NOT GUILTY - Raw Milk Police Defeated
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A small victory over the raw milk police, though the government is quick to state this ruling doesn't set any precedent.
The Star Tribune reports:
A soft-spoken Minnesota farmer was cleared of violating state laws for distributing raw milk Thursday, a verdict advocates for such foods called their first major legal victory.
After a three-day trial and more than four hours of deliberation, a Hennepin County jury found Alvin Schlangen not guilty of three misdemeanor counts of selling unpasteurized milk, operating without a food license and handling adulterated or misbranded food.
[...]It also leaves him optimistic for a similar case against Schlangen in Stearns County, which is set for trial next month.
[...]In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesman said, "We strongly disagree with this ruling," and added that the state provided sufficient evidence to show that Schlangen violated the law.
"This narrow ruling does not wipe away the fact that many children and adults have gotten dangerously sick from consuming raw milk. It also does not wipe away the other legal rulings that have upheld MDA enforcement actions," the statement said.
Excuse me for ranting, but how many people have not only gotten "dangerously sick", but died as a result of the dozens of wars the U.S. government has gotten itself in? How many people have died from the U.S.'s out of control police?
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