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Kansas 11 year old defends medical marijuana in class, his mom gets arrested
Posted on 4/17/15 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 4/17/15 at 2:54 pm
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The Watch
State seizes 11-year-old, arrests his mother after he defends medical marijuana during a school presentation
By Radley Balko April 17 at 11:32 AM
From the website run by investigative journalist Ben Swann:
On March 24, cannabis oil activist Shona Banda‘s life was flipped upside-down after her son was taken from her by the State of Kansas. The ordeal started when police and counselors at her 11-year-old son’s school conducted a drug education class. Her son, who had previously lived in Colorado for a period of time, disagreed with some of the anti-pot points that were being made by school officials. “My son says different things like my ‘Mom calls it cannabis and not marijuana.’ He let them know how educated he was on the facts,” said Banda in an exclusive interview with BenSwann.com. Banda successfully treated her own Crohn’s disease with cannabis oil.
After her son spoke out about medical marijuana, police detained him and launched a raid on Shona Banda’s home. “Well, they had that drug education class at school that was just conducted by the counselors… They pulled my son out of school at about 1:40 in the afternoon and interrogated him. Police showed up at my house at 3… I let them know that they weren’t allowed in my home without a warrant… I didn’t believe you could get a warrant off of something a child says in school.” Banda continued, “We waited from 3 o’clock until 6 o’clock. They got a warrant at 6 o’clock at night and executed a warrant into my home. My husband and I are separated, and neither parent was contacted by authorities before [our son] was taken and questioned.”
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The Watch
State seizes 11-year-old, arrests his mother after he defends medical marijuana during a school presentation
By Radley Balko April 17 at 11:32 AM
From the website run by investigative journalist Ben Swann:
On March 24, cannabis oil activist Shona Banda‘s life was flipped upside-down after her son was taken from her by the State of Kansas. The ordeal started when police and counselors at her 11-year-old son’s school conducted a drug education class. Her son, who had previously lived in Colorado for a period of time, disagreed with some of the anti-pot points that were being made by school officials. “My son says different things like my ‘Mom calls it cannabis and not marijuana.’ He let them know how educated he was on the facts,” said Banda in an exclusive interview with BenSwann.com. Banda successfully treated her own Crohn’s disease with cannabis oil.
After her son spoke out about medical marijuana, police detained him and launched a raid on Shona Banda’s home. “Well, they had that drug education class at school that was just conducted by the counselors… They pulled my son out of school at about 1:40 in the afternoon and interrogated him. Police showed up at my house at 3… I let them know that they weren’t allowed in my home without a warrant… I didn’t believe you could get a warrant off of something a child says in school.” Banda continued, “We waited from 3 o’clock until 6 o’clock. They got a warrant at 6 o’clock at night and executed a warrant into my home. My husband and I are separated, and neither parent was contacted by authorities before [our son] was taken and questioned.”
Posted on 4/17/15 at 2:55 pm to Jim Rockford
Kinda fricked up for the mom to use her kid to push her agenda IMO.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 2:57 pm to Jim Rockford
Thanks Sam Brownback.
This is stupid, but I'm sure that mother is no hero either.
This is stupid, but I'm sure that mother is no hero either.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 2:59 pm to Pettifogger
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I'm sure that mother is no hero either.
yep, sounds like there's more to the story
Posted on 4/17/15 at 2:59 pm to Jim Rockford
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I let them know that they weren’t allowed in my home without a warrant… I didn’t believe you could get a warrant off of something a child says in school.”
Well she's a moron
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:05 pm to Cosmo
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Kinda fricked up for the mom to use her kid to push her agenda IMO.
Yep, the state handled this poorly IMO but a concerned mother would have counseled her son not to be pushing her agenda.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:07 pm to davesdawgs
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a concerned mother would have counseled her son not to be pushing her agenda.
not the case here, she's just a damn dirty hippie
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:10 pm to Pettifogger
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This is stupid, but I'm sure that mother is no hero either.
Nothing worse than a parent who uses their kid to make some political point.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:12 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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I didn’t believe you could get a warrant off of something a child says in school.”
If they can obtain a warrant from a random methhead pulled over for a traffic stop, yea, they can get a warrant based on info from your family.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:14 pm to Cosmo
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Kinda fricked up for the mom to use her kid to push her agenda IMO.
That doesn't matter here.
This is basically stupid adults freaking out over a child being a contrarian to their brainwashing and failed war on drugs policies.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:17 pm to Sentrius
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This is basically stupid adults freaking out over a child being a contrarian to their brainwashing and failed war on drugs policies.
I'd be willing to bet that the kid said something that made them think he was doing more than championing his mother's cause, just sayin'
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:20 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Nothing worse than a parent who uses their kid to make some political point
Uh, it's very common for children to share the political views of their parents.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:21 pm to MSMHater
At least she asked for a warrant. Now it has to hold up in court. I have to wonder what the probable cause was though, I doubt disagreeing with a teacher is cause for a search of the house. .
That of course doesn't mean that the cops didn't BS a reason to get in.
That of course doesn't mean that the cops didn't BS a reason to get in.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:22 pm to 777Tiger
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not the case here, she's just a damn dirty hippie
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:22 pm to Pettifogger
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Thanks Sam Brownback
Do you seriously think the governor has anything to do with this?
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:23 pm to 777Tiger
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I'd be willing to bet that the kid said something that made them think he was doing more than championing his mother's cause, just sayin'
probably just said that his mom smoked
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:24 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
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Do you seriously think the governor has anything to do with this?
I'm totally cereal
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:25 pm to Salmon
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probably just said that his mom smoked
I was thinking along the lines that he was arguing her point passionately enough to where they may have thought he was partaking the evil hippie lettuce too
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