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Floyd R. Turbo

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:38 PM Jan 2020

Don't Bogart that my friend!


The rapper Afroman famously sang about how getting high on marijuana prevented him from going to court. A Tennessee man decided to combine the two when he lit a marijuana cigarette in the courtroom, authorities said.

Spencer Alan Boston, 20, was arrested Monday and charged with disorderly conduct and simple possession after sparking up in the courtroom, news outlets reported.

Wilson County Sheriff Robert Bryan said Boston was in court Monday on a simple drug possession charge. Boston approached the bench to discuss his sentence but instead expressed his views on legalizing marijuana.

Boston reached in his pocket, pulled out a marijuana cigarette, lit it, smoked it and was immediately taken into custody, Bryan said.

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article239727488.html#storylink=cpy
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Don't Bogart that my friend! (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2020 OP
he just needed to take the edge off a stressful situation! lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #1
now i'm in prison even longer, and i know why: unblock Jan 2020 #2

unblock

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2. now i'm in prison even longer, and i know why:
Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:44 PM
Jan 2020

because i got high, because i got high, because i got high!

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