Police in Georgia Mistake Okra for Cannabis

[RiaBrown]

How in the HELL??? Okra plants and cannabis look absolutely NOTHING alike. Dumbassed effer cops.

Drug cops converge on Ga. home for okra
http://www.cnn.com//2014/10/07/us/ge...aid/index.html

[Joee]

If you're from the South and you don't know okra from marijuana then they ought to run your ass right up to New York City.
The scary thing is,by their own admission,they were doing their job to the best of their ability.

[McMorbid]

Some types of okra do resemble pot from a distance. But I would think cops should do a more thorough investigation before raiding someone's property. Something similar happened here years ago (not involving okra) and it nearly killed an elderly lady when she started having fits from anxiety.

[RiaBrown]

I was curious, so I Googled okra plants. They look absolutely nothint like weed plants.

[StewartGilliganGriffin]

I was curious, so I Googled okra plants. They look absolutely nothint like weed plants.

I have to say I did the exact same thing and they look nothing like pot plants. Not similar in any way. I think those cops were smoking too much okra.

[McMorbid]

Here are a few examples. http://gardening.stackexchange.com/q...my-okra-leaves
http://malluspice.blogspot.com/2006/...art-2.html?m=1
http://raccupinefarms.blogspot.com/2...eaves.html?m=1
Here are a couple of examples of varieties that could be mistaken. Not so much up close but easily from a helicopter. I usually grow Clemson spineless and it can definitely be mistaken.

[PurrPurr]

Just when I think I've heard everything...

[cindyt]

Here are a few examples. http://gardening.stackexchange.com/q...my-okra-leaves
http://malluspice.blogspot.com/2006/...art-2.html?m=1
http://raccupinefarms.blogspot.com/2...eaves.html?m=1
Here are a couple of examples of varieties that could be mistaken. Not so much up close but easily from a helicopter. I usually grow Clemson spineless and it can definitely be mistaken.

When I saw that plant on the site above the first thing I thought was that it looked like pot. I know somebody who used to grow pot, so I've been up close to the plants, and you are right.

[McMorbid]

It can look very similar. Okra grows in a similar form to pot. Any of the above varieties could easily be mistaken even from seasoned cops. But they should've known this and done a proper high resolution image test. They may not have that equipment though. Either way I'm sure it scared the crap out of that poor fella.

[Not Fade Away]

Interesting... I worked in a greenhouse and the kind of okra we sold (which I *thought* was clemson spineless but doesn't look like it from the photo) didn't look ANYTHING like pot. They looked like hibiscus!!

[cindyt]

It can look very similar. Okra grows in a similar form to pot. Any of the above varieties could easily be mistaken even from seasoned cops. But they should've known this and done a proper high resolution image test. They may not have that equipment though. Either way I'm sure it scared the crap out of that poor fella.

Well, if they don't have that equipment, they should have got a warrant and done a ground search. Sheesh.

[StewartGilliganGriffin]

Can you just imagine how dumb the cops must have felt? Especially the one that was in charge of the operation. Oh man. He'll never live it down. He might as well just quit and move. He's gonna have okra in his desk, his car, the toilet, parking lot. Somebody will switch his work screeensaver and desktop to okra related pics. Whenever he walks down the street people will dramatically "hide" something so he can see them and when he checks it out only find the suspicious people were hiding okra and pleading to not be arrested. And so on. That poor bastard lol

[McMorbid]

Interesting... I worked in a greenhouse and the kind of okra we sold (which I *thought* was clemson spineless but doesn't look like it from the photo) didn't look ANYTHING like pot. They looked like hibiscus!!

It can vary to some degree. Age, nutrition, sun, time of planting, etc. I've grown plants from the same pod that had some variation. As many other plants they're only so "true" .

[findadeathaddict]

It can vary to some degree. Age, nutrition, sun, time of planting, etc. I've grown plants from the same pod that had some variation. As many other plants they're only so "true" .

I'm gonna mail you so okra. Smoke it and let me know how it turns out.

[McMorbid]

I have the real deal my lady. I think I'll stick to that.

[findadeathaddict]

I have the real deal my lady. I think I'll stick to that.

Ok, sorry, just wanted to offer.

[McMorbid]

Well how kind of you.

Even my FAD wife is plotting on me.

[MissZoot]

The word "okra" gives me the giggles; so does pot. Therefore, okra is pot.

I guess I can be a cop in Georgia!

[RiaBrown]

Snerk! Roflmao!

[cleanskull]

I hope they feel stupid every time they have gumbo. They are probably part of that policing for profit mentality.

[MiraculousMandarin]

I wonder if they sent it to the lab and some lab tech had to "run tests" before they started calling people dumbasses, or did one of the policemen on the scene have to say "Not that I've ever seen it or anything, but ...."

[StewartGilliganGriffin]

I wonder if they sent it to the lab and some lab tech had to "run tests" before they started calling people dumbasses, or did one of the policemen on the scene have to say "Not that I've ever seen it or anything, but ...."

I heard they tried to smoke an okra.

[cleanskull]

Picking weed by hand is easier than picking okra.

[findadeathaddict]

Well how kind of you.

Even my FAD wife is plotting on me.

Giggle.

[StewartGilliganGriffin]

Picking weed by hand is easier than picking okra.

Picking my nose is easier than both and much less slimy than okra.

[cleanskull]

and less stingy.

[Mammy]

Can you just imagine how dumb the cops must have felt? Especially the one that was in charge of the operation. Oh man. He'll never live it down. He might as well just quit and move. He's gonna have okra in his desk, his car, the toilet, parking lot. Somebody will switch his work screeensaver and desktop to okra related pics. Whenever he walks down the street people will dramatically "hide" something so he can see them and when he checks it out only find the suspicious people were hiding okra and pleading to not be arrested. And so on. That poor bastard lol

LOL! Geez officer, is that an okra in your pants or are you just happy to see me?

[StewartGilliganGriffin]

LOL! Geez officer, is that an okra in your pants or are you just happy to see me?

Ha!! That pic is perfect. He's so happy lol I'd give it some time and then walk up to him all shady and say something like, "Hey, don't tell anyone but I brought ya something you might like". Then look around to make sure nobody is looking. "Here ya go... keep this under your hat". Pull out a ziplock bag full of Okra and hand it to him... "Fresh from the garden... I hear they're best pickled".

[Seagorath]

And the point of this thread is???

[cleanskull]

Use grow lights and raise your okra indoors so you don't get busted.

[StewartGilliganGriffin]

And the point of this thread is???

To talk shit about okra.

[shipmatekate]

If you're from the South and you don't know okra from marijuana then they ought to run your ass right up to New York City.
The scary thing is,by their own admission,they were doing their job to the best of their ability.

THIS!

[cindyt]

Actually, it's about a drug raid gone stupid.

[StewartGilliganGriffin]

Yeah but the line, "To talk shit about Okra" is funnier than what it's really about.

[Mammy]

And the point of this thread is???

Party pooper!

[cleanskull]

I wonder what real crimes went down while the man was chasing a dangerous okra dealer.

[McMorbid]

Lots of pot growing.

[StewartGilliganGriffin]

How much taxpayer money was wasted on that raid. Would have been wasted even if it was pot. You bread, fry, and eat okra. Smoke the same weight as what you eat in pot. The fried Okra will clog your arteries and kill you. The pot will make you lazy and hungry... at worst! Irony being you'd do the general public more good raiding okra fields than pot fields. I will climb down off my soap box now.

[cleanskull]

Don't forget gumbo and pickled okra.

[midnitelamp]

pickled okra is usually put up in vinegar,so it is a good low sodium snack.

[TheDude]

If Okra is starting to be mistakened for pot then the police better raid every Cracker Barrel from here to Timbuktu

[RiaBrown]

Actually, it's about a drug raid gone stupid.

Yup, and it was funny. I thought I'd give y'all a laugh that didn't have the word "effers" in it.

[TheDude]

Something tells me these cops were just missing Grandma's Good ole home cooked meals.

You know if I owned this farm that they just raided I would start to grow it.

[findadeathaddict]

If Okra is starting to be mistakened for pot then the police better raid every Cracker Barrel from here to Timbuktu

Lmbo. I always get the fried okra when I go. I love Cracker Barrel.

[cleanskull]

Everyone involved in that raid should be deported to New York and make Yankee salsa.