‘I don’t believe anyone is safe’: drought rules spark accusations of racism in California outpost
by Dani Anguiano in Siskiyou county from Environment | The Guardian on (#5NKHC)
Siskiyou county says water restrictions are aimed at pot growers. Hmong American residents say they're being targeted
I love the smell of diesel power in the afternoon. It smells like victory."
The line, a play on the quote from the Vietnam war movie Apocalypse Now, is the first uttered in a July video by Doug LaMalfa, the US congressman for Siskiyou county. In the background, bulldozers are destroying what appears to be a field with marijuana plants.
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