LAPD raid goes from bad to farce after gun allegedly sucked onto MRI machine

Not saying drugs haven't ruined lives, but the war on drugs has ruined far more.

Holy shit, they pulled the emergency release on one of those MRI machines. I think that adds a zero or two to the cost of bringing back online.

At one point, an officer walked into an MRI room, past a sign warning that metal was prohibited inside, with his rifle “dangling… in his right hand, with an unsecured strap,” the lawsuit said.

Officers allegedly raided the diagnostic center, located in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, thinking it was a front for an illegal cannabis cultivation facility, pointing to higher-than-usual energy use and the “distinct odor” of cannabis plants, according to the lawsuit.

MRI machine probably draws quite a bit

The icing on the donut:

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.

Hey, y'all need to chill out. The cops have qualified immunity because they are better trained and educated than the average civilian. Y'all think this was a medical imaging center!? You don't know that! They could have been growing dangerous Marijuana that immigrated here illegally from Mexico to eat the dogs and cats!

Thank God our boys in blue took the time to clear this potentially dangerous building of any possible threats! That MRI machine nearly got one of them until they disarmed and detained it!

Just another dangerous day on the job!

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.

The shutdown did have to happen (because the cop is a dumbass) but it obviously should have been done by someone who knows what they are doing. The guy should be suspended for being a dumbass and also for leaving his loaded magazine.

All this to find some weed. Like why even bother?

Does LAPD specifically hire the dumbest dumbfucks they can find? 'Cause if this is their best, well ...

I'm not surprised by the rubber stamped warrant. Cop shops are known to shop for judges that will just stamp off. I'm sure they didn't mention that it was a MRI business but the odor of weed even combined with high energy usage shouldn't be enough for a raid IMO. There should be some other evidence, especially in LA where it smells like weed pretty much anywhere.

I'm curious how this will go. I assume LA will settle out of court because they don't want a precedent set that they actually going to be responsible for private property damage during raids.

I didnt know they could use the "I smell weed" excuse to raid buildings and stuff now.

Thats just like, the magic words that make all rights disappear, innit?

- "Look out, it's got a gun!!"
[police open fire for 5 minutes]

Proof that Magneto would win if you bring guns.

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.

High energy usage and a smell of cannabis. If they got a warrant for this raid then there was also a judged who fucked up.

Don't forget -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LASD_deputy_gangs

This is the dumbest damned thing I've read about all month. What the absolute fuck???

Good God. What a bunch of morons.

This officer likely faces more punishment for damage to his rifle than the damage caused by the raid.

The judge that signed the warrant needs to be removed from the bench as completely incompetent. A simple inquiry into the type of business would have resolved the power consumption issues and belie the weed smell as the lie it was.

Some days I feel like the only thing I can do to make a difference is become a cop and do nothing but arrest wealthy people and state that their property was used in the furtherance of a crime. Just start doing asset forfeiture against everyone and anything that currently believes themselves insulated.

Hell, become a cop and use asset forfeiture on the police station because we have public record of the crimes they've perpetrated.

Wait, but... It's California? They don't even do grow ops in la, they do it less than a day's ride up the coast? You know, the biggest weed producers in the country? Hombolt?

This officer should have gone to Trump University and and would have learned you can defeat magnets by just getting them wet. A cup of water, BOOM, no more magnet!

Also, did the officer believe upon entering the outside room that they were somehow growing pot plants in the MRI tube behind an invisible curtain or something? Why would you need to walk into the room? Also, buying all that medical equipment would be a pretty big investment as just a front to grow a few pot plants. How does a warrant like that even get signed off on? Increased power compared to other non-medical buildings, and someone who thought they smelled pot? I'm sure it couldn't have been someone in the waiting room that smoked up, or was around someone smoking before before going inside, right?

Wow that's like a circus lmao

Why did he leave the magazine though? What if he would have encountered some pet dogs later that day?

"The only thing that stops a bad MRI with a gun is a good MRI with a gun."