Meth Raccoon: At What Point During an Arrest Can You Slap a Police Officer Who's Laughing in Your Face Because Your Pet Raccoon is Trying to Smoke Your Meth Pipe

That's a facetious question. I'm not advocating for the smacking of a police officer. Except maybe... in this case... if we're talking about this specific old lady... I mean let's be real. She could slap that police officer as hard as she wants and she's not going to inflict a lick of damage. She could use a closed fist and at most is going to leave a negligible bruise. I feel like that actually would be fair retribution for this officer's behavior. If that frail old drug woman gave him a cute little pop in the jaw, I bet even his partner would agree he had it coming. 

I know it's unbearably adorable to watch a friendly lil' woodland critter with his tiny raccoon hands grasp a meth pipe in an effort to blast the fuck off in a Walmart parking lot. But you're still arresting a real person. You can't just bust up laughing in the person you're arresting's (or the mom of the person your arresting?) face. A little chuckle is one thing, but he was rubbing it in. That's a serious moment for that family. That poor old lady will probably be dealing with the repercussions of this for the rest of her life. Who knows if she'll even survive past her daughter's(?) booking. She sure doesn't look like she has much time left. Well actually... that old woman is either mere moments away from death, or she's going to live another 40 years. You know the phrase, "ages like fine wine". Well drugs age the body like dehydrated meat. It shrivels up and hardens. It makes the meat look all wrinkly and gross. It's not nearly as a appealing or tasty as a perfectly cooked steak. But it stays good forever. It hardens up the organs. If you spend the prime of your life assaulting your body with black tar heroin and trailer meth, fending off things like cancer and heart disease are child's play. That's just science. 

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The real fucked up thing is that family will probably never see their raccoon friend again. I'm gonna take a wild guess and say they didn't obtain that raccoon through proper channels. I doubt that thing has a permit. It may know it's way around a dirty needle, but no chance it's up to date on its rabies shots. I'm not sure what protocol is for cops in that situation. But they aren't going to turn a blind eye and let that old woman keep the raccoon in her possession (hich I'm assuming they won't, considering the raccoon knew its way around a meth pipe, it's tough to argue that they're fit raccoon parents) I wish they could just let the raccoon run free into the wild. But they probably had to call animal control. Animal control probably brought they're long pole with a wire hoop on the end to hook the raccoon by the neck, drag it in the back of their animal control truck, and take it off to be murdered. Poor little guy. He deserves better.