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Manhunt Continues After Shots Fired at East Bay Regional Park Police Near Moraga
At least one person fired an assault rifle at a park police officer while he was on patrol at around 6:50 p.m. Police said the officer returned fire and took cover. He was not injured in the attack.
The officer called for emergency assistance and was safely extricated from the scene using the park district police armored rescue vehicle, police said.
The shooter or shooters may have been attempting to protect a marijuana grow operation, East Bay Regional Park Police Capt. Mark Ruppenthal said.
The search is being conducted by special response teams from park police assisted by sheriff's deputies and air support from the park police helicopter. The search had been put on pause overnight but resumed this morning.
The remote area is located 2 to 4 miles south of Moraga town limits, near the border between Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Monday night's attack was in Alameda County, but today's search is being conducted on both sides of the county line.
The police helicopter is conducting a sweep of the watershed lands and providing cover for the officers on foot.
Park police were assisted in Monday night's search by the California Highway Patrol, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office, and the Richmond, Moraga, Orinda, and Lafayette police departments.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at (510) 881-1833.
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Jesus said to do unto others as we would have them to do unto us. None of us would want our child thrown in jail with the sexual predators over marijuana. None of us would want to see an older family member’s home confiscated and sold by the police for growing a couple of marijuana plants for their aches and pains. It’s time to stop putting our own family members in jail over marijuana.
If ordinary Americans could grow a little marijuana in their own back yards, it would be about as valuable as home-grown tomatoes. Let's put the criminals out of business and get them out of our neighborhoods. Let's let ordinary Americans grow a little marijuana in their own back yards.
Here's one way that IT IS REALLY WORKING: Arresting the criminals and collecting a fee from the registered growers (and bringing in thousands of dollars to support the county budget); what a great plan! This is the way to build a better America! http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/2011/07/the-pot-republic-one-sheriffs-quietly-radical-experiment.html
The current proposal before Congress, bill HR 2306, will allow states to decide how they will regulate marijuana. Email your Congressperson and Senators at http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml and ask them to sign on as a CO-SPONSOR of HR 2306.
And a big THANK YOU to the courageous, freedom loving legislators, governors, and countless others who are working so hard to bring this through! You’re doing a great patriotic service for all of America!