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posted by martyb on Monday October 31 2016, @01:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the Five-stars...would-raid-again! dept.

Marijuana Dispensary wins $100,000!

When Sky High Holistic was subject to a police raid, it was hardly the end of the business. In fact, it ironically gave the marijuana dispensary a big boost, $100,000 to be exact.

The money comes from a lawsuit alleging police harassment of the marijuana dispensary, settled by the City of Santa Ana this week. Santa Ana has also agreed to drop charges against a dozen employees accused of illegally operating.

It's a good thing the cameras were on; The dispensary cameras, that is. Apparently, the cops hung around the establishment long after the raid occurred, playing darts and making demeaning comments about the staff. And once they got comfortable, they indulged in Sky High pot-laced edibles.

Article:

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/pot-shop-busts-cops-surveillance-cam-wins-100000
https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.alternet.org/drugs/pot-shop-busts-cops-surveillance-cam-wins-100000

Previously: Police Claim Recording of Marijuana Dispensary Raid is Illegal


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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by VLM on Monday October 31 2016, @01:45PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 31 2016, @01:45PM (#420855)

    In some cities "cop" mean chaperone, I live in a nice area where all they do is break up teen parties and arrest drunk drivers and yell at speeders and that's really all they do, at least that is all that is in the weekly police blotter.

    In some cities "cop" means military occupation force infantry, and they shoot unarmed black dudes in the back because whats another dead enemy soldier, its just like Somalia and black hawk down out there, etc. I'm pretty thankful I don't live there.

    In some cities "cop" means just another organized crime criminal gang. "We're not MS13 we have badges instead" Apparently that is the situation in Santa Ana.

    There are probably even more definitions of "cop".

    The word and concept seem inadequate as people talking about a military infantry unit are going to be totally confused when talking to people who think they're talking about high school dance chaperones or whatever other possible misunderstanding.

    Someone completely politically incorrect could notice certain correlations in races who live in the community vs how the cops behave toward them ... It is amazing sometimes how predictive wrongthink and badthink can be.

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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by kurenai.tsubasa on Monday October 31 2016, @02:24PM

    by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Monday October 31 2016, @02:24PM (#420866) Journal

    I also live somewhere the police are more like chaperones to run with your analogy. It's not the wealthiest town in my metro-ish area (not the tax haven at least), but we have a strong middle class. Looking on Wikipedia for the town (amazing I can just do that) we have let's say for the purposes of wrongthink 90% whitie (including Asian, mostly Indian I think) and 5-ish% “those people.” Looking to the town to the north where the police are more like an organized crime gang, it's 70% whitie, 25-ish% “those people.” It also lacks a strong middle class. So there's all kinds of correlations one can expect there.

    Correlations can tell us what to expect, which is the only sense they're “predictive.” They don't tell us the why though.

    I think the big big big thing the moon matrix media and the lizard people don't want us to catch on to is that the strength of the middle class is the predictor of what a “cop” exactly is. Instead, you tune into the moon matrix and it's all about race. We've got people talking about reparations yet again. That's convenient for the lizard people to keep us divided and at each other's throats.

    • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @04:51PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @04:51PM (#420921)

      > I think the big big big thing the moon matrix media and the lizard people

      It is such a good thing that you mention those points. They help to remind me that even though you sound reasonable, you are actually batshit crazy and I shouldn't take anything you say at face value because it all comes from the land of the lost mind.

      • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Monday October 31 2016, @05:14PM

        by LoRdTAW (3755) on Monday October 31 2016, @05:14PM (#420933) Journal

        I sort of think its creative writing using analogies, substitute and sarcasm.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @06:11PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @06:11PM (#420955)

          You might think that... if there wasn't a long history of constant references to those things in their previous posts. Once or twice its creative. 20+ times and its a delusion.

          • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday October 31 2016, @06:41PM

            by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday October 31 2016, @06:41PM (#420971) Journal

            She can be nuts and still be correct, you know. Remember what we were calling "tinfoil hat nutshittery" just ten years ago?

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            I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @07:33PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @07:33PM (#421014)

              Sorry, but that is false logic. Just because one thing is possible does not make something else, completely unrelated, likely.

              There are no lizard people. If you think Snowden's revelations about the NSA have the made the case for the existence of lizard people even an iota stronger, then you may even be more batshit than kuro.

              • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday October 31 2016, @08:09PM

                by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday October 31 2016, @08:09PM (#421030) Journal

                Uhh...what? I don't think there are any lizard people. Maybe you misread something here?

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                I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
              • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 31 2016, @08:46PM

                by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 31 2016, @08:46PM (#421042) Journal

                So - what's the difference between "ruling class" and "lizard people"? It isn't clear to me that the people harping about lizard people believe that some people are literally lizards in people skins. There are, however, a very small number of people who either own or control almost all of the world's wealth. The conspiracy nuts have been searching for evidence of the conspiracy for a long time now, but haven't uncovered anything definitive.

                https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/18/richest-62-billionaires-wealthy-half-world-population-combined [theguardian.com]

                One half of the world's population shares less wealth than that accumulated by the 62 wealthiest people on earth. Conspiracy or not, you can bet that none of those 62 are willing to see laws changed that might reduce their share of the wealth.

                • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday November 01 2016, @01:18AM

                  by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday November 01 2016, @01:18AM (#421100) Journal

                  Who are you and what have you done with the real Runaway1956? You're...you're being reasonable, and telling the truth, and citing sources, and caring about other human beings. Did you have a religious experience recently or something?

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                  I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
                  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 01 2016, @09:57AM

                    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 01 2016, @09:57AM (#421189)

                    All three of you range between extreme and rational views.

                    Personally I take the Lizard People thing as metaphorical. And more than likely intended to convey 'cold bloodedness', which given the current presidential candidates in the US seems very fitting, the top two are definitely 'lizard people' if you defined them as 'cold/blue blooded', and having read further on those below the top 4 current candidates, they are ALL whackjobs in one way or another. To the point where I would be submitting a blank ballot as an american voter.

          • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @07:11PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @07:11PM (#420987)

            -1 no transgender hunnies references

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @05:26PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @05:26PM (#420938)

        Yeah, just an amusing reference to Media and the wealthy elite.