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Police Claim Recording of Marijuana Dispensary Raid is Illegal

posted by janrinok on Sunday August 09 2015, @03:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the sauce-for-the-goose dept.

darkfeline writes:

Police who raided a marijuana store, destroying security cameras and the DVR, harassing the store's customers, consuming edible marijuana products, and playing darts, were caught on camera. The cops claim that said recording is illegal because the cops had an expectation of privacy after destroying all of the security cameras.

I wish I could make up this stuff.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2015, @10:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2015, @10:42PM (#220451)

    IANAL, but in order to claim this defense aren't they admitting to entering the location and destroying the video surveillance system? Isn't that an admission of guilt? That admission should allow the video of them destroying the surveillance system in as evidence (they've already admitted to it so it's not prejudicial) in support of the other charges. That plus the witness statements should enough to convict them on all other counts.

    BTW, the fact that they were bad at covering their tracks does not excuse them from their actions. It just means they were bad at more than being cops; they were bad at being criminals too.