Justice Department rolls back guidance

I drove a friend over to Alabama who had a court date for being arrested with his girlfriend. My friend and his girlfriend had been at a vacation rental cottage and were arrested for possession of a pipe discovered by police on the front porch of their rental unit. The pipe tested positive for THC. No actual marijuana mind you, just residue. The police had been dispatched in the wee hours of the morning when the girl's mother notified the local constabulary she had been kidnapped. (That is a story for another day!)

$1800 later, a drug awareness class and some community service will buy you freedom in Alabama. I felt sorry for the locals they dragged into the courtroom from the county jail.
Every one of em (about 20-25 that day) went straight back to jail because they could not pay their fine/court fees. It was also obvious opioids and meth had ruined many lives.

Do NOT get arrested in Alabama! In fact, if you're driving across the country, drive around Alabama. Not hating on the fine residents of Alabama, just saying the Alabama criminal justice system is jacked. I'm not totally sold on MAGA if it includes using Alabama as a benchmark for criminal justice.

Years ago I was on a JTF-6 mission in TX working with the DEA. One evening we hit a local bar and were shooting the breeze. As we continued talking an agent describe a current case she was working were she was seizing a family's home. The wife's brother had been busted for possession of personal amounts of marijuana and eventually plead guilty to get out of jail and was also given probation. He lost his apartment and job while in jail so he occasionally stayed with his sister when he got out. Long story short, during the course of the probation the brother was caught with a personal amount of marijuana once on the sister's multi-acre property and once right in front of the property. The DEA agent was using the brother's minor drug arrests to claim the sister's family home was a drug house eligible for asset forfeiture. Two of us did a "WTF?" and "how is that right?" that raised the level of the conversation and got the attention of other DEA agents. It quickly devolved into about 40% of the DEA agents supporting seizing the family house, 50% asking are you nuts?", and 10% just wanting to drink and chill....
The DEA is going to file a case to take the sister's family home because her brother possessed a joint and a baggie?

We can do this all day, but in each and every incident there was some form of disrespect or law breaking that started the issue. Kids learn from their parents and friends, it they are taught the wrong lesson, they pay the price.

MCPO Roger Collins - "Disrespect or law breaking" Since when is "disrespect" a criminal offense that requires police intervention and imprisonment!?! The kids we incarcerated so the private facility could profit on taxpayer dollars and the judge could get a kick back. You are seriously okay with imprisoning people for "disrespect"!?! WTF?

You are dumbing down RP. When you get verified, I will consider continuing this discussion with you. In the meantime.....