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Leon Lott Is Sensitive

SO DO NOT “DISRESPECT” HIM …  Richland County (S.C.) Sheriff Leon Lott obtained and executed a search warrant against a Columbia, S.C. man because the individual “disrespected” his office on social media. “I received copies of online posts from a concerned citizen showing what appears to be marijuana cigarettes and…

SO DO NOT “DISRESPECT” HIM … 

Richland County (S.C.) Sheriff Leon Lott obtained and executed a search warrant against a Columbia, S.C. man because the individual “disrespected” his office on social media.

“I received copies of online posts from a concerned citizen showing what appears to be marijuana cigarettes and someone disrespecting the Department,” Lott told his bought-and-paid-for public relations firm (a.k.a. The State newspaper of Columbia, S.C.).

Really, dude? Really? 

What nefarious activity did Lott uncover? According to The State, he was forwarded (GASP!) pictures of a 30-year-old Columbia, S.C. man sitting in his own home – smoking pot and flipping the bird to a picture of Lott posted online.

Yeah …

Rather than laugh this incident off, though, Lott decided it was worth wasting taxpayer resources to identity this individual, obtain a warrant for his home and arrest him and his girlfriend.

Unbelievable. And we pay to give this guy aerial drones and a friggin’ tank?

This is the second time in the last few months that a South Carolina lawman has targeted marijuana users because of what they post on social media.

Anyway … here’s what our founding editor thinks of Lott’s childish vindictiveness.

sic willie leon lott

Yeah …

Respect that, asshole.

 

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64 comments

Vanguard16 March 21, 2014 at 2:29 pm

That was pretty petty!

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jimlewisowb March 21, 2014 at 2:35 pm

Skippy or Neon Leon ?

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Lott IS Barney Fife March 21, 2014 at 2:33 pm

I can’t believe this sheriff has time to do this…he’s got Richland County to deal with and spends his time on petty personal vendetta’s….unbelievable.

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easterndumbfuckastan March 21, 2014 at 3:37 pm

Nah, Barney Fife had a sense of humor.

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LLL March 21, 2014 at 5:25 pm

Leon is the sheriff and a $20,000 per year PEBA Commissioner Retirement System).
Is that legal??

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Jim March 22, 2014 at 5:07 pm

Sounds illegal to me. But not surprised, he has been riding the taxpayers wallet for a long long time. Check out his PERKS from the Sheriffs departments, such as special retirement, credit card usage that is buried in the budget, essentially unlimited travel (again buried in the budget). Some day, a reporter will actually do some research and put this guy away.

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west_rhino March 24, 2014 at 10:30 am

but, real investigative reporter’s writing gets tanked, be just off Shop Road or on Columbus St. or other editorial desks in the upstate…

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jimlewisowb March 21, 2014 at 2:34 pm

Hey Skippy, when you feel the ground shaking from the Abrams tank tearing up your front yard and hear the whomp whomp of the Apache hovering overhead you will know that Neon Leon is about to bust down the door “key up” Who Let the Dogs Out

har, har, har

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shifty henry March 21, 2014 at 3:29 pm

Jim, I’ve been giving this issue some lengthy and deep thought and my opinion on this matter is ….wait a minute ’cause I hear someone at my front and back doors +++++++++==

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easterndumbfuckastan March 21, 2014 at 3:24 pm

The level of Butthurt in this town is too damn high!!!

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Jay Ellington March 24, 2014 at 12:08 pm

I don’t typically like the use of this colloquialism, but it sure applies here.

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Buz Martin March 21, 2014 at 4:21 pm

Yeah, Sic, it probably is a good time for your bootheels to be wanderin’.

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Buz Martin March 21, 2014 at 4:24 pm

Watch out. He might have contacted crunk-ass batshit crazy Wrenzie Rice, and they might bring in the Sqt. At Arms of the House, The Capital Police and the fucking Secret Service to meet him at the airport, and they ALL gone gang up on yo ass!

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shifty henry March 21, 2014 at 4:31 pm

Buz, I’m not worried because Will is not worried. He has previously stated that he has THE BEST LAWYERS IN SC..!!

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*********** March 21, 2014 at 4:42 pm

Easy payback … abuse and misuse of federal grant money … ROFLMAO!!

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Smirks March 21, 2014 at 4:48 pm

Roll out the swat teams, we have a real dangerous evildoer here!

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euwe max March 21, 2014 at 5:34 pm

Didn’t we decide last time that was coca plants growing in the background?

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ExPat March 21, 2014 at 5:45 pm

You forgot to mention the part when the dude sold to cops three times. In the public eye, Leon will win 8 days a week against drug dealers… Pick a different martyr…

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CorruptionInColumbia March 21, 2014 at 6:21 pm

Leon likes making those “photographic pot” cases. Remember all the manpower, time, and effort he wasted on the Olympic Gold-Medalist?

Coming next, murder charges based on movie and TV shows where people are killed.

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TontoBubbaGoldstein March 21, 2014 at 7:35 pm

You don’t tug on Superman’s cape…
You don’t piss in the wind…
You don’t tear the mask off the ol’ Lone Ranger
And you don’t mess around with…Leon.

TBG’s humble apologies to Jim.

Jim Croce, that is

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TontoBubbaGoldstein March 22, 2014 at 12:40 pm

….and to “Mr Excitement”, Jimmy Spencer , for the “PRO TIP” above…

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This BUD's For You March 21, 2014 at 6:31 pm

Fuck that guy! Asshole poser always acted like he’s a goddamn movie star and shit.

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TontoBubbaGoldstein March 21, 2014 at 7:29 pm

“I received copies of online posts from a concerned citizen showing what appears to be marijuana cigarettes and someone disrespecting the Department,” Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said.

…disrespecting the Department.

Dayum!!!

PRO TIP:
If you mess wid da bull, you get da horn.

BONUS PRO TIP:
If you post something involving illegal drug use on social media….at least be smart enough not to keep your stash in your home (or car).

*TBG’s outta here…got some housecleaning to do…*

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GrandTango March 21, 2014 at 9:13 pm

But when Obama targets w the IRS or spies on a FOX reporter…you suck him off. Now we find out Carney is staging questions beforehand…and not a whimper from FITS…

Any wonder we’re in a F*#k!*g mess…

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nitrat March 21, 2014 at 9:29 pm

You are so warped and so pathetic.

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GrandTango March 21, 2014 at 9:36 pm

You’re just not used to getting the $#!t slapped out of you w reality. The DNC likes keeping its dumb@$$#$ ignorant. And you are a perfect little idiot for them.

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Suck This March 22, 2014 at 11:54 am

…and you’re used to getting the dicks slapped out of your mind.

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GrandTango March 22, 2014 at 12:57 pm

Again: Obama targets Americans to silence them in his political war, and Carney is screening questions…and you ignorant F*#ks are S#!**ing all over yourselves because a local sheriff is suspicions of some Dope-smoking Dumb@$$ in Richland County…

TontoBubbaGoldstein March 22, 2014 at 6:24 pm

TBG suspects it would take some really hard hits to slap dicks out of GT’s mind.

GrandTango March 22, 2014 at 1:50 pm

TWO Links. BFD. The magnitude of what the federal gov’t is doing, and you’re supposed to be a LIBERAL-Tarian..That is very SCANT coverage.

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TontoBubbaGoldstein March 22, 2014 at 6:26 pm

“go STFU”

Which region are they playing in?

*March Madness, Baybeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!*

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gregorybgeddings March 25, 2014 at 12:21 pm

Do you get a boner when you slap around your alter ego?

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Bible Thumper March 21, 2014 at 9:53 pm

This can only help him. Most citizens like to see a jackass get what’s coming. He gave us a good laugh. That’s more than we get from most of our officials. Just goes to show the effects of drugs.

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shifty henry March 22, 2014 at 9:40 am

Will’s defense:

“Uh, Nikki, can you talk to Leon for a minute? Here’s the phone, and just tell him that your DNA is still on this finger. Yes, it will be mentioned in my book. Yes, you were wonderful! And, thanks Babe, I owe ya'”

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SparkleCity March 21, 2014 at 10:12 pm

Lose the cammo hat and ‘go-tee” dude

You look so fucking dip-shit South Carolinian caucasian male under the age of 50

But i guess if the shoe “fits” wear it

If that is the image you want to portray you have accomplished your goal to not be taken seriously just like every other dumb assed dude in South Carolina who does not take their hat off when they are eating and sporting a +go-tee”

I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve seen that

But South Carolina is so steeped in tradition and respect—-NOT!!!

God………………………………

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Bible Thumper March 21, 2014 at 11:17 pm

There’s no hope …………………unless perhaps a couple of years in the military?

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Major Cordite March 22, 2014 at 3:49 am

I recently saw Will at a Mexican restaurant with his family. You are correct, SparkleC. He looks like a poser thug. He had on a football jersey that was 2X too big. Couldn’t tell if his pants were sagging ’cause his shirttail was below his arse. He put a hurtin’ on the chips and salsa and let out a nasty burp a time or two. He kinda’ reminds me of a swamp bouncer from the movie, Porky’s II. IMHO.

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shifty henry March 22, 2014 at 9:32 am

“let out a nasty burp a time or two”
Uh-oh…..did he say ‘excuse me’..??

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Soft Sigh from Hell March 22, 2014 at 11:19 am

I knew a professor who complained of a thuggish-looking student (now a PhD) who loudly burped (or far worse) in public arenas “without so much as a ‘by your leave’. “

TontoBubbaGoldstein March 22, 2014 at 1:32 pm

Yo MC,

You shoulda “whupped his ace” for having a public eruction.

Think of the children!

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Major Cordite March 23, 2014 at 6:06 pm

Pretty good, TontoBG. You don’t often hear someone use a word from the 16th century. If you ever have an eruction lasting more than 4 hours you might try a couple packs of Tums.

SparkleCity March 22, 2014 at 10:40 pm

He wouldn’t last the first two weeks of basic let alone a 3 year enlistment.

He’d either be kicked out or get out due to incompatibility of service.

I’d bet on that

But hey, he had his chance and he preferred to be a ass-kisser for that shirker Mark “Sanfraud” – The “Love Gov”

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swampland March 22, 2014 at 10:16 am

Before you start trashing white, male, South Carolinians for being “dumb assed,” you might want to take a grammar and spelling course.

BAD GRAMMAR AND SPELLING

“… dumb assed dude in South Carolina who does not take their hat off when they are eating and sporting a +go-tee….”

CORRECT GRAMMAR AND SPELLING

“… dumb-assed dude in South Carolina who does not take his hat off when he is eating and sporting a goatee….”

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Soft Sigh from Hell March 22, 2014 at 11:15 am

“Who”, or even “one” as in “someone,” has lost its singular status I am afraid. They both have been overwhelmed by misuse. I still notice them but find “me and my” in subjects more grating. And even in objects, simple politeness used to make it “my ___ and me.” Ah well . . . .

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TontoBubbaGoldstein March 22, 2014 at 12:02 pm

*Don’t worry Sparkle, TGG’s got your back. TBG HATES Paul Blartesque Grammar Nazis, as well as Illinois Nazis.*

Sparkle *meant* to put quotation marks around both “go-tees”.

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SparkleCity March 22, 2014 at 10:30 pm

Obviously I got my point across in spite of the misspelling!!!!.

I did “”go-Tee’ on purpose and it is obvious that there are WAY TOO MANY South Carolina dip-shits under the age of 50 that have forgotten their manners that their parents taught them or they have never been taught proper manners concerning hats and the proper doffing of said headware.

Some of you have such a hard-on for this state and then when there is an opportunity for visual display it translates to some dickhead with a cammo hat and goatee giving someone the finger all the while thinking their appearance makes an important statement – which it results in the opposite = dumb-assed trailer trash red-neck (all of which FITS/Sic Wille is nowhere near that persona in real life.)

FITS/Sic Willie’s pic stands for the bottom fishing dipshits who wear their caps and don’t have proper manners or how to correctly present themselves.

Basically there are two types of caucasian males UNDER the age of 50 in this state who wear a distinct style of clothing:

1. Dickheads in cammo ballcaps sporting goatees who don’t know to take the damn caps off while eating or during the National Anthem

2. Charleston “Bros” sporting bowties and sports coats

Both groups think they are hot shit but are really cold turkey outside the boundaries of the state line.

But then again, this is South Carolina – “Too small to be a nation, too big to be an insane asylum”

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ravenhaired vixen March 22, 2014 at 8:58 am

Leon Lott is a total tool that suffers to typical “cop head”!

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Charlie cat March 22, 2014 at 1:20 pm

I believe that the first downfall to society is when you have a total lack of respect for the law. Lott did the right thing! Maybe we should take a hard look at ourself if we feel he was wrong. Regardless how significant this event is, it does make us all take note as to our actions in society. If this person does not want the law at his his doorstep, then don’t commit actions against the law. Forest Gump said it the best, “Stupid is as stupid does.”

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Original Good Old Boy March 24, 2014 at 11:30 am

A deeper problem is when the “law” doesn’t respect an individual’s liberty and right to expression. Who exactly was victimized by said idiot smoking a joint and flipping the bird? Looks like the only victim was Leon’s oversized ego.

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Mike at the Beach March 23, 2014 at 10:03 pm

Is King Leon sensitive and ego-driven? Uhhhh, yes.

Are most sheriffs sensitive and ego-driven? Uhhhh, yes.

Did he overreact? Uhhhh, yes.

Did the dumbass absolutely ask for it by displaying illegal substances in an identifiable photo online? Uhhhh, yes.

Sorry, I just can’t feel sorry for this mouthbreather.

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SparkleCity March 23, 2014 at 10:30 pm

Can’t agree more

There is no sheriff in the entire country more ego-driven and camera hungry than the sheriff of Spartanburg County – the darling of the Spartanburg Tea Party:

Chuckie “what’s His name” = The Crusader of what is morally “Wright” for Spartanburg County!!!!!

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Original Good Old Boy March 24, 2014 at 11:34 am

Just curious, Mike. If it’s only a rolled joint, it might be a cigarette. Is that enough probable cause for a warrant? Probably for most SC judges, but I don’t think it should be.

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Jay Ellington March 24, 2014 at 12:25 pm

I know a guy that only smokes hand rolled cigarettes, took me about a year to get used to him lighting them up and not immediately thinking it was a joint.

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Original Good Old Boy March 24, 2014 at 2:15 pm

It’s probably not a good idea to smoke them while driving — lest he wants dirty looks from the soccer moms; approving honks from the truckers; and blue lights from the jackboots.

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Mike at the Beach March 24, 2014 at 1:35 pm

Probable cause is a relatively low level of info, but a picture of what *appears* to be a marijuana cigarette is pretty weak PC in and of itself. I don’t anything about the particulars of this case so I won’t speculate, but i would think that to be safe they developed some other (additional) PC; something like a buy or two, surveillance, a dope-involved criminal history, etc. Would it work on its own? Probably, but I sure wouldn’t want to work that case or prosecute it…

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Jay Ellington March 24, 2014 at 12:16 pm

Yeah, dude had it coming for being an idiot but as a taxpayer of Richland county I’d rather not have my contribution wasted on pointless investigations like this. Wonder if he consulted with his sensei Joe Biden before he launches into investigations like this and the Michael Phelps calamity. Such a blatant waste of resources.

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Mike at the Beach March 24, 2014 at 1:32 pm

Agreed!

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west_rhino March 24, 2014 at 10:28 am

So who was the last Republican elected high Sheriff of Richland County?

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Jay Ellington March 24, 2014 at 12:02 pm

Interesting that this agency would tie up so many resources rounding up a pot smoker and his girlfriend, but when CPD walks by marijuana and paraphernalia in plain view at a certain 5 Points Association members house they do nothing. Let’s not forget the Michael Phelps investigation that seemed to be a really nagging issue with Sheriff Lott. To be such a blue blood, he sure is tough on a little personal marijuana use.

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gillette March 24, 2014 at 3:05 pm

shave man. why would you cultivate on your face what grows wild around my arsehole?

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gregorybgeddings March 24, 2014 at 4:02 pm

Nice Mac. I have one just like it…

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Sadie Mae March 25, 2014 at 12:50 am

Ludicrous…. how can you determine what someone is smoking from a picture? Lott should be digging ditches and given free room and board by the county.

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MaryK June 16, 2014 at 5:24 pm

Why is he able to stump for a political figure (i.e. Vincent Shaheen) using his sheriff’s position??? Not right…

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