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JI7

(89,290 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 02:26 AM Jun 2015

Cops Caught Eating Pot Edibles during Marijuana Dispensary Raid

The Weekly has received footage from a recent marijuana dispensary raid that appears to show Santa Ana police officers eating pot candy and throwing darts after destroying--or so they thought--all the surveillance cameras inside the cannabis shop.

The video footage shows an officer stuffing something into his mouth and handing something to another cop, who asks him "What flavor?" The officers then laugh. The footage is too grainy to be certain that the item that the officer picks up from the counter of the cannabis shop is in fact a pot edible, although the behavior of the officers suggests this is the case.

Also in the footage: a female police officer joking that she wanted to kick Marla James--a marijuana activist and wheelchair-bound amputee who was present during the raid--in her "nub."

As the Weekly reported yesterday, a Superior Court judge has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the city's Measure BB, which will allow some 20 dispensaries to operate legally in Santa Ana. The judge's order came in response to lawsuits filed by dispensaries that failed to win during the city's controversial Feb. 5 lottery process.

video at link

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2015/06/santa_ana_cops_caught_on_camera_eating_pot_candy_joking_about_kicking_amputee_patient_in_her_nub.php

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Cops Caught Eating Pot Edibles during Marijuana Dispensary Raid (Original Post) JI7 Jun 2015 OP
Maybe they were "special" donuts? U4ikLefty Jun 2015 #1
So that is what they do; just nothing but thugs with a badge to rob innocent people of medicine. Rex Jun 2015 #2
Police are a public menace and need to be taken off the streets. Scootaloo Jun 2015 #3
It's true. How bad do they have to get before society has to create a special force to control cops? Enthusiast Jun 2015 #9
Damn straight. Not a day goes by anymore hifiguy Jun 2015 #20
Yay Drug War! Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #4
Bastards... JackInGreen Jun 2015 #5
And if I had to guess that's probably the ONLY reason they're gonna get in trouble. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #11
All in the JackInGreen Jun 2015 #13
Marla James on Cop. Unknown Beatle Jun 2015 #6
They want everybody's respect, LuvNewcastle Jun 2015 #8
Nub? Enthusiast Jun 2015 #7
Yeah, because the woman in question is an amputee. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #10
Well. I did wonder what they meant by nub. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #14
The modern day Gestapo-they also had immunity for their actions. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #12
Hell I've seen cops get away with murder now days. B Calm Jun 2015 #15
We all have now on national TV...over someone guy selling cigs on a street corner. Rex Jun 2015 #17
Make sure your security cameras do wireless uploads mainer Jun 2015 #16
Or have a few hidden away out of site. Rex Jun 2015 #18
+1. That's "Proactive Policing" for you. nt bemildred Jun 2015 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author olddots Jun 2015 #21
Fucking pigs. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2015 #22
The scariest action was the destruction of video equipment mainer Jun 2015 #23
Rude, crude, property destroying, thieves. JEB Jun 2015 #24
Sounds like standard shop talk for cops. nt raouldukelives Jun 2015 #25
Dear OC Weekly: Kindly cease saying "wheelchair-bound". KamaAina Jun 2015 #26
If only they shot an innocent person Politicalboi Jun 2015 #27
They look like a bunch of criminal thugs WDIM Jun 2015 #28
 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
2. So that is what they do; just nothing but thugs with a badge to rob innocent people of medicine.
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 02:43 AM
Jun 2015

I figured it was like that, so their own level of law is a standard lower then what they expect from the people they are supposed to protect and serve.

Thugs with guns and a love for violence...pathetic.



Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
9. It's true. How bad do they have to get before society has to create a special force to control cops?
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 05:21 AM
Jun 2015

Each city could have them. They could tell cops, "On the ground!" Then they could search the cops for weapons, drugs and bribe money.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
20. Damn straight. Not a day goes by anymore
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 09:53 AM
Jun 2015

Without an outrageous story of kkkops bullying, abusing, or murdering the citizenry.

JackInGreen

(2,975 posts)
5. Bastards...
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 04:56 AM
Jun 2015

but I can't entirely blame em, I mean....free edibles, from a certain perspective, right?
Just so happens it makes them hypocritical !@#!@$!%!.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
11. And if I had to guess that's probably the ONLY reason they're gonna get in trouble.
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 05:24 AM
Jun 2015

Destroying the video cameras so they couldn't be filmed, the rest of the shit, they'd get a pass.

But they DID teh POT so...

JackInGreen

(2,975 posts)
13. All in the
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 05:50 AM
Jun 2015

pursuit of law and order and protecting the community, ye know? We can't let officers be reprimanded for such little things, BUT DAT MAR-JU-WANNA

Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)
6. Marla James on Cop.
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 05:01 AM
Jun 2015
"You know what, I was really nice to that woman," James said. "I even complimented her on her hair. I treated that woman with respect and I have no idea why she wanted to kick my stump."

That's because they don't respect normal everyday civilians. Fucking pigs!

LuvNewcastle

(16,869 posts)
8. They want everybody's respect,
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 05:18 AM
Jun 2015

but they show so little toward other people. If you aren't a cop, you're a scumbag to them.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
10. Yeah, because the woman in question is an amputee.
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 05:22 AM
Jun 2015

Seriously not cool.

BTW I'm sure you didn't catch that when you put the laughing guy down, but I thought I should point it out.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
17. We all have now on national TV...over someone guy selling cigs on a street corner.
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 09:38 AM
Jun 2015

We also saw the cops in question get away with it free of charges.

mainer

(12,037 posts)
16. Make sure your security cameras do wireless uploads
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 09:33 AM
Jun 2015

Because cops clearly try to destroy video of their raids.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
18. Or have a few hidden away out of site.
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 09:39 AM
Jun 2015

Seems it will be up to us the citizen to self-police, since cops have a different agenda.

Response to JI7 (Original post)

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,370 posts)
22. Fucking pigs.
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 10:07 AM
Jun 2015

In what fucking universe is it OK to tear private property ( the cameras) off the walls in a raid?

I mean, they have an excuse for seizing the DVR(s) - but what the fuck is the excuse for ripping out cameras? I mean, besides the fact they are criminal pigs.



Sgt. Stedenko: The only way to catch a doper is when you yourself become a smoker. The surest way to make them bleed is when you bust their ass and steal their weed.

mainer

(12,037 posts)
23. The scariest action was the destruction of video equipment
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 10:31 AM
Jun 2015

I don't care about the dart throwing. I don't really care too much about their eating the pot. What scares me most is their destruction of cameras and surveillance video and how routine it looked for them. As if they're so accustomed to hiding their misdeeds that they don't even think twice about it.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
26. Dear OC Weekly: Kindly cease saying "wheelchair-bound".
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 12:46 PM
Jun 2015

It makes it sound like she's into BDSM or something. Ms. James "uses a wheelchair".

Thank you.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
27. If only they shot an innocent person
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 01:02 PM
Jun 2015

They wouldn't be in trouble.

Bad Toys Bad Toys What ya gonna do when they break on you.

WDIM

(1,662 posts)
28. They look like a bunch of criminal thugs
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 01:04 PM
Jun 2015

Coming in with ski mask on just like they are robbing the place. Which is exactly what they are doing. Trying to kick in doors that are unlocked and open to customers.

This is a disgusting display of abuse of power and trambling the rights of citizens.

They truly live up (or down) to being called pigs. Even pigs are better then these waste of space, and air.

Our law enforcement is pathetic in this country. We need new comphrensive training and we need officers to be focusing on real crimes with real victims. Not harrassing peaceful citizens with plants.

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