Crime & Safety

Watch NJ Weedman Taunting Police Outside His Restaurant [VIDEO]

He's at it again: NJ Weedman was caught on video Tuesday shouting expletives at officers who stopped in front of his restaurant.

He's at it again.

NJ Weedman was caught on video Tuesday shouting expletives at officers who stopped in front of his restaurant.

Ed "NJ Weedman" Forchion, who became famous for promoting the legalization - as well as the extensive use of - marijuana, was captured outside his Trenton restaurant holding a sign that read "We-R-Open. F- the Police."

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"F- you. F- you," he repeatedly yelled on video provided by nj.com as police cars held up traffic. "Get out of my face."

"You're blocking traffic sir," he said. "You just made him break the law, because that's a double line. "That's a double line. That's a double line and you just made him break the law."

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Here is the video:

Forchion is fighting back against law enforcement two weeks after Weedman’s Joint was raided by the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force, Acting Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri and Trenton Police Director Ernest Parrey Jr. said.

A total of 11 people were arrested and more than $19,000 in marijuana was seized as part of the two-month investigation.

The raid at the property used by the 51-year-old Forchion, a.k.a. Weedman as a café and sanctuary took place aafter multiple sources told the task force that Forchion was distributing marijuana from the premises.

Complaints from the community had also been received about the constant foot traffic in and out of the establishment at all hours.

A search of the premises allegedly turned up 56 grams of marijuana and 32 grams of edible marijuana candy in the sanctuary, along with $85 in a jar that read, “Nothing is free donate.” More than a pound of marijuana butter was allegedly found in the kitchen, and 10 grams of marijuana and a large amount of drug paraphernalia were allegedly found in an additional private shop area.

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