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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
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Previously: Police Claim Recording of Marijuana Dispensary Raid is Illegal
(Score: 4, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday October 31 2016, @06:40PM
Too bad, the cops got to it already. Weren't you reading the summary? =P
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 31 2016, @11:37PM
Santa Ana is the county seat and the most populous city in Orange County.
After cannabis advocates had done all the legwork, a twisted business-centric, greed-centric Measure BB was put on the ballot for the November 2014 election in Santa Ana.
It would allow a very political process to pick and choose who got the limited number of licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries in the city.
A more patient-centric, community-centric Measure CC was then qualified for the ballot, with the cannabis advocates once again doing all the legwork.
Measure BB is a mistake but CC will protect the rights of patients and the community [newsantaana.com]
There was a massive infusion of money into the pro-BB/anti-CC campaign (lots of scare tactics).
In the election, BB got the most votes and was adopted, meaning that CC was defeated.
As was predicted, the licensing process was very dirty (the same entity/business group applying many times under different names) and things became very political, with Mayor Miguel Pulido (a shady machine-politics character) being widely suspected of graft.
The Sky High Collective applied for a license, was denied, and, in the Spring of 2015, opens an unlicensed medical marijuana dispensary in Santa Ana.
On May 26, 2015, the Santa Ana Police conducts a raid on the Sky High dispensary and are extremely disrespectful to the people there, in particular to a one-legged wheelchair-bound worker.
video [jifeed.net]
Police officers Brandon Matthew Sontag, Nicole Lynn Quijas, and Jorge Arroyo steal consumables, eat them, goof off (playing darts), and are recorded doing so.
The cops smash the surveillance cameras after there is already video of them being criminals.
An edited version of the recording is released June 10, 2015.
On July 1, 2015, the unedited video is released.
Report: Full Video Shows Those Santa Ana Cops Eating Even MORE Edibles [laist.com]
On June 20, 2016 the 3 bad cops plead not guilty to charges of theft and vandalism.
3 Santa Ana police officers plead not guilty to theft in raid of pot shop [ocregister.com]
On July 14, 2016, the 3 dirty cops are FINALLY fired.
Santa Ana Police Department Fires Officers In Pot Video Case [ocweekly.com]
October 26, 2015: There is a civil settlement with the dispensary for damages.
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(Score: 2) by canopic jug on Tuesday November 01 2016, @09:59AM
Who's == Who is; Who was
Whose == Belongs to whom
Thanks.
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