Huh?

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A South Carolina sheriff is not going to charge swimmer Michael Phelps after a photo of the 14-time gold medalist showed him smoking from a marijuana pipe. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott made the decision Monday.

Huh?

A picture of somebody smoking "something" in a water pipe can show up, without the person being caught in the act by a cop, and charges can be even considered?

I realize this is South Carolina, after all, but it's not like a Red Light Cam, or a Security Cam, where all the facts are in the photo.

Michael Phelps apologized for "regrettable behavior", and never once, nor since, has he mentioned marijuana by name- not in public anyway.

Do these idiots that end up behind the badge not pay attention when they swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America?

As the cartoon I read in "The Week" implied, it is one thing to botch the Oath of Office the way John Roberts did when swearing in Barack Obama- it's another thing to botch it the way George Bush did over the last 8 years.

I don't know how long Sheriff Leon has been in office, but he still has a Lott to learn...