Predawn Raids, 1936
‘Charged with the sale of marijuana Wednesday after pre-dawn raids was Virgil ‘Smiley’ Smith, 48, of 411 N Eastern.’ Oklahoma City, Oklahoma March 6, 1936
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Chandelier Pipe, 1970
‘A 1970 raid on a Washington, D.C. Apartment by metropolitan police officers resulted in the seizure of LSD and marijuana, as well as the unusual antique chandelier. The light fixtures on the chandelier had been removed and replaced with rubber Read More …
Reagan’s Symbolic Raid, 1966
Newly elected California Governor Ronald Reagan ordered a symbolic raid on the ‘Psychedelic Shop’ on Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco to make good on his campaign promise to crack down on the ‘hippie movement’. Hoping to find drugs none were found Read More …
Raiding Humboldt, 1972
Raiding Humboldt A botched narcotics raid on a cloudy Humboldt afternoon in 1972 would forever escalate the war on drugs. Dirk Dickenson and his girlfriend Judy Arnold enjoyed their off grid homesteaded on Pratt mountain in Humboldt County, California. Their Read More …