On Friday night on U Street, an area full of bars and restaurants, a large group of FBI and other federal agents took part in arresting a single man for publicly smoking marijuana, according to witnesses. (Possession of marijuana is legal in the District, though public consumption is not.)
“There’s so much other shit happening in this city, and you guys are arresting him for smoking weed?” an onlooker asks feds, who appear embarrassed, in a video posted by independent journalist Hannah Gais. “For weed!”
Like, there regularly are people hanging out there, but they never bother anyone, they’re mostly just taking a break from the weather or using the bathroom.
It’s so surreal to see them talking as if they’re doing me some favor. Like fuck off, it wasn’t a problem, and I didn’t need them inflicting cruelty over it .