> The problem is that people were being raided based on buying garden supplies. I get that. That's a big problem. I thought I made my stance on this clear. :)

> The problem is that people were being raided based on buying garden supplies. I get that. That's a big problem. I thought I made my stance on this clear. :) Don't get confused! The problem isn't the exercise of the right to take notice and note of things that happen in public. The problem is police who perform balls-to-the-wall SWAT raids on people just because they were seen purchasing gardening supplies. Punish the shitty policing. Make those who were raided far more than whole. Actually punish the people responsible for ordering the raid on such flimsy evidence. Make it abundantly clear that this is behavior is entirely unacceptable and not how police behave. If you don't fix the root cause, the problem will happen over and over again.