Brickbats: April 2023 News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world. Reason · Mar 18, 2023
Brickbat: In the Weeds Hays, Kansas, Police Chief Don Scheibler says his officers did not "raid" the hospital room of Greg Bretz, 69, who is suffering from inoperable cancer, as media outlets had reported. Rather, he said, they just responded after a hospital worker reported Bretz for vaping marijuana to relieve his pain. And… Reason · Jan 3, 2023
Kansas hospital staffer calls police on terminal cancer patient for using THC vape “The officers did everything in accordance with Kansas state law. They didn’t violate any department policy or procedure,” the Hays police chief said The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022
Hospital 'calls cops on cancer-ridden man' who was using cannabis to cope with symptoms Police in Kansas arrested 69-year-old Greg Bertz, who is bed-ridden with inoperable cancer, for drug possession in his room at Hays Medical Center on December 16 Daily Mirror · Dec 29, 2022