The MRI machine’s magnetic force then allegedly sucked his rifle across the room, pinning it against the machine…An officer then allegedly pulled a sealed emergency release button that shut the MRI machine down, deactivating it, evaporating thousands of liters of helium gas and damaging the machine in the process. The officer then grabbed his rifle and left the room, leaving behind a magazine filled with bullets on the office floor, according to the lawsuit.

Despite the TARGET PREMISES’ legitimate business certification, OFFICER FRANCO, as a natural next step, contacted LAPD’s Gang and Narcotics Division Cannabis Support Unit. OFFICER FRANCO learned that the TARGET PREMISES, a medical diagnostic center, does not have a license to cultivate cannabis, a finding he promptly labeled a “violation of the California Health and Safety Code.”

Based on his 15 years as an LAPD officer and twelve hours of narcotics training, and based upon the presence of security cameras (typical of any reasonable commercial business), tinted windows (a reasonable practice for any medical facility concerned with patient privacy), high power usage (as any diagnostic facility), the alleged odor of cannabis plants (in a busy shopping plaza with no prior reports), the absence of a cultivation permit (which no diagnostic healthcare facility would possess), and the presence of two men wearing identical company branded shirts (unexpected of individuals involved in illegal cultivation), OFFICER FRANCO found probable cause for cannabis cultivation at the TARGET PREMISES.

  • @RamblingPanda
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    He’s the type of idiot that would raid a power plant because the power lines to/from it look like it would supply a lot of grow lights. Also, there’s a fence around it. That’s a typical sign for a weed business, there’s no other explanation!

    • EleventhHour
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      32 months ago

      Not to mention that weed businesses are perfectly legal in California

      • @RamblingPanda
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        72 months ago

        But it didn’t have a license and it had some socialist magic device to pull weapons from police people 😭

        • EleventhHour
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          32 months ago

          Thing is, the MRI requires a license to operate. But the cops didn’t check for that.

  • @[email protected]
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    The cop then pulled the emergency stop on the MRI, which if you don’t know, basically breaks the machine. MRI machines are incredibly expensive to repair.

    • Refurbished Refurbisher
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      152 months ago

      Lemme guess, the police aren’t going to pay shit for the damages, and if they do, it will come directly from the taxpayers instead of the individual cops.

      • @RamblingPanda
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        112 months ago

        What do you expect from them? Being able to read the very clear warning signs? Geez…