In a message dated 06 Sep 96  15:03:56, Terry Floyd wrote:
 TF> On (Fri  6 Se) Rich Woods wrote to Lisa Peppan...
 LP>  So it might be plausible that if the plants were sufficiently
 LP>  camoflaged by enough nettles--from the ground--the guys on the
 LP> ground might just give it up and go away?
 RW> As per the Ronald ? case (Donaldson - who was killed when the agents
 RW> raided his "home" - actually property to an adjacent national park
 RW> they wanted).
 TF> Actually, the victim was Donald Scott, heir to the Scott Paper Towel
 TF> corporation.
Thank you - that's the name.
 RW> Anything they want is "probable cause" - if they THINK it can be
 RW> identifed as mj, then have an assault team go check it out. They'll
 RW> get what they want.
 TF> Exactly what happened in the Scott Case.  The agents couldn't find
 TF> the marijuana they'd been led to believe was growing outdoors, so they
 TF> busted open the door and shot first, asked questions later.  There
 TF> never was any mj on Scott's Trail's End Ranch, only valuable property
 TF> that the Ventura County Parks Department coveted for their very own.
Actually the mj was based upon "testimony" of an agent who was manufacturing 
the excuse to go and seize the property that they couldn't buy for several 
years prior. Mr. Scott refused to sell and they wanted the property 
desperately.
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