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> The Garden City Police Department had cannabis oil activist Shona Banda’s Facebook account shutdown

Citation needed

Her profile appears in my friends' list but when you click on it, it goes nowhere and opens back up my feed.

Great, but where does that prove the police were involved? The source article mentioned no evidence for that, and it doesn't strike me as the most reputable source in any event.

Are you suggesting the page was shut down on purpose to prompt internet mob support already? If so, seems it worked.

She doesn't seem to have taken it down. Facebook doesn't generally take down random peoples accounts.

The simplest explanation is that it was taken down against her will. Likely by someone with pseudo-legal authority to do that.

i.e. "legal" authority, even if the application of that authority doesn't actually follow the law.

I simply think that when presented a dubious claim with no evidence from a shady source we should be skeptical.

How do you know which profile is hers? I noticed a bunch of Shona Banda related fb pages, but none that I can confirm are affiliated. I am wary of opportunist scammers who would pose as her and try to shunt donations to accounts they control.

I was friends with her prior to this.

Her profile is working now. Not deleted but something was broken with it earlier.

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