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Down in Smoke: through comics, Susie Cagle chronicles the DEA raids on medical marijuana facilities in California
At Cartoon Movement, "graphic journalist" Susie Cagle (Twitter) surveys the impact of recent DEA raids of Harborside and other medical marijuana centers in 'Down In Smoke'. Oakland, California. Ground zero for a medical marijuana fight between states and the federal government that has only been heating up. Incorporating real audio from activists, Cagle portrays what [...]
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Justice Department Seeks To Close World’s Largest Medical Marijuana Shop
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Harborside Health Center, a medical marijuana dispensary with four locations in California, threatening the closure of its Oakland and San Jose facilities. The DOJ has con... Read Post
Susie Cagle Gives Personal Account of Occupy Oakland Arrest And It’s Not Pretty
Cartoonist/journalist Susie Cagle drew the illustration above at Occupy Oakland, one of the California branches of the Occupy Wall Street movement. It depicts the Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant camp 12 hours or so before it was raided. Cag... Read Post
Journalist Susie Cagle Arrested in #OccupyOakland Raid
Susie Cagle is a colleague of mine. Full disclosure: I'm syndicated through Cagle Cartoons, her father's gig. Susie a dedicated journalist who's been diligently covering Occupy Oakland for weeks now. Before the nation was paying att... Read Post