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Bumbling US cops who raided a medical diagnostics center thinking it was a cannabis farm got a gun stuck to the powerful magnets of an MRI machine, a California lawsuit has alleged.

The owners of the facility are claiming damages against the Los Angeles Police Department for an operation their lawyers describe as "nothing short of a disorganized circus."

Their lawsuit details how a SWAT team swarmed Noho Diagnostic Center after the squad's leader persuaded a magistrate to issue a search warrant.

Officer Kenneth Franco drew on his "twelve hours of narcotics training" and discovered the facility was using more electricity than nearby stores, the lawsuit said.

"Officer Franco, therefore, concluded (the facility) was cultivating cannabis, disregarding the fact that it is a diagnostic facility utilizing an MRI machine, X-ray machine and other heavy medical equipment -- unlike the surrounding businesses selling flowers, chocolates and children's merchandise," the suit said.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What the fuck? Anyone mining crypto or running servers at home better watch out before their energy company tips off their local gang and gets them raided.

Go solar.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They also figure it out with FLIR cameras. A grow operation is going to produce a lot of heat.

This sometimes results in other amazing police work. Like going on the local news and showing the millions of dollars of marijuana plants that were seized in a raid. And then someone points out that they're actually tomato plants.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I love when they quote how many 'pounds of marijuana' they got when they are weighing the growing medium, the full plant, seedlings, clones, etc .

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

Instead of seeking expert advice on how to retrieve the weapon, one officer decided to activate the emergency shutdown button.

That is criminal levels.of negligence, and they should be fully responsible for all damages to the machine and the business

A spokesman for LAPD told AFP the department does not comment on open or pending litigation

I bet you don't

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Literally dumb, dumber and dumbest cop (for not reading the sign saying to remove anything metallic from your person when entering a MRI room).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Drug dealer turns on MRI, NO YOU FREEZE!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Unfortunately turning on an MRI and building up the magnetic field takes hours

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Officer Franco detected some dank-o. See the thrilling videos at 11!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

At the end of the article, which is already a litany of clownish buffoonery, it states that after destroying (effectively) the MRI machine in order to retrieve the rifle, he failed to retrieve a loaded magazine. So it was just left on the floor as they left.

Edit: autocorrect had changed it to clownfish

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't know which part is worse, that they destroyed a several hundred thousand dollar machine for a fucking gun, that they left the magazine behind, or that they did all that for cannabis.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They wouldn't be able to get it out otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

There are ways to get it without destroying the machine. If it's an electromagnet it will cost you several thousand dollars because there is cooling helium inside you have to remove, but you can stop it. Even if it's a permanent magnet there are techniques to remove metal objects. Incidents with metal objects in these rooms happen all the time in hospitals.

I don't get why you would defend this stupid cop, especially by making stuff up. A medical device like an MRI scanner is infinitely more important than a gun, for god's sake. Even if we assume they cost the same, what deserves to be saved is the medical device.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Didn’t I read somewhere once that to be a cop, you can’t have an IQ over a certain threshold? I’m not sure if that was an urban legend or not, but this…..

This certainly lends to its credibility.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's not an official requirement anywhere I've heard of, but I do recall cases where people have noticed police departments declining to hire applicants who scored too high on their aptitude test. I think someone even sued over it, but the court found that being too smart was not a protected class, so the department was within their rights to do that. Or something like that, it's been a while since that story broke.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Upvotes on this showing the level of critical thinking skills people here have.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Care to elaborate?

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