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Bucky Dog

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Someone may want to attach a link but said he was under surveillance for months for selling MJ and when they raided his apartment last night all they found was a misdemeanor amount. Blamed it on his GF and said he hasn’t smoked in a few months. These kids just don’t understand the rules and too many of them throw away their careers.

Taggart said for now, he is still on the team.
 
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There is a ton of SWJ drama around this at the moment. The PD thought he was a drug dealer. They put him under surveillance for 2 months. They raided his place and found 1/2 oz of pot. Sounds like a symphony of errors to me.

Unfortunately in today's society you have to pick a side and moronically argue on its behalf. As I see it, both sides made mistakes.
 
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fishwater99

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No doubt he was selling and smoking. They also found a used drug testing kit, we know who that was for..
Idiot...


Jimbo had no control down there...
 
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Bobby Boucher.sixpack

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My guess is he was buying an ounce at a time and selling enough so that he could make his money back and smoke the remaining weed for free. Police just picked a bad time to raid. If they had raided when he had the full ounce, then they wouldn't be facing this controversy. Seventeen grams is still a lot for a college student to possess in a state that does not have legal recreational use.
 
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patdog

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Seems like a lot of police resources used to arrest someone who’s at most a very small time criminal.
 
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That ESPN article is a lot more damning than the woe-is-student-athlete story Deadspin put out.
 
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fishwater99

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patdog said:
Seems like a lot of police resources used to arrest someone who’s at most a very small time criminal.
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Most likely so. That's just another reason why weed should be legal and taxed.
I am sure the police department there has some issues with entitled FSU athletes and want to make them look bad..
 
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tatedog

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Yeah, but how many pounds of snow crab were found?*

eta: Seriously though after reading the story, they wasted two months of surveillance on this? It must be nice to live in a city like Tallahassee that is so crime free that the police have the extra resources to waste on ******** like this.
 
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57stratdawg

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Our marijuana laws are such a burden on society. If Francois is a non-athlete, his chances at an education could be over now. If he’s working his way through college, he’s probably fired when this goes public. Good luck paying tuition.

Not to mention if he was charged / convicted of a felony. He can no longer vote, he’s got a massive hurdle when trying to get a job now too.
 
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If this would have happened in Colorado would he be facing similar charges? Is the amount he had "normal" in states where it's legal?
 
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patdog said:
Seems like a lot of police resources used to arrest someone who’s at most a very small time criminal.
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^^ Winner ^^

Immense amounts of taxpayer money flushed down the toilet every day trying to stop people from partaking in a recreational drug that is less harmful than tobacco and alcohol. Just legalize the stuff and be done with it.

Future first round picks who have everything to lose and still get involved in it are stupid, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a dumb law...
 
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Regardless of what anyone thinks of the law, it's illegal, and nobody made him do this. Any 18yo is old enough to know and understand the consequences. Especially if you are putting on a uniform of any kind to represent an organization.

Along with the privilege of going to school for free due to your football skills, and the opportunity to do many things that most people will never get to do, comes the harsh reality that you will also *not* get to do some things that other people get to do with impunity.

It was stupid and now there are consequences. Keystone cops would have nothing to investigate or find at all if he was doing what he was supposed to do.

Downvote away.
 
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The real travesty here is the downfall of our imperial weights and measurements... Talking about grams of weed is as un-American as meters on a football field.
 
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lanceharbor7

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Nice little double standard there, Mr. Law & Order.

MagicDawg said:
Regardless of what anyone thinks of the law, it's illegal, and nobody made him do this. Any 18yo is old enough to know and understand the consequences. Especially if you are putting on a uniform of any kind to represent an organization.

Along with the privilege of going to school for free due to your football skills, and the opportunity to do many things that most people will never get to do, comes the harsh reality that you will also *not* get to do some things that other people get to do with impunity.

It was stupid and now there are consequences. Keystone cops would have nothing to investigate or find at all if he was doing what he was supposed to do.

Downvote away.
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57stratdawg

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Most states allow you to purchase 1oz per day (roughly twice Francois’ amount). Technically, in Colorado you can legally posses up to 1oz of THC.

1oz of THC has to be several ounces of marijuana. Maybe +/- a pound.
 
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BistroDollarNight

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"Along with the privilege of going to school for free due to your football skills" Really, don't you mean the privilege to make your school millions of dollars.
 
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VegasDawg13

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The tone of that story is different, but the bottom line is the same. They tailed him and searched his trash for two months and only found evidence that he smokes weed, none that he's a dealer.
 
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woozman said:
Anything less than 30 grams in MS isn't a felony, it is a $250 fine with no arrest.
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Untrue. Got caught in my Mississippi hometown. Had 26 grams and was fined 300 dollars and spent the night in county jail. Been smoking in Mississippi for the last 15 years. Every single person I have ever known that was arrested with more than say 15 grams has spent the evening in jail. I have heard of people with a few grams getting a ticket but that is it.
 
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MagicDawg said:
Regardless of what anyone thinks of the law, it's illegal, and nobody made him do this. Any 18yo is old enough to know and understand the consequences. Especially if you are putting on a uniform of any kind to represent an organization.

Along with the privilege of going to school for free due to your football skills, and the opportunity to do many things that most people will never get to do, comes the harsh reality that you will also *not* get to do some things that other people get to do with impunity.

It was stupid and now there are consequences. Keystone cops would have nothing to investigate or find at all if he was doing what he was supposed to do.

Downvote away.
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I bet you can see Texas up on that high horse.
 
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MSU601Dawg

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Looks to me like the Tallahassee PD has a hard on for FSU football players, not the relationship you'd hope to have if you were a fan or coach. Francois also seems to have a friend w an axe to grind.

Surveiled him and collected his garbage for 2 months? You would think if he were any sort of even mid level dealer they could've had enough evidence in less than a week. Then they choose a time to do their "raid" and find half an ounce??? Pathetic

Plus it may have even been his roomate's or girlfriend's like he claims
 
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engie

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MagicDawg said:
Regardless of what anyone thinks of the law, it's illegal, and nobody made him do this. Any 18yo is old enough to know and understand the consequences. Especially if you are putting on a uniform of any kind to represent an organization.

Along with the privilege of going to school for free due to your football skills, and the opportunity to do many things that most people will never get to do, comes the harsh reality that you will also *not* get to do some things that other people get to do with impunity.

It was stupid and now there are consequences. Keystone cops would have nothing to investigate or find at all if he was doing what he was supposed to do.

Downvote away.
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What he really needs is a couple opioid scripts to go ahead and drum up his dependency while dealing with the legitimate pain and rehab of his injury. That'd get him fixed him right up and kept him a law abiding citizen**
 
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You know a lot of people working/paying their way through college with a 1/2 oz of weed on them at any given time?
 
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paindonthurt_

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For the record, I agree with you, and you are right.

Wonder what the Down voters think abt having 3 beers and getting a DUI.
 
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Bcash2

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I havn't been in college in a decade...

paindonthurt said:
You know a lot of people working/paying their way through college with a 1/2 oz of weed on them at any given time?
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But, yes. And they were great students and have great jobs now. 1/2 isn't that much. If you smoke regularly its way cheaper to buy in bulk.

ETA: not 'on them' at any given time... but in their possession, for sure.
 
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