Read the whole article because it’s hilarious.

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    Officers allegedly raided the diagnostic center, located in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, thinking it was a front for an illegal cannabis cultivation facility, pointing to higher-than-usual energy use and the “distinct odor” of cannabis plants, according to the lawsuit.

    MRI machine probably draws quite a bit

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      The real takeaway here is that they bullshitted smelling an odor of cannabis when there was none as an excuse to justify starting the raid in the first place. Some officer(s) lied on a form somewhere.

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        I don’t know if there is any single takeaway here, this story is just fucking ridiculous on every single level.

        1. They bullshited themselves into a search warrant based on typical cannabis “investigation methods”.
        2. In a state where recreational cannabis use is legal.
        3. Persisted in the search even after their main argument for it, high energy usage indicating a grow-op, fell away when it was clear it was indeed a medical facility.
        4. Made the motherfucking “Gun flies to MRI” TV trope a certified reality. This is a thing that verifiably happened now.
        5. Instead of getting help, used a sealed (!) emergency shutdown button…
        6. …which damaged the machine. And released thousands of dollars worth of helium gas.
        7. Forgot their loaded magazine on the ground.

        This can’t be real. I’m fucking dying over here. Please let there be bodycam footage of the cop speaking in a high pitched voice after. (I know the helium was probably not released into the room, but one can hope I guess)

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          Made the motherfucking “Gun flies to MRI” TV trope a certified reality. This is a thing that verifiably happened now.

          All those writers and directors who were laughed at and mocked have now been vindicated.

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          5 . Instead of getting help, used a sealed (!) emergency shutdown button…

          The sealed shutdown was definitely behind glass which the cop smashed with the nearest object just like in every movie

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        Didn’t they recently rule that cops can no longer use the “I smelled weed” excuse as reasonable suspicion/probable cause? Maybe that was just one state.

        Seems doubly ridiculous that this happened in California

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          And if it did smell like weed near the MRI place, you know what I’d suspect? That’s a venn diagram with cancer patients in the middle.

          You really want to crack down on cancer patients?

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            The answer has always been yes.

            Look, WA was one of the first states to legalize, just weeks after CO. There was a police officer in Seattle who had to be reassigned because he kept writing tickets to people with weed even though it was legal. The point? Right-wing nuts are antisocial.

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              Arizona was sending people to prison even though they had the medical marijuana card on them. It took the State Supreme Court to tell them they couldn’t just redefine words to say the new law didn’t count for edibles and vapes.

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            I’m sorry, you’ve been disqualified from any chance of employment as a police officer. You’ve shown entirely too much critical thinking here.

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          That was Illinois but honestly it’s just obvious in any state with a recreational/medicinal use law.

          It’s ridiculous they’re allowed to keep using it as an excuse in general.

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        Cut off the motherfucker’s nose, let’s all recognize potsmeller when he’s walking down the street.

        Argh, the fucking police being powertripping cunts really gets me going.

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          Yep. And that would have been legal anyway. This was really about ring-wing zealots being right-wing.

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      “Doctors are just a bunch of overeducated assholes who think they are smarter than everyone else. What could they possibly be doing with all that electricity?”

      • LAPD probably
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          “Do you think it’s the clearly sick looking person in a gown standing outside the building labeled a medical facility with a handrolled cigarette that smells like weed?”

          “Nah, that’s just someone who is buying weed from them.”