So in summation, Michael Shane Howard, a medical marijuana patient, was robbed and killed with a crowbar.  He didn’t die quickly either, as he lay in a hospital while his brain bleed out over the course of two days.  When the police first reported to his home, instead of bagging the crowbar as evidence and taking the man to the hospital, they grilled him about how many plants he had in his home.  The 5-0 (with obvious medical training) had concluded that the “medics would ‘probably just put a big bandage in [sic] his forehead and leave him at the house.”‘

They compounded their mistake while Howard was in a coma and slowly dying.  The little piggies called his roommate and told her to go visit him in the hospital.  While she was visiting her dying roommate, they confiscated the marijuana plants in his home.  When the roommate returned, they detained her for living with him even though he kept the plants in the shed.

Shockingly, Howard’s treatment at the hands of the police in Orting, Washington isn’t new.

So, not only did they bungle his murder, but they had been harassing him before the murder…because he was using legal medical marijuana to alleviate some pain.  I don’t know what ailment Howard was suffering from, but it couldn’t have been worse than the malady of living in Orting, WA.

It’s like the police there try and one-up each other to see who can be the most awful nuisance to the community.  It would be nice if those officers involved could themselves be prosecuted because they likely aren’t finding the culprit of the attempted robbery and murder.

This is deplorable on it’s own, but I can’t help but think the graphic below adds a supplemental element to the story.