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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tortoise Tom" data-source="post: 134903" data-attributes="member: 27883"><p>Exactly right. Selective enforcement. You are probably fine if you are not doing the wrong thing, but they can come and bust you anytime they want and there is not a damn thing you can do about it. A well known Galop breeder just got arrested last year and had a warrant served on his property after which they confiscated a whole bunch of his animals including some that had nothing to do with the warrant. They just took them out of their life supporting environments and took them to some government building where a bunch of them died because they weren't receive proper care. They never even charged him with a crime, and he very specifically NEVER committed any crime. He followed the law to the letter at every step. They attempted to entrap him and he told them bluntly from day one that he would not break the law or bend it in any way, and he didn't. Ever. They arrested him anyway. A month later they told him they would drop all charges and return his animals if he signed a "confession" for them. He asked what crime he'd been charged with and what he was supposed to be "confessing" to? They replied we haven't charged you with anything yet and we have a year to decide what to charge you with. He asked how he was suppose to confess to something when he committed no crime and they hadn't charged him with anything. They didn't like his insolent tone...</p></blockquote><p></p>

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