First Church of Cannabis picking up steam.

[redryder]

yep

Party Pooper.

 

[HoughMade]

Party Pooper.

Party? What are they, the Pentecostal branch of the Church of Cannabis?

 

[printcraft]

yep

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

I am unimpressed by the High Priest's unwillingness to stand up for his "religious beliefs."

 

[HoughMade]

I am unimpressed by the High Priest's unwillingness to stand up for his "religious beliefs."

It's not part of the job description for a religious leader to put his freedom on the line for his beliefs.

Oh wait...

Please disregard my earlier statement.

 

[Dirtebiker]

post a link to where he said in the affirmative that everyone WILL be arrested. Everything I have seen, he said they COULD be arrested.

I heard him say anyone there will be arrested fo visiting a common nuisance.

 

[Dirtebiker]

He said "Is Subject" to not will be.

I could be wrong.

 

[Dirtebiker]

Can IMPD come to Mars Hill and arrest the heroin squatters also or is pot the real problem ?

Can't do that. Those poor people "have an illness". Gainfully employed pot heads are the real problem!

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I could be wrong.

I posted his quote. I think they've been pretty careful to say "could be" and not "will be".

Heroin use seems to be an issue all to itself in that it kills the user more often then any other drug I can think of we've routinely seen.

I'm speculating, but I think crowd contol issues have been a bigger concern than pot issues on this one. When you've got thousands of people saying they'll show up to an area that's not really set up for thousands of people to occupy, bad things can happen. If anyone was downtown for the LMFAO concert during the Super Bowl hooplah, well, you saw it. The crowd wasn't made up of bad people or anything like that at all...but there were way too many people for the area and it was extremely dangerous for everyone.

 

[Roland of Gilead]

Can IMPD come to Mars Hill and arrest the heroin squatters also or is pot the real problem ?

I'm not IMPD but I would like to know where exactly this is happening in Mars Hill.

 

[Fargo]

Well, I think it is time for the General Assembly to look at marijuana legalization and it drives me nuts that Indiana has a medical exemption for heroin but not for pot, but the crime of Visiting a Common Nuisance does exist. So, I think Chief Hite is giving everyone notice that the police will investigate criminal conduct.

Which should be OK, I mean, if you are going to jail for the cause (challenging narcotics laws based on religious freedom) then your arrest/prosecution should already be factored in.

If you don't want to be arrested, then don't go Visit a Common Nuisance.

Last I looked, I seem to remember that the caselaw on visiting a common nuisance was very explicit that you had to have multiple incidents to support the charge. Has this changed?

 

[Dirtebiker]

I posted his quote. I think they've been pretty careful to say "could be" and not "will be".

Heroin use seems to be an issue all to itself in that it kills the user more often then any other drug I can think of we've routinely seen.

I'm speculating, but I think crowd contol issues have been a bigger concern than pot issues on this one. When you've got thousands of people saying they'll show up to an area that's not really set up for thousands of people to occupy, bad things can happen. If anyone was downtown for the LMFAO concert during the Super Bowl hooplah, well, you saw it. The crowd wasn't made up of bad people or anything like that at all...but there were way too many people for the area and it was extremely dangerous for everyone.

I understand the crowd issues( I haven't been following, is there really supposed to be "thousands"?) ,but without all the attention by the media (and the chief giving interviews) you wouldn't have the expected "crowd". Also it does seem like the chief has more of a problem (a real dislike, hatred?)with pot smokers.
It is illegal, and if people are caught possessing the evil weed, I see no problem issuing tickets. But come on, arresting people for visiting a common nuisance!?
In the big picture, I think we have a LOT more to worry about than a few people sitting around smoking weed.

 

[Dirtebiker]

I'm not IMPD but I would like to know where exactly this is happening in Mars Hill.

It's happening everywhere.

 

[Roland of Gilead]

It's happening everywhere.

I'm sure it is. I literally want the street address if he has a specific problem. I like to know where the problem child's are in the Hill. There is too many mopes to keep track of, but I try to at least identify the ones on my block.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Last I looked, I seem to remember that the caselaw on visiting a common nuisance was very explicit that you had to have multiple incidents to support the charge.

Cite?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Hate linking to IndyStar

Cannabis Church Backs Down

 

[Fargo]

Cite?

Moreover, the State must also prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the "place the defendant visited was used on more than one occasion for the unlawful use of a controlled substance." Id. at 464; see also Wells v. State, 170 Ind. App. 29, 34, 351 N.E.2d 43, 46 (1976). Specifically, the term "common nuisance" as used within the statute, necessarily requires proof of a continuous or recurrent violation. Wells, 170 Ind. App. at 33, 351 N.E.2d at 46.

Hale v. State :: 2003 :: Indiana Court of Appeals Decisions :: Indiana Case Law :: Indiana Law :: U.S. Law :: Justia

 

[tbhausen]

I'm profoundly disappointed this group wussed out. I was looking forward to an entertaining afternoon today.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Live stream of the "service"

Live Video | RTV6 TheIndyChannel.com

Looks like 90% media, 10% attendees.

 

[VUPDblue]

Its not busy at all