AUDIO: WOMAN ARRESTED FOR NOT MOWING HER LAWN
Authorities in a Cahokia, Illinois (near St. Louis), arrested a single mother of five last week for failing to mow her lawn. Officials had sent Ebony Conner a written complaint, and spoken to her face to face about the problem. Conner told the local news station, “I’ve never heard of being arrested for grass. Had I known that, hell, I would have gone back and chopped the grass off myself with something.” She went on, “I understand I violated a code but take the channels, give me a ticket first, make me appear in court. I know there’s gotta be channels other than if you don’t cut your grass, we’re arresting you right now,” said Conner. She was detained for about 30 minutes, during which time her children were left alone with an inspector remaining outside her home. Conner has an August court date.
* “If only someone had notified me!” / “We sent you a letter.” / “Yes, but if only someone had told me!” / “We spoke to you in person.” / “Yes, but if only someone had let me know!” / “You’re an idiot.”
* Imagine Hillary reacting to this story.
* Nice of her kids to get out there and cut the grass.
* For Pete’s sake, just get a goat.
* Lots of people have been arrested for grass, but not lawn grass.
* It’s possible that, as a single mother of five, she might be just a little too busy for lawn care.
* The brilliant move here would be for Donald Trump to buy her 20 years’ worth of landscaping service.
* I love it when officials don’t care how ridiculous they look.
* Wait ’til they find the weeds out back.
* See? Who says there’s no accountability in this society?
CLIP: Ebony Conner thinks they should have gone through channels.
