This goes on in PD's across America everyday. I don't do any kinds of drugs, but regardless, these jack-booted thugs have no right to treat citizens this way. Nazis are alive and well and have control of our police forces. That's right. I said it.

Our 'finest' in action... :/

Time to "Decriminalize Marijuana" and take the "Nazi's" & the "Criminals" out of the equation!

Medical Marijuana should be allowed nation wide ... Now politicians decide what is can be used in the medical field, rather then doctors .............. ABSURD! ....

When did Americans give up the right to determine what they ingested into their body or what they would use to treat illness?

When did elected officials become experts in Pharmacology ?

Obviously someone had their hand out and didn't get their payoff!

this reminds me of Italian Mafia tactics. "Pay for our protection or we will trash the place"

this is not police protection, this is harrasment by cowboys who have declared war on anything to do with the medical program and mary jane.

what a waste of our resources, this is pathetic. these guys should be out chasing murderers and rapists, child abusers and illegal aliens, but they are out there raiding and trashing medical dispencary shops, doesn't that sound wrong, even to those people who are totally against the medical program ?

don't kid yourselves, and don't try to justify this by making the comment "the cops are just doing their job" that is just flat out not true. If they don't like it so much, then make it legal to tax and market.

much better things to do then harrass civilians and private business.

Notice that this was a permit issue. They simply did not have a permit. That is the legal equivalent of someone forgetting to renew the permit sticker on their car.

Police should no longer be allowed to hide behind the "it's a personnel issue". All complaints made against police officers should be public record. And journalists need to start publishing their names. If they are allowed to hide behind sovereign immunity (and they know that they can), then shame is the only recourse the public has to stop bad cops from continuing these kinds of action. Make their family and friends aware of who they really are.

I bet nothing happens to these police officers who clearly are way over the top. I guess when you are a punk in high school you grow up and get a badge and then turn into a bully with a power trip. How about we legalize it, tax it like alcohol and fix our deficit and stop wasting tax dollars sending some stoners to jail. All there gonna do is eat and fall asleep.

When I saw him destroying the camera I gagged, I mean. What kind of sick mother @!$%#er goes and destroys a camera just because they don't want to get caught?

Not all cops are this way. If there were stiffer penalties for the ones getting caught I feel it would prevent the rest from this type of action. The one thing I hate about when cops break the law and are caught is that they are usually not charged with the crime they committed; they are just fired. They should be licensed like doctors and attorneys so they cannot just go get a job somewhere else if they are fired but also lose their license to work as a police officer.

in my book some cops are good and some are bad, its not the job its the @!$%# doing the job that shows what the person is really like. Legalize the pot and all this @!$%# will stop because the cops will have to find someone else to beat up.

If you ever needed proof the US is a Fascist Police State, look no further.

Let me get this straight...The whole damn country is in favor of legalizing it and in favor of disbanning the Fed...so why the F don't we!!!? You stupid m$%^& FU&^%$& Fed, you have positivley NO right to police the states likes you do; pull your heads out of your a$$e$ and worry about your damned selves!! This is sickening...Rodney King is turning over in his grave right now and pointing his Desert Eagle at these cowards.

Firings should be mandatory for not only the thugs doing this but also for the authorities that authorized it, whether that be the chief or mayor or manager or whomever. There was zero excuse for the treatment of the individuals or the destruction of property just because of a lack of permit. It is one thing for someone breaking the law to be arrested, but the cops were far worse than the alleged evil dispensary was. It is way past time for criminal actions like this to be treated as such or this type of abuse by cops will continue.

As usual the California law enforcement jack booted thugs at their finest moment. It has been proved time and time again there is a fine line between a police officer and a criminal. This instance goes to reinforce this proved study done by many universities across the nation. Each and every experiment proved the same thing, cops are as bad or worse than the criminals they arrest. All of this for lack of a city permit? I would bring forth a civil lawsuit on the city of Long Beach that would bankrupt them. None of this had to happen unless you delve in heavy handed techniques and philosophy and it seems Long Beach fits this definition.

Over a city permit to do business. If the local bar/restaurant/convenience store forgot to get a permit, would they do that to the bartender /wait staff/clerk? Of course not. But this was a legal pot distibutor. Obviously he had a weapon or 3 and was completely resisting arrest. I mean, why else would you need to take 3 steps on the mans back & neck?

To Protect & Serve, eh? My a$$

You would think after all these years an Officer would anticipate security cameras, prior to even stepping foot into the dispensary.

I have a great respect for law enforcement that serves and protects. Unfortunately, these Officers make the whole department look bad. Furthermore, putting the Department liable for damages for property and persons.

If these Officers were of a reputable character, they simply would have shown their badge, collected their so called evidence, and made the arrest. Anything above those criterias, is excessive force.

Shame on them for their arrogant stupidity.

such bs get these cops off the force and into jail where they belong

So do we have police in America or street thugs? It's always seems more of the latter from my view. It seems that for many peace officers their job is about intimidation and control by fear, not just about enforcing laws. But until someone way up the ladder says enough is enough, street thugs are what we will have. There isn't a police officer that I've had contact with in my life who has not left me with the impression that they are essentially gov't backed criminals.. and I've never met one who has EARNED my respect. My respect can't be gained by beating me into submission, it can't be gained by trying to scare me, it can't be gained by comitting acts of violence/fraud in the course of law enforcement duties. You find me a cop that you say is truly professional and I probably won't believe you. What incentive do they have to do their jobs professionally?

LMAO..unreal those cops..they bash the video camera's so they are not recorded..but leave the recorded tape/disk in system with out taking it..Dumb and Dumber those cops!

These thugs brazenly and routinely do stuff like this but this time they discovered their abuse was being recorded. Being the Neanderthals they are, their first reaction was to smash the surveillance cameras as if that would somehow erase all that has been recorded.

They need to feel the full accountability for their actions but we all know nothing will come of this. Why? Because there is no one to police the police, they are a law unto themselves, and they know it.

Too many cops are nothing but bullies. Yes, you can say this man was breaking the law, but that does not make this kind of treatment right. He was not hurting anyone. Just like the cops who raid the wrong house, shoot the family pet, and get away scott free. Cowards and bullies. Makes me respect cops less and less every day. Which is sad, because there are a few good ones out there.

wow, so shocked by this video. i can't believe this is how policemen act in america!!

yeah, so the last sentence was utter sarcasm. police people are ALL (note, i want to be very clear here, each and every single police officer in america) dirty and corrupt. officer's ROUTINELY lie on the witness stand, its practically expected nowadays. if you're surprised by this video, you're either naive or just plain stupid. cops get way to much power, and judges have to believe whatever they may or may not say. you could get pulled over for speeding, and if a cop decided to, he could probably pin attempted murder of a police officer on you. complete bulls***. cops have way, way, way too much power, and they're all dirty lieing bastards.

Ddotherightthing, which "real Americans" are running for office that you think actually WILL legalize? Are there any independents running that will do that? Everyone is so quick to criticize, but what alternatives are they offering? Does it make more sense to vote for someone who may do what you want or someone who surely will not?

Yeah Parappa.. because there are NEVER any other cases of police overstepping their bounds are there? Lol.. try literally THOUSANDS per year. This IS the way the vast majority of police behave on some level or another.

just another example of the police thinking they are above the laws they are intrusted to enforce. the key is they intentionally went after the cameras so folks couldn't see what they were doing

Parappa.....Really ? This is the only time you have seen video of cops doing illegal stuff ? And I saw several officers using too much force and breaking private property in this video not just one...And I think it would be " Policemen" not " Policeman" and really it should just be police like the article stated....I think some cops are female..

A business operating without a city permit would get a letter in the mail from the City Attorney's office

Hey People! We live in a Police state! The DEA are the only law enforcemnet agenycy that has the legality to raid a collective! Not the city police. I know of a few collictives where they where Firearms on there belt, for fear of getting robbed. What going to happen when an incident that occured in LB, occurs where the employees are armed ? thats when the shooting starts. The way Long Beach detectives acted in this raid is discusting and talkabout police brutality. It's not going to end! I really fear that a raid on an armed collective is going to turn in to a shoot out and we are going to have a cival unrest thats going to be very violent. It's time we stand up to these Nazi tactics the police are using against innocent citizens and fight back. Stand our ground. Read the 2nd amedment about the formation of a cival Malisha to gain back are Liberty and Cival Rights. Time to lethally defend our ground! If the courts don't bring us justice!

Any vote for a Democrat or a Republican is a vote in favor of the most draconian drug enforcement
Washington can produce. Only by voting for Liberty can our lost freedoms be restored.

Please, vote LIBERTARIAN with me; if only this once.

a lot of people are for pot...a lot of people are for up holding the law...but the politicians want to select which laws to uphold...i'm sure obama ...will be heard say'n...if had i had some pot we wouldn't be in this mess...how many trillion is debt...he ain't got a dime bag...

What a bunch of punk, pussy, mother @!$%#ers. You are a bunch of cowards, not cops; but @!$%#ing COWARDS!!!! Stepping on someones back and neck like that, nothing but a PURE PUSSY. Come down to South Georgia and try some of that stupid @!$%# and watch your ass get handed to you on a silver platter!!! Nothing but an abuse of power that you shouldn't have in the first place. You @!$%#ING COWARDS!!!!! I hate @!$%#ing cops and this just adds fuel to the fire. You all are nothing but a bunch of @!$%# ups that couldn't make it anywhere else in life. The majority of you worthless @!$%#s and are worse than the average criminal. I hope you get your teeth kicked out of your @!$%#ing mouth, @!$%#ing losers!!! Especially the little @!$%#ing wimp that couldn't even break a camera. I bet you got beat up everyday and are more than likely queer!!!! I hope you sorry @!$%#s get what you deserve, fired and your sorry asses kicked!!! Charges will be filed and a lawsuit will follow!!! Stupid coward @!$%#s!!!!!

The best weed I have ever paid for was from a cop.

Actually, these cops are most likely going to lose their jobs and face prosecution. California law forbids law enbforcement officers to tamper with video recordings of their activities in any way. I'm pretty sure that smashing video surveillance cameras will be seen as an attempt to cover up their actions. Otherwise it is just the malicious destruction of private property.

Doesn't matter whether it was local or federal law enforcement. The job of Police officers is to enforce laws not destroy personal property. All of you who assume this is how all Police officers act are just as bad as those who jump to blame miorities or ethnic groups because of the bad conduct of one individual who happends to share a belief, religion, skin color etc ... so GIVE IT A REST. They need to be held accountable for their behavior. There was no reason to step onthe suspect and no reason to break the cameras ... as for a few ceiling tiles, it depends on what they were there to do, checking a drop ceiling for contraband may result in broken tiles ... but lets concentrate on the WHOLE story ... sounds like there is alot more going on here than just no permit ...

These are criminals with badges!! Nothing more!! Prison time is what they all deserve! America is not yet a police run nation!! Just my thoughts!!

First of all people are fooled if they dont think hemp medicines were readily available until 1937 in the United States. Herbert Hoover was the president then and what a piece of crap he was. If you do the research as I have done, you will see that 3 companies highly influenced the removal of hemp medicines that were already here in the States. The companies that you should look at and what they did during this time will lead you to the truth. There is no other truth than this. Dupont Plastics, Hearst Wood Products, and The Gulf Oil Company. Yep that would be the famous Patty Hearst Grandfather company by the way. Why were they removing hemp and the medicines that are associated with them? Hemp is easily grown for many many industrial products that would have been cheaper to manufacture other than oil. You could produce a fuel that would run cars currently cheaper than the current rate of a gallon of gas. Everything that is produced by hemp is 1/3 the cost of wood products as well as oil to produce the same thing. When your trying to catch the government in lies all you have to do is follow the money trail. This corrupt corporations lie, cheat, and steal to cover the truths. They also created the FBI to curb hemp products from the market. They also brought in a name of marijuana from south of the border to make it even more negatively thought of. Our FBI boys did this by the way. One of the relations to the three corporations was head of this newly created FBI. Dont think they have lied to us ever since. Better think again. This government is very close to being disbanded by Americans and in my opinion the sooner the better. This is the biggest crap you will ever know about our big brother syndrome. Indica hemp oil made from the buds of pure indica plants will cure cancer inside and out with no side effects. It also cures STDs and will bring people out of a stroke and it will cure all kinds of other diseases with no side effects. What the hell are we doing letting anyone go through chemo or radiation treatments. Who implements this, why our might big brother. They know Indica hemp oil cures cancer with no side effects, yet they still implement chemo and radiation with only a 33% success rate. Indica hemp oil has a 100% success rate with no side effects. Dont believe this. Better take a look at Rick Simpsons run from the cure. These idiots have no ethics, no morals, and with implementation of their take on cancer amounts to nothing more than murder by proxy. Still think this piece of crap corporate thinking cancerous government has your best interests at heart? Plus all the damn illegals stealing jobs in America and them just letting them walk right on over and take our jobs. They are thieves for letting them here and they are thiefs for coming here and working any job a real US citizen could work. Just thieves. Do the research for yourselves.

Dont use chemo or radiation or you might end up dead for it. Youd be doing our social security system a big favor by dying by the way. This nation what a joke. Time to get rid of corporate America running our country and take it back for the people. No more illegals and no more federal indignities by our idiot that think they are doing a great thing for us by screwing our country up. I believe a 6 year old could ruin our country just a bad as these boys have. Isnt that right Nancy let um in Pelosi, and lets make a deal Richard Reed for illegals to stay. What a joke these two have been. They should be considered communists.

FireBlade

this reminds me of Italian Mafia tactics. "Pay for our protection or we will trash the place"

Ironically, that is how the Cartels work. At least in Juarez that I can speak of except they usually shoot up the place or torch it. One way or another, the place is out of business and many times there are local badges involved with it.

This episode is comical. Local badges come in and trash the joint, treat an employee as if he was a hostile threat, destroy the vid-cams and rip the place apart looking for the recording source all because the business didn't have a permit?

Match the off-site recordings up with the payoff squeeze two years earlier and a LOT of people are going to have a field day with that PD and those badges. I can hear every lawyer in the land drooling over this one!

Hey look! a cop stepping on a black man. how unusual. lol Ill be this cops tells all his friends how patriotic he is and how he keeps america safe as he tampers with evidence and tramples the constitution. lol just another hypocrite in blue. oh yeah, in case you where wondering why we need an ACLU. there it is.

This does it, I'm never leaving the house again.

When the police are taught to hate something, they give it 100%, just wish they hated the person who copied my Debt card as much. Are they going to start cutting off fingers next... hey, why is this horse head in my bed?

Just another straw on the camels back. Time for some real change and this video proves how bad certain individuals who do not conform with the Federal government "standards" are essentially "discriminated" against.

When people start turning off their cable tv and opening theirs eyes and minds will this country once again become a great nation.

Well, at least Heinrick Himmler would have been proud...If drugs were legalized, how many DEA and prison guards would go on the unemployment lines?

These cops/agents were just trying to protect their jobs and retirement.

hell yes, Time these companies start complying with the government regs. More cops, more jobs

Hey Mr. Policeman, stoners like donuts too, why can't we be friends?

All Cops should be State Troopers not theses 20 23 year old punks that have little training or none at all.

The Defense has a huge case against the cops for evidence tampering and destruction of property. And the DA and judge for aiding and abetting after the fact if they allow this case to go to court. Even if they throw it out the store still has a case but will more than likely go nowhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRdW7fXiMf0

Good toons!

Your right.

I @!$%#ing hate cops and everybody like them.

Yeah, it takes a real man to walk on a mans neck when he's laying down with his arms stretched out.

Every one of them is a bitch. @!$%#ing Piggies wouldn't be @!$%# if they didn't have their badge, gun and friends with them. Thats it. Thats all those bitches are. Coward ass punks.

It's Pigs just like these that make me get this warm and fuzzy feeling inside every time I hear about one of them getting clipped. They deserve nothing less.....

You have to pay to play...legal that is...the dispensary did not have a "permit" "license" whatever. They got shut down by the "Outfit, Mob, Organization" whatever; you know, the Government. You got to pay the Government Mob because they make the rules. You want to sell dope, pay the government and get a permit. Selling dope is not illegal when you pay to play.

Ben, in case you cannot read or are dyslexic they had a state permit just not a city permit. I do not know about your corner of the world, wherever that is, but state trumps city and so forth. Now with this said you really believe the guy deserved to be pounced on like he had just shot the President? Get a real life and grow up.

If police performance records were public knowledge and police had to be voted into their jobs every two years,then I would be willing to bet 1 weeks sallary that this type of stuff would happen alot less often.

Instead police get to operate with impunity and immunity and get to vote on weather or not they get drug tested.

I do not trust, like, or cooperate with them ever! I also taught my daughter that cops(and I use that title loosely) ARE NEVER TO BE TRUSTED! EVEN IF YOU ARE THE ONE THAT CALLED THEM!

Don't we all smash security cameras sometimes to avoid being filmed doing our jobs as we are expected to do them? (sarcasm)

Bravo to the owners for being smart enough to record the footage to a separate location, you can bet that is a big part of why the place was torn apart... looking for the video to destroy it.

"The video, which was being recorded at an off-site location... Footage from after the raid shows a disheveled room, with portions of the ceiling removed and scattered on the floor, strew with boxes, electrical cables and other objects."

Its funny to imagine the sinking feeling the thug pigs must have had when they couldn't find the video and knew they just ruined themselves.

Federal trumps state. Illegal drugs are illegal. Stomp out the pot-houses selling illegal drugs. Anybody gets in the way, stomp them too. They are just the same as the drug pushers dealing to your kids on the school grounds (or as close to it as they can get.) "Need" for "medical" marijuana is a myth. There is no such need. Ask any reputable physician. The "thugs" are the pot sellers, not law enforcement no matter what you cop haters think. You'd rather cater to the Mexican drug cartels than adhere to law. What a greedy, small minded lot of fatherless beings you are.

no wonder cops get shot all the time. Get treated like that once and thats all it takes. Next time better to die on their feet than to live on their knees. Cops are turning into Nazis for sure. The good ones need to weed out the bad ones, but they never do, so there really are no good cops.

"I felt violated; I felt disrespected," Brooks said.

Bet that's what all criminals say when they're caught.

There is a need for medical Marijuana. Its time the Government stopped the bull and just legalize it. I can bet those that oppose it drink up their bourbon, or beer. The only time I ever hear of any aggression that involves Pot is when the law is stepping in and stepping on those that sell or use it. I am sick of hearing about it being a gateway drug, if you want to point the finger at a gateway drug you gotta start with alcohol. And unless you have tried Weed you can only go by what your narrow mind hears which isn't the way to judge something.

Everybody hates Cops until there life is threatened or some such circumstance. Most all you are nothing more than whiny, crying, snot nose Rug Rats. As far as I'm concerned Rights and Freedoms are something that is earned not given. If you really want Pot you have to earn it. Please don't try to convince me that you all have a Medical Handycap. The way that you go off half coccked like I see here. is just all the more ammo that you are giving them to stay on the NO POT part of the law. There is much talk about legalization. Work with the legislasion people and show responsability. This what you call earning the right. Than after they make it legal you can show them how irresponsible you are.

I am a ' senior' citizen who has smoked pot since the late 60's along with many others. While smoking we have never gotten violent, crashed our cars into innocent people, nor did any of the stupid things others have done while f---ed up on alcohol. Marijuana should be legalized & someday soon it will be. Common sense.

starover123 has it right, this is really about corporate control, "Big Brother" is in full swing, don't be fooled. BIG OIL and BIG PHARMA are calling the shots and our "elected" officials are powerless to effect any real change. Dupont and Gulf Oil didn't want hemp competing with their man-made products, because hemp is cheaper, safer and better. "Go natural" isn't just a phrase, it's a philosophy that has been highly ignored at the expense of morality.

BIG PHARMA doesn't want any competition from a natural product they cannot reproduce and sell (but they are trying to do just that).

Cotton seed oil producers also did not want competition from hemp, a far safer and superior product.

The farmers in Canada went on national strike until their government caved and allowed them to grow hemp, a product that can produce clothing, paper(using less water than trees and grows faster), oil, etc...and does not contain any significant amount of THC, yet is illegal in the US because certain big corporations have influenced helpless selfish Washington politicians.

Don't be fooled this about power and control. The elites, big oil, big pharma, need to maintain control over the populace, through distraction (professional-sports tickets, hollywood propaganda, fox propaganda, pressure to buy new cars, etc..), and a great current example of this is the future ban on 100 watt tungsten bulbs (because they use "too much energy") and yet TV's continue to get bigger at an alarming rate(what bull****).

Poor/working class Republican voters, Romney is not your friend, and doesn't consider you important, except for your naive vote. Did you know he follows a religion started by the polygamist Joseph Smith in 1834 in western New York state ? Did you know Romney made money by destroying jobs at Bain Capitol ? Did you know Romney has money in Swiss bank accounts ? Romney said: "The trees in Michigan are the right height" ...what in sam hill does that mean ? What is he smoking ??

Looks like someone needs to relax! All of the people leaving comments are seeing the same thing here...thugs, bullies, gangsters, PIGS, whatever you want to call it, it's all bad! Get a real job, one that serves the people...the people that pay your wages...ask us, we don't like that crap! PLAY NICE...everything the police do should be recorded and reviewed later. Pretend that your on servailence 24/7 and act accordingly. Anyone involved with taking out a camera should be fired!!!

Almost every poster, and I read them all (even the collapsed one), has this wrong. First, stop hyperventilating about this. I saw a single step on the back of what appeared to be a perfectly compliant arrestee, and this should be cause for action against the cop who did it, imo, if in fact it is impermissible for cops to do this. If cops are allowed to do this to otherwise peaceful people then that law should be changed. I saw no step on the neck, and no one just standing with both feet on the poor fellow's back.

This was not the DEA, it was not the feds. This was local cops going after an illegal dispensary. There wasn't a state permit, there was state compliance, which is not the same thing. It seems to me that knowing the dispensary was compliant with state rules should make this an administrative, rather than law enforcement, act. Perhaps, and we don't know this because we know almost nothing of this, the dispensary was NOT in complaince with state rules. Let's wait for that investigation to be completed before we find a tall tree and a short rope for the cops.

The intentional destruction of video cameras is something that should bother us all. Cops, like every government official, should have no qualms at all about conducting his or her business in the glare of the public's view. That they broke the cameras, and it's clear that more than one was involved in this part of it, is what in the law they talk about as the actions of someone engaged in, or about to engage in, illegal behavior. If what they did was legal that law must change, since how would it be different if you were holding the camera they hit with the rod, other than your body would be hit too?

There was very little damage to the place after the fact. They have no duty that I know of to put all things back in their original location and/or condition. The fact they looked into the ceiling means nothing to me other than they were doing their jobs--how easy would it be to secrete something in the suspended ceiling? Only an idiot officer wouldn't look there.

In short, there are some things here that went wrong, and some that didn't. I'm conservative and I would like to decriminalize all drugs since if you don't own your own body then how can you ever be truly free, but with a few simple and clear rules related to drug activity. People in Long Beach can, if nothing illegal took place here, vote out their leaders and put into place leaders that won't allow cops to act this way. But this isn't Obama's fault, and no matter how bad a president he's been (and it's pretty damned bad) we shouldn't look to blame him for this.

yeah...i can totally see the same thing happening at a hair saloon that forgot to pay for their business permit...suuure, they were justified in their actions...suuure, they'd do the same thing to the local liquor store that forgot to pay their fees...suuure, i can see them twisting hairdressers' arms and throwing them down to the floor...same thing with ackbar the pakistani liqour store owner...the dispensary was complying with state codes and laws...there was no illegal act on their part except for letting a permit lapse...i wonder how long that permit was unpaid for...i betcha it was overdue from just a couple of weeks ago...

6dogs

If we had to earn rights, they wouldn't be rights, they would be privileges. Hmmm... the Bill of Privileges. Got a nice ring to it, eh? Sadly, you are right in one respect. Your so-called rights can be taken away from you IF YOU ARE CONVICTED OF A FELONY. Inalienable? Not so much. And you don't get those 'rights' back without petitioning the 'justice system'. Convicted felons are the new slave labor of America.

Nein

Have you ever heard of States' Rights? Federal only trumps state in matters of national policy. That's why the feds claimed they were going to stop these raids-- because the People of California voted and made a decision that only affects them, not the entire country. And you obviously don't know jack about weed, because all of the stuff sold in dispensaries is high THC content, grown in the USA-- not the crap that the Mexicans send over the border. Supporting the dispensaries actually takes business away from the cartels, genius.

And as for the idea of being fatherless...

YOU ARE THE SON OF A MOTHERLESS GOAT!!!!!

Startover123, thank you. Thank you for doing the research, thank you for posting it, and thank you for being an intelligent and competent person. I have begged repeatedly for people to just do the research, 20 minutes a night for a week and people would learn so much beyond what they are spoon fed by our government. Studies about hemp done here in America are paid for by the government or by big companies that have major interests in keeping it illegal. THEY WILL LOSE MONEY IF HEMP IS LEGALIZED!!! This is why we have to get oil, electric, pharmaceutical, and all the other big business out of our government. As long as they have influence with politicians we will suffer.

Hi Justin,

Your concept that federal power only trumps state power when a national policy it at issue is wildly wrong in terms of the constitution, and it (your concept) allows the federal government to routinely violate the constitution. Federal power extends only to those powers granted to the federal government regardless of whether or not it is a national policy matter. Regulating drug use within a state, and you agree with me here, is not a federal power, but we agree for two very different reasons. Mine is constitutional, yours is an opinion of what is national policy.

I think that the federal government should be precluded from enforcing intrastate drug cultivation, transportation, sale, or use, whether or not the Congress claims it's a national issue because Article One gives the feds no power in this area. For this same reason I think the feds are precluded from involvement in educational matters (save educational issues among federal employees), or health care matters (save the ability to foster interstate commerce by properly applying that clause), or even on intrastate pollution issues, like localized groundwater pollution contained within a single state. All of these are considered national issues though, and I have lost the debate over preventing federal involvement with them. So why should drugs, alone, be the exclusive domain of state's rights? I think it is a state issue (but for importation into the USA from abroad or shipment over state lines), but why should I be your ally on this one issue when liberals and leftists are forever my opponents on every other state's rights issue?

Rule #1 - never trust when some schmuck from the gov't tells you something is okay and you don't have it documented.

That was their first mistake, believing what some gov't official told them in person. That's just uncle sam trying to get your money in exchange for nothing!

Rule #2: All cops are dirty, pathetic, high school has-been, PIGS!!! Who have no ability to think critically. That's why these guys will never make detective.

I hope the PD gets sued

The police are our friends, they help the community so much and they are always kind to the citizens. PIG stands for pride, integrity, guts. The police will keep us safe from the low life marijuana junkies that are lurking in every corner, plotting on stealing our daughters. They protect our constitution and they really like steroids. Give them a chance guys, they really care for the communities. O.K. I think I have to go puke now....

The worst part is I bet these "officers" or "law enforcers" will get away with it. Maybe a little suspension or something like that but that's about it. Not all cops are dirty but hey, these guys sure don't make it look any better. These are true PIGS on power-trips trying to make up for something obviously. What ever happened to serving and protecting? It's a joke now.

Denveright, it's okay, I puke here all the time... just don't grow a beard, that's when it gets messy.

Police have no protection, if they are violating the Constitution, which they are sworn to uphold. File a lawsuit with the Justice Department, and the fun begins.

this is my favorite part of the article---The video, which was being recorded at an off-site location. what dumb asses these cops are .. oh i forgot that's why they are cops

All the officers involved should be FIRED, what the hell is this crap, they smash peoples belongings because it was providing evidence of how these LOW LIFE officers violated the rights of those people and property, I have a lot of Police officer friends where I'm from and even they would be pissed as sh_t looking at how those Officers treated the people and property, Honestly they all need to be fired period.

There is a law that was passed in Indiana that allows citizens to protect themselves with lethal force when the police act illegally. I think it is time for that law to go nationwide.

medical Marijuana is total BS. It is just a cover for illegal Marijuana. All who are complaining about police brutality are most likely criminals.

Studies assessing the anticancer properties of cannabinoids have shown that they inhibit the proliferation of a wide range of cancers, including brain cancer, prostate cancer, oral cancers, lung cancer, skin cancer, pancreatic cancer, biliary tract cancers, lymphoma, and breast cancer.

The dual effects of delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol on cholangiocarcinoma (biliary tract cancer) cells: anti-invasion activity at low concentration and apoptosis induction at high concentration.

The anticancer effect of Delta (9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the principal active component of cannabinoids has been demonstrated in various kinds of cancers.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19916793

Cannabinoids inhibit cellular respiration of human oral cancer cells.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20516734

Anti-proliferative and apoptotic effects of anandamide in human prostatic cancer cell lines: implication of epidermal growth factor receptor down-regulation and ceramide production.

RESULTS: ANA induced a decrease of EGFR levels on LNCaP, DU145, and PC3 prostatic cancer cells by acting through cannabinoid CB(1) receptor subtype and this leaded to an inhibition of the EGF-stimulated growth of these cells.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12746841?dopt=Abstract

Cannabinoids reduce ErbB2-driven breast cancer progression through Akt inhibition

Results

Our results show that both Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol, the most abundant and potent cannabinoid in marijuana, and JWH-133, a non-psychotropic CB₂ receptor-selective agonist, reduce tumor growth, tumor number, and the amount/severity of lung metastases in MMTV-neu mice. Histological analyses of the tumors revealed that cannabinoids inhibit cancer cell proliferation, induce cancer cell apoptosis, and impair tumor angiogenesis. Cannabinoid antitumoral action relies, at least partially, on the inhibition of the pro-tumorigenic Akt pathway. We also found that 91% of ErbB2-positive tumors express the non-psychotropic cannabinoid receptor CB₂.

http://www.molecular-cancer.com/content/9/1/196

Inhibition of skin tumor growth and angiogenesis in vivo by activation of cannabinoid receptors

http://www.jci.org/articles/view/16116/version/1

Δ⁹-Tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits epithelial growth factor-induced lung cancer cell migration in vitro as well as its growth and metastasis in vivo

http://www.nature.com/onc/journal/v27/n3/abs/1210641a.html

Cannabinoid Receptor-Mediated Apoptosis Induced by R(+)-Methanandamide and Win55,212-2 Is Associated with Ceramide Accumulation and p38 Activation in Mantle Cell Lymphoma

We have recently shown that cannabinoids induce growth inhibition and apoptosis in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), a malignant B-cell lymphoma that expresses high levels of cannabinoid receptor types 1 and 2 (CB₁ and CB₂).

http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/70/5/1612.abstract

Cannabinoids as potential new therapy for the treatment of gliomas (brain cancer)

http://www.expert-reviews.com/doi/abs/10.1586/14737175.8.1.37

Cannabinoids Induce Apoptosis of Pancreatic Tumor Cells via Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress–Related Genes

http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/66/13/6748.abstract

Pot Compound Protects Against Alcohol-Induced Brain Damage

Researchers hypothesized that CBD is neuroprotective because it possesses anti-oxidant properties. Anti-oxidants, such as vitamin C and vitamin E, are believed to help the body protect against the deleterious effects of free radicals (unstable atoms that can damage cells and may accelerate the progression of cancer and age-related diseases).

http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/314/2/780.abstract?sid=4498b396-f35c-49c8-9709-900ffa17e299

From article posted on today on http://calpotnews.com/

Court strikes down L.A. County dispensary ban
Courts

Jul 042012

The Second District Court of Appeal in California issued a landmark decision yesterday in County of Los Angeles v. Alternative Medicinal Cannabis Collective (AMCC), which affirmed the legality of medical marijuana dispensaries under state law, and rejected bans imposed by municipalities.

In particular, the AMCC court held that Los Angeles County’s “complete ban” on medical marijuana is “preempted” by state law and, therefore, void. The AMCC decision reverses a preliminary injunction granted to the County by the Los Angeles Superior Court in May 2011, according to this Americans for Safe Access press release.

On the issue of whether dispensaries are legal under state law, the AMCC court ruled that, “[T]he repeated use of the term ‘dispensary’ throughout [Health and Safety Code section 11362.768] and the reference in subdivision (e) to a ‘storefront or mobile retail outlet’ make it abundantly clear that the medical marijuana collectives authorized by section 11362.775 are permitted by state law to perform a dispensary function.” The AMCC further held that, “[Los Angeles] County’s total, per se nuisance ban against medical marijuana dispensaries directly contradicts the Legislature’s intent,” and called that contradiction “direct, patent, obvious, and palpable.”

This landmark decision comes as a number of other state appellate court rulings impacting dispensaries have been granted review by the California Supreme Court, including Pack v. City of Long Beach, which addresses how localities can regulate distribution, and City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patient’s Health and Wellness, which deals with whether municipalities can permanently ban distribution. The California Supreme Court could also decide to review the AMCC ruling, which it will decide in the next several weeks.

“The court of appeal could not have been clearer in expressing that medical marijuana dispensaries are legal under state law, and that municipalities have no right to ban them,” said Joe Elford, Chief Counsel with Americans for Safe Access, the country’s leading medical marijuana advocacy group. “This landmark decision should have a considerable impact on how the California Supreme Court rules in the various dispensary cases it’s currently reviewing.”

This clearly shows that the Second District Court of Appeal in California views the State code allowing Medical Marijuana dispensaries to be valid ....

Mark - Wow you really made a breakthrough on that comment. Guess what brainiac? There is a reason that Chicago, NYC, Dever, Michigan, California, and a few others are FINALLY trying to take this a step further. No one wants to say the word "legal" yet because of brainwashed morons like you that still think it's ok to go home a have "a couple drinks" yet your a junkie if you smoke a bowl when you get home. How about you try to get better educated, then you can come out of the sandbox to play.

Cops being thugs. That's just what they do. They aren't there to protect and serve.

Politics and Crime go hand in hand!!

If this happened because of Obama, what do you think will happen uner Romney?

Reaper,

You're right these were city cops, so my bad. I was eluding to the wave of ATF and DEA raids that have been an almost daily occurrence under Obama, significantly outnumbering the amount of raids under Bush.

Miki,

I'd venture a guess and say the same thing.

Please do your research. If you educate yourself you would know that the President is in agreement with providing dispensaries for cancer patients and others with debilitating conditions causing severe amounts of pain. He would no more condone the human rights violations shown in this tape than any other caring American citzen. If you noticed the color of his skin you would also know that he has surely seen the injustices inflicted on others by the police force. The police forces across this country have been plagued with sickness of corruption since their inception. Los Angeles city police scandal was one of the largest ever reavealed. Rent a few movies and educate yourself on the long standing history of corruption in the police department and then retract your statement!!!

This looks like hostile gang behavior, smash the cameras so nobody sees us and don't forget to trash the place as usual. Here is the thing, this is how they do every drug raid only they didnt realize the cameras were there until it is too late. This is what burglars do, oh sh@# , smash the cameras. They will have to retrain the rookie who stood in front of the camera while he recklessly damaged expensive private property. ( crimminal damage). However, congrates to the veteran officer, who expertly steps under the camera before he commits the same crime. Nazi regime, gangs with nobody to answer to. buisness as usual.

True & Aware - Please do YOUR research! Wasn't it Obama who appointed Eric Holder for Attorney General? According to the website "Talk Left" (that's right, a leftist news outlet!), "Attorney General Eric Holder announced today the Justice Department will continue to prosecute marijuana offenders in California, even if Proposition 19 passes". This story was posted on 10/15/2010. Get YOUR facts right before spewing your political rants!

@True & Aware

Please do your research. If you educate yourself you would know that the President is in agreement with providing dispensaries for cancer patients and others with debilitating conditions

Please do your research and make sure it goes beyond what the President has said. He says lots of things that people want to hear but the actions of his administration often differ. He's the supposed champion of illegal immigrants and yet has deported more than anyone else. And in regard to medical marijuana, as Al718 pointed out legal (by state standards) dispensaries have been shut down by the feds under Obama at an alarming rate.

The stepped-up enforcement escalates the Obama administration's efforts to rein
in the spread of pot stores, which accelerated after the attorney general
announced in 2009 that federal prosecutors would not target people using medical
marijuana in states that allow it.- http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/07/local/la-me-pot-crackdown-20111007

As usual the President says what his base wants to hear because he knows people like you will listen to it while ignoring the fact that he goes and actually does the opposite. Blindly following along with what someone says is a far cry from "educating yourself".

Welcome to America. These officers should be fired and procescuted. Federal investigation should be pending regarding the officer involved, their commanding officer, and the department.

That cop was probably trained in New York lol the city where cops killed a kid for bouncing a football of their car.

Everyone talking trash about the cops are just haters. These guys were selling pot without a permit to sell it. You know what that means? They're drug dealers. They should have been arrested and gone to jail, instead the cops went easy on them.

Backcountry...You see the difference between Obama and the GOP is that he is enforcing the laws the way they should..Yes he has deported more illegals but they are the Gang members and such..And yes he has oversaw more raids on dispensaries but they are the ones operating outside of the law doing things like growing massive amounts and selling it on the black-market instead of to patients and things like that which if allowed to run rampant will give the legitimate businesses a bad rap just like Gang members give hardworking natives a bad name....And yes I said " Natives "( Not Spanish just because they speak it they have very little Spanish DNA,very few spaniards even came here,they used slaves to work the gold mines) because that is what they are...They have been migrating with the weather and herds for ten thousand years haven't we persecuted them and the land enough? Why can't we just let them move in peace and pick fruit? Do you wanna pick fruit for $20 a day ? And Farming lobbyists will continue to advocate for their slave labor so no matter how much you hate them it will continue...Your GOP will just tell you it hates them too to get your vote and then take the farming corporations money and it will be business as usual..And you will never see POT legal fully because anybody can grow it and there will be no way to control it....And that will take money out of the pockets of their contributors from the legal vices gambling,alcohol,tobacco and pharmaceuticals and the same goes for prostitution it takes money out of massage parlors and the porn industry...You see if there is an alternative that they can profit from and control they will never allow things to go on that they can't....Think how many people would put down the Xanax and scotch and Internet porn if they could grow a plant and get a BJ from the single chick next door....It goes on anyway but less since some people actually follow laws....And to think "Independence Day" was yesterday...." Pursuit of happiness" my arse....We have allowed government to control our bodies and independent decisions about what to put in them ( Including penises for profit ) .....Ben Franklin would not recognize this as the bastion of freedom they tried to build...We have become a police state, this type of behavior is just like the night of the long knives or whatever it was called..Why can't we all just stand for FREEDOM and stop trying to push morals on others ? Morals are ways you choose to live socially, but breaking others morals should not be a crime but it is.....Just like the laws that kept interracial couples from being able to marry that were just ended 40 some odd years ago ( Virginia VS. Love supreme court ruling ) And selling alcohol on Sunday....The list goes on and on...Crimes are assault,murder,rape,theft etc. not the aforementioned things..STOP LEGISLATING FROM THE PULPIT...

Obama is more conservative than Ronald Reagan. He was and still is simply the lesser of two evils and that's a very scary thought. We are told who we can choose from when it come to voting, and both of our choices are working for a few rich, evil men, no for us. I dread the the thought of Romney as president and the thought of more insane conservative wingnuts in the house and senate would surely be the nail in America's coffin, but Obama has not been much better. I told my wife he was bought and paid for the very first minute I saw him.

BEN1986, Karma is a beeyotch....You do know somebody can paralyze you standing on your neck right ?But you think it is okay to treat people like that who are surrendering right ? That is why innocent people run from the police and that is why people fight the police when being arrested...You see because if you aren't rich that is how they treat you...Did you see Jerry Sandusky being taken into custody with handcuffs in the front so he would be comfortable? I see that as more disgusting than this video....Also Madoff being handled with the same kid-gloves....While they bash in the brains of a war vet attending a mostly peaceful demonstration asking the government for redress( Which is a pretty clear constitutional right ) in the bay area a few months back...

Bodydouble,I totally agree with you but please vote for Obama anyway....He is better than the GOP..And he will be able to veto all of the crazy stuff the Teapeople come up with.....I don't want to see civil war..

sw philly

Backcountry...You see the difference between Obama and the GOP is that he is enforcing the laws the way they should..

Picking and choosing based on personal belief or whatever is best from a political standpoint is how laws are supposed to be enforced? Really?

Yes he has deported more illegals but they are the Gang members and such..And yes he has oversaw more raids on dispensaries but they are the ones operating outside of the law doing things like growing massive amounts and selling it on the black-market

And you have sources to back up these assurtions?

Landlords for some dispensaries have already received letters, including the owner of the building that houses the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana in Fairfax, Calif., the oldest dispensary in the state. That letter notes that the dispensary is within a prohibited distance of a park, raising the possibility that prosecutors are taking aim at stores that fall within 1,000 feet of schools and parks. But letters received by dispensaries in San Diego make no mention of such distance prohibitions.-http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/feds-cracking-down-on-california-medical-marijuana-dispensaries.html

Too close to a park? Sounds to me like they're using any excuse possible. Selling "massive amounts" of pot on the black market is still illegal under state laws and those responsible could be charged with major crimes but you're suggesting the Feds are deciding to just close the dispensary without filing drug trafficking charges??? Yeah, right!

Annnd we keep getting drilled into our heads how our troops are protecting our freedom. They need to come home to do that. The only threat to our freedom is our own government! Big Brother has arrived...

Ben1986..Trolling much?

So its OK to commit a crime like destroying someones property just because your a COP grow some brains. Just can't FIX STUPID.

I like the cops.

Sam your comments are offensive and are being reported. Sounds familiar?

You can bet that these cops are either smoking the confiscated weed right now, or selling it on the streets. EVERY COP IS A CRIMINAL. EVERY LAST ONE.

Don't worry. They'll be stoned later, and a surprisingly small amount of pot will turn out to have been found and placed into evidence storage.

The only reasons the cops smashed the cameras:

1) skim drugs off the top (and perhaps cash from the register)

2) use illegal levels of force to accomplish #1

There is no other reason to destroy evidence (ie., surveillance cameras).

@mark-amen brother. by the sounds of it, you have some stories (as do i lol) of just how big of bastards piggies can be.

@the angry guy-no doubt, but of course in court and in their reports, they'll make sure to overexaggerate and lie about the amounts and the events that took place. that way they come away with no repurcussions and they get lots and lots of free samples.

Everyone talking trash about the cops are just haters. These guys were selling pot without a permit to sell it. You know what that means? They're drug dealers. They should have been arrested and gone to jail, instead the cops went easy on them.

Ben, you must be fellating a cop.

Ben,

They aren't up for jail time. They just have to pay a small fine. That's what makes the cop's actions so outrageous. They'll even be back in business soon, since the granting of a city permit will no doubt be part of the settlement, as well as cash reparations, which will be negotiated as a result of these bullies depredations being on YouTube. Hopefully, at least two of them will get fired as well. Then they can come and "protect and serve" you, in your community.

quick to shut this down but not the border

On the border, the bad guys might shoot.

Good god man! These "operating without a city permit" criminals must be stopped at all costs. I declare a "War on Operating Without a Permit" and say these terrorists, er, business owners be sent directly to gitmo. 4th amendment be damned.

Hey, if they'll shut down a little girls lemonade stand due to lack of permits, what kind of idiot thinks their pot shop wouldn't get shut down without them?

Some people shouldn't smoke (actually a LOT). When you're already mentally challenged, just don't.

gone4now, Did the cops walk on the little girl's back & neck? Did they needlessly twist her arm & wrist in order to handcuff her? I wouldn't be surprised if they did

DingleB - The Fourth amendment was destroyed and damned by the NDAA Act, a military coup if I ever did see one.... and I have, the Patriotic Act, which is congressional terrorism and a surefire reason to 'Gitmo' politicians into Gitmo, no defense, no trial, just the torture that they all approve of.........

Sorry, American-American.

Nothing in NDAA 2912, except spending authorizations. It's a lengthy, and boring read. You should still try reading a Bill before you comment on it, so you don't make a fool of yourself by repeating someone else's B.S. lying talking point.

Far too much spending authorization, for far too much military and HOSER garbage. Nothing which affects my 4th Amendment rights, or any other rights of U.S. citizens in any way whatsoever.

NDAA 2012. But they have to pass one every year, to make sure our troops have bullets and MRIs. So I'm sure I can say the same for NDAA 2912, anyway.

Hey, g0ne4n0w, you obviously know nothing about what is actually going on! The shops are opened to help sick people have safe access to the medicine that is most effective for them. If the shop gets raided, they open the very next day because they are fighting for something they believe in! We are trying to make change right now and people like you who have absolutely no idea what they are talking about shouldn't write on these forums!

Michelle, I like your statement. Too many people have been brainwashed with the War on Drugs since Tricky Dicky's tenure but many have not taken the time to educate themselves on MJ's medicinal value to sick and infirm patients.

I have not partaken of MJ since I began working with my current employer due to their stance on illegal drugs. If it was legal across the board I would be using MJ instead of perscribed opiates for degenerative cervical discs, herniated L5/S1, rebuilt ankle and destroyed knee. At least there would not be the nasty side effects from the opiates.

They are all trained the same way, this is how much they dont fear any consequences.

All cops are bad. There are no good ones anymore.

Now you know why they want to ban all automatic assault rifles.

Yup, the cops are afraid of violent criminals. They love busting potheads, though.

That's for sure! They walk around acting like they are tough but run from the real crime they should be protecting the rest of us from! Give them a chance to give tickets for petty stuff and they are all over meeting their quota.

With luck a lawyer will take the case on contingency and get that one guy at least a few million for assault from the cop.

Possibly, but it'll be courtesy of the taxpayers; not one dime will come out of the perps' pockets.

Yep, that's how it always works. Makes you not even want to care.

LOL Would it not be nice if the cops got one or two years for assault and the victim got nothing but the good feeling of justice done. Bet the victim would be satisfied with that. But we all know that the pocket book is all that police understand. How about no raises until all moneys to victims is paid back to tax payer

Take it out of their pensions - that's the only thing dirty cops ever seem to be worried about losing.

The cop was a loser with probably barely a high school diploma. he had a hard time in school being abused so now it's his turn to abuse others and the law covers his arse.

I think we can agree that this cop is not an intellectual, but a mental midget. At least this case didn't turn into a Black beating session.

And garnish their paycheck, on their next job, too. Like Child Support.

Those Long Beach cops really knock me out, they leave the rest behind.

Robert-2302414 The man that was stepped upon has two of the best lawyers in the country. The city is in trouble.

It is California, they DO have state legal medical marijuana.

when california allows this. who acres who's a pothead or not. corgis thats why your home whinning. who acres what you think is law ! california is what the video is about idiot! potheads dont hate , they laugh at ignorant babies like you !

Oh so you have "proof" that this dispensary is selling marijuana against the state law? Or are you just assuming that since one lawyer is corrupt, they ALL must be corrupt? I do not use marijuana but I am for it becoming legalized because I do not let misinformation and bias determine my opinion on this matter. I know many people who smoke or eat pot for various reasons. Some just want to party and are just looking to get smashed on SOMETHING. Some are very hardworking folks with families who like a good joint after work just like a good beer. Some have a college education. Some, like my sister-in-law have debilitating illnesses like MS and pot helps relieve some of her symptoms. This is what I have to say about people who want to keep marijuana illegal - mind you own d*mn business.

Got to love corgis, PLEASE,PLEASE read up on this "illegal" drug before you speak. Your statements show your ignorance about this plant that God created for someone to benefit from. I mean, God created you for a reason, maybe it was to piss me off and compel me to respond to your obvious misunderstanding of this plant. I have never felt the need to respond in these forums because I've seen how people sometimes get off track on the subject of the main article, and didn't want to fall into this. But I mean really, to interject with your ignorant and narrow minded statements on the legality of pot and only give a one line statement to the REASON why the article was written, can't go without a responds! It's the violence and brutality that the police are using against us everyday of our lives that is the real issue here. Wake up and understand that you have been "brain washed" by this country about a lot of issues, and respecting authority is a big issue!!! I'm fifty five years old, I'm not a kid or someone with a chip on their shoulder, for heaven's sake I'm a grandmother of four and I'm hear to tell you that we've all been allowing others to do our thinking for us and I for one think it's about time to STOP and think for ourselves. So, got to love corgis, maybe you need to think for yourself and do some investigating of your own on cannabis, which has been used by human's for four thousand years. And by the way, people can use cannabis in other ways, did you know you can make fuel to power your car with, did you know we can make a plastic that will degrade so it won't be hanging around for thousands of years? Do you know why it was found "illegal", or by whom??? Did anyone tell you any of these "facts"? So please, please, do us and yourself a favor and think for yourself and know before you speak on what you are saying. We all need to think for ourselves and not accept as fact what someone else tells us. I may be over fifty but I believe respect is earned not owed and these "police" and their actions haven't earned diddly squat with me. So let's remember why we are "speaking" to each other here, it's to address the unnecessary use of force and violence the police have used against these people and this business and to understand that we are not alone in our disgust, fear, anger and confusion on why it's allowed to continue. Period.

I dont care if its a Medical facility, or a donut shop. What i saw on that video, was nothing short of outrageous behavior on the polices part. You can bet your last buck that that guy stepped on, on his neck, has a lawsuit coming against those arrogant police. Not to mention, destruction of private property.

Absolutely disgusting.

I'm sure once those cops saw the video cameras they @!$%# their pants. Forcing them to rip all the surveillance equipment in order to hide their over usage of force on civilians. What pieces of @!$%#. Good thing the video was recorded somewhere else, if not their wouldn't be any evidence of them being @!$%#ing ass'o and over stepping their boundaries. So much for protect and serve, it should be "shut the @!$%# up and bend over CIVILIANS" as their mado!Why can't they be man enough and not hide behind masks and their badges and take whats coming to them like the men they think they are!! No wonder no one respects cops and think their pieces of @!$%#!! If you were to be treated like this by cops and if you try to defend yourself (because no cop has the right to step on you, especially after being handcuffed) its considered assault. But what about the cops that over step their boundaries?!! "Their just doing their jobs" @!$%# them and their jobs. We live in a @!$%#ing Nazi state with no protection from the law its self!! Sue those pieces of @!$%#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

blazinski - is it no wonder they're trying to pass laws making it illegal to FILM or photo police in action? This came about after the Fullerton (CA) PD beat a homeless/mentally ill man to death. Several people filmed or took photos while it happened and a few cops tried to confiscate their camera phones. If this law ever passes, I WILL get the heck out of the madness in this country!

Wonder if they are goimg to keep us informed on the outcome of this disaster. Its obvious they were in the wrong and they were'nt even sure if this guy was guilty or not yet they treated him like a common criminal. Only someone on drugs would have done what these cops did and i think they should have been tested for drugs on the spot cause they were way out of line. Although I don;t smoke, this herb must be one powerful drug, I think it is something that doctors and everyone else knows will put there behinds in the poor house i have heard great thing about it. Why in the heck is alcohol legal all it does is send you to the doctor, to rehabilitation,make you beat your wife, sleep with perfect strangers and on and on. This is something to really thnk about.

Your probley right.

State legal rights? Pot is still illegal and Federal law is that pot is illegal to posses, sell, or transport. Federal law trumps the state laws, so it is still illegal. No state law or city permit invalidates Federal laws. If people want change then call your congressman to effect change on the Federal laws regarding pot.

Who cares what the police do in a drug raid to losers who sell pot? It is a little bit different than your average business operating without a license.

Personally, I'd prefer that we decriminalize pot, regulate the growing of it, the potency, sale, and consumption of it...just like we do with other legal controlled substances. I don't smoke it, nor do I have any desire to ever smoke it, and in my book legal purveyors of it would rank right up there with those who work in porn shops...super quality people...just my opinion.

But, to say that a dispensory of a highly regulated controlled substance is operating without a permit or license is not a big deal...is well...uninformed.

What if a pharmacy moved in down the block and began dispensing all kinds of drugs without having the people working there be properly registered? Or if the pharmacy failed to recieve the proper permits, licenses, or registrations with the city or state? It means a couple of things. You have people dispensing potentially dangerous controlled substances who may or may not be fully educated about the effects those substances can have on people. Are they giving the right warnings to people? Are they checking people's prescriptions? Are they validating I.D.s? Are the selling to underage persons?

The same reasoning can apply to an unlicensed bar or tavern selling the controlled substance of alcohol. I don't know if any of you are familiar with what goes into getting a state and local license to open and operate a tavern in most areas of the country, but it isn't easy. Bars are highly regulated. For a reason.

If they do not have the proper licensing then you also have a purveyor of controlled substances evading paying their taxes on the product they are selling. In most cases there are local taxes that must be collected and remitted as well as state taxes collected. There are all kinds of employer based taxes that must be paid to the state as well as federal government for every employee in properly permitted businesses. If you are unregistered/unlicensed then you are propably not paying any of these taxes.

People go to jail for these kinds of things.

Frankly, if you are going to sell pot and all the paraphanelia that goes with it in the state of California and you fail to comply with registering, licensing, & permitting laws then you are simply a common drug dealer. And like I said above...who cares how the police treat common drug dealers?

Now I know all of you foggy-brained, brownie-baking huffers out there are going to get so upset reading this that you'll actually brush off the doritos crumbs & get up off the couch in your mom's basement and flame on what I've posted...but no need. Because I don't really care what your opinions are. Just like you shouldn't care what my opinion is. So just chill.

I'm going to go about the rest of my day contributing to society and the economy whilst you will probably forget all about this after you blaze up another fatty.

No comment

you have a theatrical point of view

Now I know all of you foggy-brained, brownie-baking huffers out there are going to get so upset reading this that you'll actually brush off the doritos crumbs & get up off the couch in your mom's basement and flame on what I've posted...but no need. Because I don't really care what your opinions are. Just like you shouldn't care what my opinion is. So just chill.

as with all movies, real life is not like that....what your referring to is what you have seen in movies, but hardly anything in movies is like reality......

CORGIS - this action isn't based on the legality of medical weed which, under state law is legal, it was based on no permit to do so. Whether or not the selling of medical weed is legal in Cali or not it is still illegal under Federal Law. These were not DEA or Federal agents of any kind - they were local badges enforcing local laws. In this case, the lack of a permit to sell legally under state law.

I can see the point of too many of these places popping up and appearing to be wholesale outlets - that's an issue for the state to deal with within their permit process. In no situation should this event have happened the way it did. Regardless, under Fed law, they're all targets for "simple" raids by federal badges.

The first thing that needs to be addressed on a Federal level is the inclusion of weed as a Schedule I substance. That's ridiculous and was only done so after Schedule I logic was amended to include substances likely to be abused in order to include weed to it. It's not a gateway "drug", it's not addictive, it's not so many things under Schedule I other than people tend to use it a lot. Thank the Nixon paranoia for that. They ignored all the studies proving those theories wrong in order to "justify" the social & cultural uprising/revolt in our country back then. We were supposed to all march off to war like good little soldiers 3 years before we could even vote for them. We weren't expected to wholesale question the government the way we did - we were the first to do so.

When prescribed opiate-based medication that is under SCH-II and/or III because doctors administer it quickly turns medication into addiction then something is wrong. When the replacement for those legal meds turns out to be other opiate-based illegal substances such as heroin, only a fool would fail to see the complete lack of balance in federal standards of substance controls.

When the feds can figure out how to (like they did with alcohol) fully regulate, control and tax sales and, more importantly, growth of the plant, it will become obvious that most of the laws surrounding the issue are designed to feed profits to the giant lobbyist based private prison systems.

roadlesstraveled

as with all movies, real life is not like that....what your referring to is what you have seen in movies, but hardly anything in movies is like reality......

Are you saying that "Reefer Madness" wasn't a documentary? LOL!

Got to love Corgi's -

That being said, I'm not defending these particular policemen. Just the policy of enforcement itself.

Stupid is as stupid does when entering a battle of wits unarmed. FAIL! Your Corgi is smarter then you are.

Damned good point about "Reefer Madness." That bit of cinematography is still shown today for its shock value of the idiots that brainstormed the idea of making it and of course for coursework in college of what not to make. Keep in mind in the world of film it always starts out as being a patriotic movement to win the hearts and minds of the people. As film making evolves and grows it finally reaches what we see today in America. I still get a big laugh when I see "Reefer Madness" being shown on television. God I love that absurdly and insane attempt at propaganda.

Civil rights violation maybe. Just wait, this ain't over. The force that was used was not necessary. The "perp" was obeying, unarmed and on the floor defenseless. There was no need for these a- holes to do what they did. They know it's wrong, thats why they destroyed the cameras. They are no better than Bashar Assad and his group of thugs.

The look on that fat skinheads face, when he spotted the camera was classic. Looked to me like he said the non PG-13 version of"Oohhh, Frack, there's a camera!". And pointed.

Ok...let me set everyone straight here. We applied for the permit and city rejected us, as they have every single dispensary in the city of Long Beach. Not one collective in Long Beach is operating with a permit! We follow state law to the T. The bigger picture (which most of you probably do not know) is about the corruption in the city council. Basically certain shops have paid the city off to be left alone (or council members own them). We did not pay them off and are considered their competitors! So what do they do? They send in there soldiers to rob and vandalize! The more vandalism that takes place during the raid, the longer it takes us to open back up, and they get the business in the hours we are shut down. In this article Bob Shannon (the city attorney) states that they will be investigating the excessive force which is a flat out lie, or incompetence, because his deputy attorney Kendra Carny has been caught on tape at several raids in the past two years and clearly stood by and witnessed the abuse, use of intimidation tactics, vandalism and robbery first hand! This corruption is what needs to be brought to light more than anything else!

Oh and by the way I do not use marijuana because I do not have a medical condition that requires it. The volunteers at the collective are simply there to make sure the very sick people that need it (like our cancer, aids and terminally ill patients) are able to have safe access to their medicine. I am so sick of hearing the people that volunteer their time to help sick patients being called "stoners"! Everyone needs to wake up and realize the fact of the matter! I have copied this response into a couple of replies because everyone should no the truth!

They aren't waging war on drugs......they are waging war on America. It's going to continue until WE stop it. How we stop it is up to them.

I'd like to stick my boot on that pig's neck. I'm telling you what...we the people need to put an end to this crap immediately. If it takes some violence and it ultimately gets the job done...so be it. Unfortunately throughout the history of the world and our country, nothing ever gets accomplished without pushing back. If Obama gets re-elected, he best turn this around and do what he knows is right (without having to flip flop and worry about getting re-elected). If Romney wins...god save us all.

...Not to mention an entire presidential admininstration let off the hook for war crimes by its replacement.

I'm with you guys. Its time to start pushing back. F the corrupted police. Not all cops are like this. But the ones who are need to be stopped.

Ken, Every incoming President does that. Just like every out going President grants pardons for a fee on the way out.

The major problem with stoners, fighting back is, they're stoners. That's why the cops think we're easy prey. We're easy prey. We'll try to talk our way out of a problem, a lot, before we even think of fighting. All the dispensary employees would have to be drilled, and trained, in armed response, like soldiers in the Army, until they reacted, without thinking. The result would be unfortunate. We'd have a YouTube video of a police unit being slaughtered, like pigs. That would drastically lengthen the legalization process. We're better off being the nonviolent victims, in the court of public opinion.

Dispensaries need to start equipping themselves with automated, "Passive Defense Systems". Battering ram, proof shutters of 3" steel armor plate for the doors and windows, slamming into place at the cops approach, would be a start. An alarm which draws the neighbors, and a call to the local news before the cops are able to force entry, would do more good than fighting back.

Ok...let me set everyone straight here. We applied for the permit and city rejected us, as they have every single dispensary in the city of Long Beach. Not one collective in Long Beach is operating with a permit! We follow state law to the T. The bigger picture (which most of you probably do not know) is about the corruption in the city council. Basically certain shops have paid the city off to be left alone (or council members own them). We did not pay them off and are considered their competitors! So what do they do? They send in there soldiers to rob and vandalize! The more vandalism that takes place during the raid, the longer it takes us to open back up, and they get the business in the hours we are shut down. In this article Bob Shannon (the city attorney) states that they will be investigating the excessive force which is a flat out lie, or incompetence, because his deputy attorney Kendra Carny has been caught on tape at several raids in the past two years and clearly stood by and witnessed the abuse, use of intimidation tactics, vandalism and robbery first hand! This corruption is what needs to be brought to light more than anything else!

Oh and by the way I do not use marijuana because I do not have a medical condition that requires it. The volunteers at the collective are simply there to make sure the very sick people that need it (like our cancer, aids and terminally ill patients) are able to have safe access to their medicine. I am so sick of hearing the people that volunteer their time to help sick patients being called "stoners"! Everyone needs to wake up and realize the fact of the matter!

Yeh, I see a lot of those illegal lemonade stands. Where are the cops and the health department to round up those kids? While their there,,, maybe handcuff them, throw them to the ground, and step on them. I mean, come on, they don't have permits.

And get those illegal garage sales. You're suppose to have a tax permit. Come on, let's step on them all!

Lemonade is a plant extract. Outlaw it!!!! People start hallucinating about when they were kids when they drink it. It also is a gateway drug to Mountain Dew. Caffeine is also a plant extract!! Outlaw it!!

Haaaaa, you're so right! I just popped a Mountain Dew out of the fridge! I'm hooked! I'm hooked! Because I started on lemonade! I think we should outlaw water! It has minerals and gases that could lead to lemonade addiction. Be careful of vanilla extract, that bean could be toxic! Outlaw it!

hahahah. Made my day buddy..lol I do like tamales ..

Not to mention the cookie cartels out there. Secret code names like Tagalongs, Savannah Smiles and Shoutouts.

Yeah, lemonade is a gateway drug to mountain dew, it should be outlawed. You can also get high off of banana peels too so they should take all bananas out of stores too. Funny that you can actually get higher from bananas than from hemp plants yet hemp plants are outlawed. Its all good, who needs to legalize marijuana when we can smoke bath salts and spice and eat peoples faces off!

sheriff Joe Arpaio does, or did, but we made it illegal (sb1070 down-turned) to go after these food cart pushers (they are Hispanic origin and therefor are untouchable according to supreme court) with their lil bling bling button so now the cops have nothing to do....I guess the best thing for them to do is beat down business owners for operating without permit.

just to make sure: im not racist, but I have never seen a non-Hispanic person pushing these carts down every road in phx

I busted my neck this past week and they put me on Valium and narcotics for severe whiplash. I am sitting here about ready to pee my pants from laughing at Marky and BP Wookie...

Take away my Cherry Dr. Pepper and we got some real issues man..

I'm a tamale pusher, those bastards take me 18 hours to make.. Green Chile Chicken, Red Sauce steak, and green/red pork variety. Ohh Gotta try my freshly picked blackberry/strawberry/blueberry tamale rolled in powdered sugar with a marionberry juice glaze. And I am not hispanic.. My kids make kool-aid, and book markers to sell. Cops even thinks about sticking a foot on anyones neck I will rip his balls off, and happily go to jail for it..

These dumbass cops were probably too fckn stupid to read signs, most places have signs in place to say the surveillance is recorded offsite to deter morons from attempting anything. What the hell is wrong with California.

I know someone battling cancer, they smoke marijuana so they can eat, because chemo makes them sicker than hell. What the @!$%# is wrong with society to tell someone who doesn't have much longer to live that they cant be comfortable while they are passing away. No instead these poor souls get told they have to suffer waiting to die instead of making the most of what they have left.

Oh! man!.. Now I have to put my shoes and shirt on, and go to the store for some Mountain Dew. I was having a nice, lazy, day off here. JERKS!

Whew! I think there may have been drug dealers in the parking lot. They were eyeing my twelve pack of Throwback with real sugar. They didn't try to gateway me though, probably because I look like a cop. I had just gotten around to shaving and trimming, when I hit the posts with the gratuitous marketing of PEPSICO snack products. Also, I wear the most expensive, intensely dark, transition lenses, in titanium, memory metal frames, that company insurance can buy, they double as safety glasses for work. This helps me look like a cop because you can't see how barely slit open and bloodshot my eyes are, which is also useful at work.

FTP

That tired old cop-worshipper's excuse no longer flies with me. There have been too many "isolated incidents" whitewashed with this excuse for me to buy it. Let the "good cops" demonstrate their honor by being the first to take these bad ones down the same way they took down the dispensary. I thought so - never going to happen. So what are your good cops going to do about it?

Amen

Bet you would have loved Germany during the 1930's and 40's

Wade, that's far too difficult an explanation for the "All cops are dirty" crowd to comprehend. And when these cops face charges, will Angry ppl stfu? I thought so - never going to happen.

Enforcing does not mean to destroy a business, of any kind. And yet for a city permit.

These cops should be tried and sent to prison for their conduct. Any citizen that does damage to a persons property would go to jail plain and simple. BTW: my thoughts have nothing to do with this being a pot dispensary. My only thought is how many businesses in LB are operating without a city permit that got over looked. Probably many.

How, exactly, was smashing video cameras enforcing the law???

I wonder - if the good cops prove me wrong by showing some honor and taking these perps down, will gone people stfu?

if i was a cop i would not beat up these guys but probably someone who harmed a child, therefor i know i do not have the ability to correctly address the situation,............thats why im not a cop...............and would never try.

some people need to be honest and if they feel like they cannot control their aggression on civilians, they should find a job somewhere else.....

I mean come on.....would you be a teacher if you couldnt stand kids?

When you talk about good cops turning in the bad ones the movie "Serpico" comes to mind ...hit didn't work out very well for him now did it ? I think they should be "marked" for "removal" at a later date !!

They should draft violent cops into the military. Then they could live out their dreams of brutality and get commendations for it.

Even in the military, they tend to frown on brutality against unarmed civilians. That's all these kinds of bullies and cowards are good for. In a firefight with an armed enemy force, they would probably just pee themselves, and run away.

The guy behind the counter wasn't exactly dressed like a pharmacist.

And?

And the guy busting up the surveillance camera wasn't exactly dressed like a cop now, was he? Your point??

If the medical marijuana movement wants to make its stance, its representatives will have to act and LOOK more 'medical' -- not like someone direct from the local head shop.

So See, they should dress more to pretend they're doctors? The doctors do the prescribing, not the dispensaries. It sounds like you think dispensary employess should fake it? C'mon.....they are supposed to know their cannabis strains, that does not qualify them as doctors, or pharmacologists...geez.

I think they should be able to dress just like the guy next door selling alcohol and cigarettes !! But by all means sue the @!$%# out of them and the city !!

Torn on this one. They shouldn't wear white smocks, like doctors. On the other hand, I don't think it's professional for a bartender to wear jeans and a T-shirt either. If the business owner or the manager think they should enforce some kind of dress code, I have no idea what would be appropriate for this venue. I'll have to wait until there are pot stores in my community, so I can get some first hand impressions and compare. Hopefully sooner, rather than later.

If the police wants to make its stance, its representatives will have to act and LOOK more official -- not like someone direct from the local head shop.

Hey, Sees Thru Gloss, because if he was wearing a white jacket he would be so much more legit... right? Have you ever heard the sane "Don;t judge a book by its cover"? The way you think is part of the problem!

Oh... and F.Y.I. let me set everyone straight here. We applied for the permit and city rejected us, as they have every single dispensary in the city of Long Beach. Not one collective in Long Beach is operating with a permit! We follow state law to the T. The bigger picture (which most of you probably do not know) is about the corruption in the city council. Basically certain shops have paid the city off to be left alone (or council members own them). We did not pay them off and are considered their competitors! So what do they do? They send in there soldiers to rob and vandalize! The more vandalism that takes place during the raid, the longer it takes us to open back up, and they get the business in the hours we are shut down. In this article Bob Shannon (the city attorney) states that they will be investigating the excessive force which is a flat out lie, or incompetence, because his deputy attorney Kendra Carny has been caught on tape at several raids in the past two years and clearly stood by and witnessed the abuse, use of intimidation tactics, vandalism and robbery first hand! This corruption is what needs to be brought to light more than anything else!

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Its a bunch of crap. Most cops are good policeman who hold up the law. yes there are bad cops but the majority (90%) are not. People who say cops are corrupt are obvious guilty of something. I remember listening to the radio one day when someone had stated that when he hears a siren he has to look to see if he is doing someting wrong. I hear a siren and hope that no one is or has been hurt due to a car accident, crime, fire and/or so on. These cops most probably did what they were told to do. Enforce the LAW! God bless them.

In Eugene they mace Chinese exchange students because they don't speak English and can't respond to screening cops. In their own home sitting on a bed no less.

And evidently they were told to man-handle this guy, and step on him, and in general rough him up, along w/ destroying anything that might be used as evidence against them? If they weren't doing anything wrong, and were acting according to supervised instructions, why did they smash the camera...hmmmm? This is flat out criminal, especially when all the facts are kept in context. This wasn't an armed robbery for crying out loud...well at least by anybody but the officers.

This is what prohibition has done to our country. They aren't waging war on drugs......they are waging war on us. As long as this continues it doesn't matter if you are being abused by a good cop or a bad one. They sad thing is that when it comes to a head, you can't look thru you scope and tell whether you are targeting a good cop or a bad cop. It would be much better to end prohibition and make peace.

And anybody who worships cops the way you do obviously needs to, for some reason or another.

Hey "Save this Nation" do not the 90 percent of good cops arrest and prosecute people who crimminaly damage personal property. I did not see the two officers who crimminaly damaged property leaving in cuffs, so either the good cops looked the other way or 100 percent of these cops were or feel that they are licensed to commit the same type of crime that me or you would be arrested for. Crimminal property damage. We need to save our nation from people like you who have seen the video and yet see no crime.

They charge you with some crazy made up crap then the da offers you a deal and tells you it's in your best interest to acept the lesser charge (even though you did nothing)you think your gonna need thousands of dollars in legal fees so you grab the deal ...they get a win in their collumn and you get a mark on your record ...typical ...@!$%# em ! Annie get your gun !!

I always go for a jury trial. If you can make it cost them enough to prosecute you, in effort, as well as money, for minor return in fines, they just drop the charges. It's about time and money.

LOL. I put the Prosecutor's office through so much B.S. for a driving on suspended citation, that I went through three different Public Defenders, in 18 months. I think they just got sick of me. No jail time, no fine, no record, just plead guilty and take a year of unenforceable, unsupervised, probation with no penalty for violating it, and go away. I said OK to that, because it cost me money to take time off from work. Also, the new Prosecuting Attorney who had inherited my ridiculously complicated case, was very pretty, and flirted with me, and asked real nice, so I kind of just let her chalk me up as a win.

I had planned instead to let them finish the jury selection process, and then ask for a continuance, on the grounds that my new Public Defender was clueless about the case he'd only just been handed 20 minutes before court. That would have eaten up about a day and a half of court room time, for nothing. I had gotten a pre-trial hearing rescheduled, after it was already ongoing for an hour, for the same thing, when I got the second Public Defender.

Stop taking the plea bargains, you dummies. Clog up the courts with trials, and rescheduled hearings, and postponements, and motions for discovery, and motions to continue, and just everybody waste as much of their time as you can, and they'll stop arresting us for stupid little things.

Ok... let me set everyone straight here. We applied for the permit and city rejected us, as they have every single dispensary in the city of Long Beach. Not one collective in Long Beach is operating with a permit! We follow state law to the T. The bigger picture (which most of you probably do not know) is about the corruption in the city council. Basically certain shops have paid the city off to be left alone (or council members own them). We did not pay them off and are considered their competitors! So what do they do? They send in there soldiers to rob and vandalize! The more vandalism that takes place during the raid, the longer it takes us to open back up, and they get the business in the hours we are shut down. In this article Bob Shannon (the city attorney) states that they will be investigating the excessive force which is a flat out lie, or incompetence, because his deputy attorney Kendra Carny has been caught on tape at several raids in the past two years and clearly stood by and witnessed the abuse, use of intimidation tactics, vandalism and robbery first hand! This corruption is what needs to be brought to light more than anything else!

Hey Den O'Synn I agree totally with your statements about the plea bargain, but when they are keeping you in jail with an outrageous bond, and your housed in a dirty room locked up with no fresh air, no sunlight, can't see your kids or family and friends..... Need I say more about what are jails are really for, coercing a guilty plea out of you!! I so agree with Michelle about the fact that the corruption needs to be exposed, it's not just Long Beach the corruption is everywhere, and it is not just about marijuana, people have their property stolen in court everyday, even their kids!!(I have proof of the kid stealing going on and it has cost me thousands of dollars and cost me years of my freedom) I have watched Judges sit there and listen to witnesses lie their ass off then actually state the witness was believeable! Why? Because you are the one telling on them and trying to fight their corruption!!

Dirty? No, just typical. This is the kind of person that gravitates to such a line of work. When they have the opportunity to beat someone down for no reason they will take it every time. Its not that they hate pot dispensaries, they just love to bully and intimdate for no reason against people who have no way of defending themselves. Typical cops, nothing dirty about it.

I really don't think a pot dispensor is such a violent criminal that you need to use unessary force! It it leagal to buy cigerettes that are loaded with 20 different additives to make it so addictive you can't stop smoking.

....from my experience it is always the one who got bullied and wants revenge who become the cop....just saying

My cousin is a cop. He is 24 and was once the youngest officer on the entire police force of over 400 officers when he was first hired. He seemed really sheltered growing up, so I don't know how he decided to be a cop. He is literally Andy Griffith without the Mayberry drawl. It's hard for me to imagine a kinder human being serving the community.

Mark your cousin may be a good man but would he turn a blind eye to cop misconduct? The blue wall of silence.

Another reason we're seeing more incidents like these is that soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are in high demand by police forces. They're already "trained"(desensitized).

My most recent experience with the local police had me being searched by a youngster, who was quite obviously afraid of me. He kept putting his hand on his gun. Even after he took my 2" inch bladed pocket knife, it was quite apparent that one too quick movement would get me clubbed or even shot. Probably both.

I was quite relieved, when his back-up arrived, and included a familiar face, one of the good ones. He knows me well enough to know I'm not prone to violence. He immediately took over dealing with me from the scared looking guy and my internal threat level alarm disengaged it's connection to the adrenaline pump, as soon as he said ,"Hi". After answering a couple of questions, I was allowed to go on my way.

Even after I was released the frightened one was afraid to just give me back my pocket knife, when I asked him for it. He made me keep my distance while he put it on the back seat of my car. His body language said he'd shoot me if I picked it up too quickly. Just a total freak, with a badge. Don't they do any sort of Psych evaluations on police, before they hire them? Guys like this start assaulting someone, and can't stop. They shouldn't be cops at all.

I agree with you. DEcent cops do not behave like that but sadly there are a bunch of a hole ones out there who think they can do whatever the F they want and they are above the law.

Their only "crime" was a citation level offense in California. The next time that you let your parking meter expire do you think it is OK if the cops "don't handle you with kid gloves", beat you down and step on your neck, then smash out your windshield for good measure? Because that is basically what happened here.

Cmom "Arizona Tumbleweed"...I'm not certain there was any Major Crime! And I was a cop many years ago! This is more like a case of negligence, as the place did not have a permit! These "cops" were "clearly" Over the line with their conduct and lack of proper restraint ! Stepping on some guys neck!....C'mon, that's uncalled for! Twelve Officers! That's B.S! Why aren't these "Brave lads" out looking for the people "wearing the colors" who wear pants that look like they have a "fecal load" in them and harassing the public? Our law enforcement has better ways to spend their time than "breaking down" some Pot Place for lack of a permit! I wonder what the $$$$ cost was to pull off this "heroic raid" and how many lives it saved? This is a case of truly "Over Zealous" cops entertaining their "Tough Guy" role in the wrong place. By the way, I don't do drugs........But, if pot is helpful to some poor bastards pain while they are 4th stage terminal, what's the problem? I recently took care of my bro (4th stage kidney & Bone Cancer) and smoking some weed helped him endure some "unbelievable pain" for the only 38 days, he survived, after his diagnosis! Let's all try and concentrate on the important things in life "instead of being a Big Tough Guy and stepping on some guys neck for lack of permit! REALLY!

"Probably" being the operative word here.....This was a permit violation, not a friggin' threat to anybody! Cannabis vending is legal in California. They just didn't have a permit. Like someone stated previously, would they have handled a restaurant violation of the same kind similarly? "Probably" not. These officers that were supposedly upholding the law (and serving and protecting us) were acting more like playground bullies than "peace officers".

Daryl......I believe we both in agreement this particular incident was "overboard" and poorly handled by what seem to be poorly trained cops! I do not for, one second, believe all cops are bad and I am certain quite the opposite! Your remark relating cops to gangs makes absolutely no sense!

You're kidding me, right? So in your world if you j-walk you should expect the police to lay a beat-down on you? Oh, you're from Arizona...explains a lot.

hey...i take offense to that ^ arizona comment....

i feel like the United States thinks were all stupid bigots and have no place in the US....its not fair and life is so hard here...so please .....we did not write that law....someone else from wastington did....we are just the tool they throw away when the election is over....

as a AZ citizen I feel like the US just abandon me and left me for collateral...ty

The Jack-booted SS is still alive and well in America. As long as the "Good" cops tow the Thin Blue Line, this type of cr^p will continue.

What y'all don't want to admit, is this is the USA. The sale of marijuana is ILLEGAL is this country.

AZ tumbleweed, please do not run for public office...for it is clear you do not listen to the masses...and will be the first to line your pockets with the plan they have laid out for you.

see the issue here is that they federal government pardons those who commit crimes against the masses (banks,stocks, default swaps etc), but will hit you full force if your a tax paying citizen...,that is in essence, war on citizens

yeah yeah the federal law says its illegal...but so is coming here undocumented, hiring illegal alien, and stealing 401k, and tons of other stuff they deem as "too big to prosecute"

its just for them by them and only about them....

@Tumbleweed...you look like you could use some of that medical pot yourself.

TumleWEED, It is legal to buy Marijuana in Ca if you have a Medical Marijuana Card !!! and you can't even get in the door of a dispensary without one !!

Good ole Tumblingweed is back at it again. I wonder if he is one of those trucker preachers you hear about? I can smell an AA graduate when I see one hey Tumbleweeds?

this from a guy who stands around his friends passing a joint around at parties and just watches with a smile. for someone so hellbent against marijuana you'd think he had "better" friends...yeah, he mentioned doing that with his friends alot sometime ago...

Druggies embellish (lie).

I NEVER said I was with ANYONE while they were sucking pot. I don't even hang with friends when they are drinking..

johnm: Please find someone NOT stoned to explain to you, what I said.

The sale of marijuana IS ILLEGAL in the United States of America. That makes it illegal in California, unless that state has seceded from the union.

Arizona Tumbleweed

I grabbed that first cigarette, and sucked in that smoke. I thought I was dying. I coughed and sputtered. My friends laughed.

I grabbed the bottle, and took a swig of alcohol. I thought I was dying. I coughed and sputtered. My friends laughed.

You don't suppose mother nature was trying to tell me something? I decided to be strong. I told my friends to go to hell. I don't need to be stoned or drunk to face life. Actually, I like life.

Now when my friends are passing the joint, they smile and go around me. They no longer laugh.

You too can be strong.

#617 - Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:52 AM PDT

joe420er

oh they're laughing alright....look at this guy...he's all talkin about he's all gung ho for the war on drugs, and nothing will stop him and he's all commando and @!$%#, but he'll stand in a circle as his buddies pass it around him...oh yeah, a real soldier in the war on drugs, alright...he even tried to join in and embarrassed himself...jeez...this guy...

#617.2 - Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:53 AM PDT

LOL...

Don't let them bother you Tumblweed. You can hang out with any friends you want to hang out with. You don't have to drink or smoke anything you don't want to. If anyone gives you a hard time, just tell them I've been picking up the slack for decades, by drinking enough alcohol, and smoking enough pot, for both of us.

wonder where he went...probably got so high from being hotboxed with his buddies he forgot to come back...probably likes being hotboxed too...apparently arizona tumbleweed lies too...

or is that embellish?

I have to admit you are right joe. I was with some pot suckers, back in the mid seventies. I even allowed them to talk me into a hit ONCE.

@Tumbleweed, These cops are not employed by the Federal Government, they are local cops. The crime that they were responding to was operating a dispensary without a license, not federal drug charges. Your argument about being illegal under federal law is irrelevant. They were not there to enforce federal law, they were there to enforce city law which means that they were there to enforce a permit violation and this is the force that they thought was appropriate for that? It is not up to you or these cops to decide if CA's laws are appropriate. It is their job to enforce CA's laws as enacted by the people and the legislature. Maybe your argument would make some sense if they were charging them with federal drug charges but as it stands this victim was abused for what amounts to a city permit violation, nothing more.

so how come you say "now" they just pass around you respectfully? sounds like it's a current trend with you not back in the seventies...

by the way, this further proves that you're talking out of your ass when you say potheads are stoopid and have memory impairment...musta pissed you off to realize you forgot posting that over 9 months ago...i thought potheads weren't supposed to be able to do that in your world...how do you explain a stoner remember something seemingly trivial from back then? oh yeah, sober people embellish (lie)...so does arizona tumbleweed...the so called expert on marijuana fatalities on our highways...(he's a tow truck driver. yeah, that's an expert. the police and feds absolutely need to consult with him and he knows exactly how many people who fatally wrecked their cars due to use of marijuana. sure, he CSI's up each crime scene and has all the toxicology reports...)

Don't commit crimes, and it probably won't happen to you.

you're an accessory. what was it you said about embellishment? calling me a liar and @!$%#...

Ok... let me set everyone straight here. We applied for the permit and city rejected us, as they have every single dispensary in the city of Long Beach. Not one collective in Long Beach is operating with a permit! We follow state law to the T. The bigger picture (which most of you probably do not know) is about the corruption in the city council. Basically certain shops have paid the city off to be left alone (or council members own them). We did not pay them off and are considered their competitors! So what do they do? They send in there soldiers to rob and vandalize! The more vandalism that takes place during the raid, the longer it takes us to open back up, and they get the business in the hours we are shut down. In this article Bob Shannon (the city attorney) states that they will be investigating the excessive force which is a flat out lie, or incompetence, because his deputy attorney Kendra Carny has been caught on tape at several raids in the past two years and clearly stood by and witnessed the abuse, use of intimidation tactics, vandalism and robbery first hand! This corruption is what needs to be brought to light more than anything else!

It's always OK when it happens to the other guy, but one day it will be happening to you. It's a slippery slope people, they get their foot in the door by abusing minorities. Then when they abuse you, they say "you said nothing when it happened to someone else". Be vigilant people... be vigilant.

nobody deserves to be shot...good grief.....and so give them a complimentary story to use against all pot smokers....ugh...have some sense. Speech may be free, but suggesting a shooting is a crime if someone here goes out and does it....so you might want to request your comment to be deleted...for you WILL be held accountable if someone does shoot this aggressive violent freak of a cop.

I never cease to marvel at the passion with which people will distract from a real issue, police using excessive force, by highlighting another. Pot dispensaries are raided everyday but you are not hearing about that because it is not newsworthy. This story is here because they cops used excessive force, and were so cognizant of this fact that they destroyed the cameras, moronically thinking that they had thereby destroyed the evidence. So, I think a bit more amazing than your being put-off by what other people choose to do to their own bodies is that you are willing to ignore what other people are illegally doing to other people's bodies with violence. Or are you saying it should be a greater right to inflict damage on somebody else than it is to inflict damage on yourself?

my uncle is currently going through chemo and we have been watching him shrink down to a skeleton. recently he got some pot and it definitely has helped him. he does not get as sick and it gives him his appetite back. not everyone going to these dispensaries are simply potheads. and we all know the only reason it is still illegal is that there is more money to be made [by a few] by keeping it that way.

The only passionate ones are those that know the facts spider....you obviously know nothing. That's obvious by the use of the term "pothead". And where exactly is the "potheads" thinking awry when that's the point. It's not the federal governments "right" to tell us what choices we can and can't make when it comes to ourselves. Especially when that choice infringes on nobody else but themselves. ie victimless. The government doesn't tell you what you can drink, they don't tell you what you can eat. Why when it comes to this, do they have the right to step in and create laws? It will become legal, sooner or later. That's one passion that's a guarantee!

But it is ok to f**k their heads up with alchol, cigarettes, and other crap. Pot is a illegal drug, and I sat that loosely because of laws inacted with no common sense. Go after the hard chemical drug users that steal and do crazy sh*t. Not pot smokers.

^^^^^You must be from the timber industry

key words being "THEIR HEADS". my body, my choice. i'll do whatever i damn well please with it, legal or not as long the only one being affected by it is me.

Yes but it's fine (legal) to use tobacco which kills tens of thosands yearly, or alcohol which does the same or how about those legal drugs ..you know the kind that Rush likes or Whitney, she like a few of them , or just tell them to eat all the candy and sodas they all like their legal and so is diabeties !!! LEGAL don't mean @!$%# !! LETHAL does !!

daryl

I completely agree with you. People need to wake up and realize that religion is nothing more than a system of control, being used to manipulate and divide populations all over the world. Don't get me wrong - I have nothing at all against spirituality, and I don't believe that there is some giant religious conspiracy. Religions were established in order to bring people together and to promote common values. Unfortunately, throughout history there have been people who realized they could use religion to control populations and achieve their personal goals.

Ok... let me set everyone straight here. We applied for the permit and city rejected us, as they have every single dispensary in the city of Long Beach. Not one collective in Long Beach is operating with a permit! We follow state law to the T. The bigger picture (which most of you probably do not know) is about the corruption in the city council. Basically certain shops have paid the city off to be left alone (or council members own them). We did not pay them off and are considered their competitors! So what do they do? They send in there soldiers to rob and vandalize! The more vandalism that takes place during the raid, the longer it takes us to open back up, and they get the business in the hours we are shut down. In this article Bob Shannon (the city attorney) states that they will be investigating the excessive force which is a flat out lie, or incompetence, because his deputy attorney Kendra Carny has been caught on tape at several raids in the past two years and clearly stood by and witnessed the abuse, use of intimidation tactics, vandalism and robbery first hand! This corruption is what needs to be brought to light more than anything else!

Actually no. Marijuana laws were enacted by Congress, to protect the profits of the paper and chemical industry, as well as to protect Texas bigotry. We, the People, had no say in this whatsoever.

You are partially right. As a fibre for clothing, rope, etc. Hemp is superior to cotton. Knowing this, the Southern States would have had their economy threatened by the advent of hemp into the marketplace. The southern, cotton producing states then lobbied and won to get hemp declared illegal long before its properties as a drug were fully understood. This, at the time, was a simple matter of economics.

Now, as to you people who call the Police Nazis etc:

If you do not think this is a way for Obamas Commissars to exact a bit of revenge , think again!

In 198 days, the Obama Regime and all of his Czars will be unemployed.

Notice which federal laws they decide to enforce...

Immigration... no

marijuana clinics in California .. yes

Maybe in the spirit of the Supreme Court ruling against Arizona, States ought to leave catching bank robbers alone and let the FBI handle these crimes. After all.. Bank Robbery is a FEDERAL OFFENSE. What are local police doing enforcing FEDERAL LAW? The Supreme Court struck down Arizona's attempt to enforce federal immigration law, so why should state and local police anywhere enforce Bank Robbery law?

Instead, they may be able to pull over the getaway car and write tickets for traffic violations, but according to the Supreme Court, they cannot ask about guns or bags of money in the car, unless the occupants are white males so there is no racism. Even then, they should call the FBI so thy can be told that the laws will not be enforced and they should just let these hard working honest citizens go on their way.

You truly need help,hopefully someone will baker act you!

cactuscat

You need to go read a history book. Hemp was a huge part of our economy since before we were a country. Plantation owners were required BY LAW to grow 1 acre of hemp for every 10 acres of crop. That means that a 3000 acre plantation would have 300 acres of hemp. The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture made a 16 minute film in 1942 titled "Hemp For Victory", extolling the virtues of hemp based products and hemp farming. The lobbying to have hemp declared illegal had nothing to do with cotton producers and everything to do with paper producers. The vast majority of paper was hemp based before DuPont Chemical invented a process to make paper from tree pulp.

The paper and oil industry were behind illegalization. Recently patented machines to automate labor intensive production of both Hemp paper and Hemp seed oil, would have reduced the cost of both at the time. The Cotton lobby thought it was a good way to reduce some competition, and jumped on board, But William Randolph Hearst, heavily invested in both oil and wood pulp paper, got it started, with his newspapers.

This is what Cops do to People EVERYDAY ... I seem a Videotaped beating of a Homeless Man in Fortuna California, where Cops BEAT A HOMELESS Man to DEATH. The Homeless man was somewhat retarded and did not run while he had a chance, he was suspected of taking things from a parked car. COPS ARE KILLERS.
Had the Homeless Man been Black it would have at least got some Internet PLAY TIME. COPS ARE MURDERING Citizens every day. This is not an isolated incident.

Shades of Rodney King. He is probably turning in his grave. This is plain not right. California politicians should file severe complaints about this happening.

Dam law enforcement think they are the gestapo. It is time to take them down and put them in their place. I hope this incident ruins the lives of the police and agents that were involved. Get over it pot is not that big of a deal and they should be going after real criminals. Obama speak up and condemn this act. Romney do you believe in having the gestapo running this country, I hope not.

Yes, and you will chit if you eat regularly.

"We gonna start a f---ing riot"

"A Riot!!"

-Tenacious D (The Greatest Band On Earth)

this is where the pussy cops get to hide behind there badge and the police force insurance companies have to pay up for their misconduct i think its BS but they think they are above the law they wont have to spend any money on a lawyer pay for a ticket nothing i bet. i remember in fond du lac wisconsin where several cops from fond du lac got into a bar fight and things were broken . THE REASON COPS LIKE THIS DO THESE JOBS IS BECAUSE THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO DO ANYTHING ELSE THEY ARE LAZY AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANT "STUPID"

Ok... let me set everyone straight here. We applied for the permit and city rejected us, as they have every single dispensary in the city of Long Beach. Not one collective in Long Beach is operating with a permit! We follow state law to the T. The bigger picture (which most of you probably do not know) is about the corruption in the city council. Basically certain shops have paid the city off to be left alone (or council members own them). We did not pay them off and are considered their competitors! So what do they do? They send in there soldiers to rob and vandalize! The more vandalism that takes place during the raid, the longer it takes us to open back up, and they get the business in the hours we are shut down. In this article Bob Shannon (the city attorney) states that they will be investigating the excessive force which is a flat out lie, or incompetence, because his deputy attorney Kendra Carny has been caught on tape at several raids in the past two years and clearly stood by and witnessed the abuse, use of intimidation tactics, vandalism and robbery first hand! This corruption is what needs to be brought to light more than anything else!