^ lol. Pigpen what do you think of the heidelburg project? To me it looks like he went around and scavenged all the abandoned houses doors. And then stacked junk around. I mean it is kind of neat but very ghetto. But what the fuck do I know about art.
That's one reason I don't buy dope in the D. A friend of mine had their car impounded by DPD. They wanted more then what the car was worth, plus being a junkie she didn't have the grand to get it back. I drive through the hood quite a bit and will be pissed if I ever get hassled by the cops.
I love the Heidelberg, Tyree Guyton's a friend. Its pretty close to where Im at right now. I ride through on a regular basis when Im on my bike. There was a lot of controversy over it years ago when city council declared it junk and not art. Tyree now speaks around the world and is a big positive force for not only Detroit but artists worlwide.
http://www.heidelberg.org/
We have so many abandoned houses here the dealers just use those, when they get busted a few times they move on to another.
As far as the seizures go, Id guess most of the cars that stop at the spots dont have all their paperwork in order, suspended license, no license, no insurance, old tags, bad plates, whatever. The cops can take the car for just about any of those reasons. Its a big racket, a friend who runs a legal after hours art gallery party was raided and they took everyones car. My friend got the ACLU involved and they had to pay back everyone who had to buy back their car from the tow yard. It was quite an embarrassment in court for the drug task force or what ever they call themselves
Look, I just want to say I respect the cops, their doing a thankless job and risk their lives doing it but are saddled with the drug war and its laws. Most cops here that I know are cool, not to say I havent run into some assholes too but thats life. I have a different view on the task forces but they are just doing their job also, doing what they are assigned to do although many of them seem to be a little to gung ho. When Ive had run ins with them Im just as honest as I can, they hate being lied to and they petty much know what the hell your doing but I still got smacked around. We are all on opposite sides of a pointless war, but
we have the truth behind us, the fact that addiction is a disease (not that it should be used as an excuse) a health issue. We have our heart in going to a dope house risking our freedom, they do it for a paycheck. What we have in common is we both are chasing something that will never come to an end. Its much like this war on terrorism, while we bumble around in foreign countries trying to reign in freedom they just want to live like they have for thousands of years with a few bad apples mixed in creating havoc. Im done with my rant, forgive me, Ive had a few drinks.
About our lotto ticket origami, Ive never understood why we dont have our dope wrapped in balloons or something else that can be swallowed easily. In Oakland thats what we were served all the time. The DDs would carry around 30 balloons in their mouth which could be easily swallowed and shit out or puked up later. The gel caps seem kind of half assed if you ask me, I wonder how many overdoses theyve caused. If your going through the trouble of wrapping your shit in caps why not just do balloons so you can swallow as many as you want so the cops have no evidence and you get your shit back.