy, that's what they get.
I get lies, BS and try to ruin Ramshod over my rights, Mr nice guy exits stage left!
I'm not stupid. I'm out and about and carrying, then I'm going to tolerate a bit more.
If I'm at my home, oh no! It is absolutely by the book! That's one thing I absolutely will
not tolerate!
Yeah, the veteran thing with a little offensive, but I give non-military people a break. Most people have absolutely no idea what we do and how we have to do it.
Although I did one time quite shame woman that was bad-mouthing the military at a dinner party. I was at my sister-in-law's in LA. She didn't want me spending the holidays alone with me having to attend a school in San Diego and the wife still in Hawaii. She was a makeup artist and an aspiring actress and we went to some influential movie makers party. So you know what type of people were there!
She got one of her girlfriends to bring over a bunch of clothes from some studios wardrobe, so I got dressed up. It was a good thing I would have stuck out even more so with the limited amount of civilian clothes I packed.
I have absolutely nothing in common with these people, so I was over my little corner nursing in my little drink and looking out for the girl with the hors d'oeuvres!
So long come this pretty nice looking woman in her middle 30s with three little puppy dogs following her............ Today they would have been called soy boys!
She was talking politics with her puppies For a bit. It was real difficult not to snicker every once in a while. Then for some reason, she started ragging on the military! So while still sitting down, I calmly and nonchalantly made a comment to her. Well, she was definitely an actress, as was evidenced by her reaction. She was a poor actress!
The funny part was her puppies coming to her rescue........................... Then I stood up!
Furthermore…. It’s not enough to think like a professional criminal.
You need to think like a professional criminal defense lawyer. Your lawyer, specifically.
Questions your lawyer will ask with a stupid look on his face include:
Why did you invite the police into your house?
Why did you open the door in the first place?
Etc… you see my point.
This all gets argued in court if it goes sideways….
Wild Bills lawyer will at least have plenty of ammunition to fight with….
The other Bill? His lawyer is shopping plea deals around……
That was my main point of my postings in this thread, especially talking about the curtilage around your home.
Honestly, I'm not worried a bit about my home, at least grow wise. A very select few know of my grow.
But the key thing is that I am prepared! My property is Properly protected and registered with the state government as being posted. My gate is always shut with a big chain and lock. I have security cameras connected to a secure network and constantly downloaded to a hard drive. The one at the door has sound.
That's the first line of defense. A quite thorough understanding of the laws and constitution are the second line in the defense. Some people can't do what I can with my property, so that makes the second line of Defense that much more important. You absolutely have to have a
thorough understanding of the laws and your Constitutional protections!
I meant 
