Posted on May 9th, 2019 by Bill Weinberg and tagged
Bulgaria,
California,
cannabis,
DEA,
Emerald Triangle,
Humboldt County,
Illinois,
police state,
stigma,
United States.
The arrest of three, including two Bulgarian immigrants, in what is being billed as a "kidnapping" plot against a Humboldt County cannabis grower has shocked the Emerald Triangle. With the accused allegedly seeking to scapegoat "Mexicans" in the caper, the case crystalizes the xenophobic stigma attaching to Northern California's cannabis economy—even now.
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