I was raided by the local police!

robertav3

Well-Known Member
Two police officers came over to my home because they got an anonymous tip of illegal growing my backyard. (which is totally not true, completely ligite! three of us are collectively growing) So I took them back there to let them see that limits are being followed, they checked out the scripts and all of the sudden asked if the other patients live with me and do I feed them food and provide safety for them? Then started to qoute a new pennacode that I never heard of stating that they had to live with me! This shocked me since I know the law, they denied me access to call the patients and told me to rip them out or get a felony! So I did and I'm pretty sure theyre gonna get a law suit for this, everything was illegal from them stating false pc's and threatening me and come to find out the report only states property found! There's nothing stating cultivation or anything! Crazy...any tips on civil lawyers who specialize in cannabis cases? (n.Cali) I have talked to ASA and three other medical cannabis lawyers and they all say we have a law suit on our hands...Happened in Shasta County
 

aknight3

Moderator
i would prosecute them to the fullest exent of the law, trust me theyd do the same right back, dont let up
 

DryGrain

Well-Known Member
Contact NORML, they might even give you a pro bono (free) lawyer if theres a chance that your case will set an important precedent.

Mendo Co here.

Did you have to pull up all 18 or did they let you keep the ones for your card?
 

ribeater

Member
what will you be doing if you was in my shoes?
First of all I would roll a big Phatty knowing that I was lucky to be in the great state of California and not going in the first crusier to the po po. Secondly pulling plants is way cheaper than dealing with a criminal case . Thirdly I hope I had something left to clone from . My best friend just got home from a 9 month sentance for growing 6 plants in his house,He was a model citizen with big community ties and this was his first offense .All for growing a happy lil weed in his house . Wheres the justice !
 

doobnVA

Well-Known Member
I would have let them arrest me, and then laughed in their stupid faces when the charges were dismissed.
 

robertav3

Well-Known Member
I had to pull all 30 and i didn't have a card i was growing for 2 medical users. We had a collective agreement which the police didn't care for, or for what i had to say to protect my rights because they where saying that I didn't provide housing care, food and giving them rides to their appointments, so therefore they said i was growing illegally and could have gotten a felony.
 

Dr Widebody

Member
I woulda told them to suck my left nut unless they had a warrant to come on my property in the first place. Second, if they had the warrant, I would tell them that I wouldnt pull my plants out until i had a lawyer to explain the pc to me. If they make you damage your plants unjustly you can sue the town for damage of personal property, labor and making unlawful threats(arresting you for felony if you dont kill ur plants). I wish i was in your shoes. See if u can get Legal Aid (free lawyer) and set the precedent.
 

VodkaMan

Active Member
First of all I would roll a big Phatty knowing that I was lucky to be in the great state of California and not going in the first crusier to the po po. Secondly pulling plants is way cheaper than dealing with a criminal case . Thirdly I hope I had something left to clone from . My best friend just got home from a 9 month sentance for growing 6 plants in his house,He was a model citizen with big community ties and this was his first offense .All for growing a happy lil weed in his house . Wheres the justice !
How Did you friend get caught if I may ask?
 

robertav3

Well-Known Member
This tuesday we will go see a lawyer in my area and also submit a complaint report against the county for my local police and submit a tort claim for our property. Any more suggestions that will help me out?
 

Sure Shot

Well-Known Member
question..with a card how much can you grow?
my doc said it would benefit my condition.

Sux you lost your grow! Good luk
I didn't lose mine but the OP did.
There is no limit but there is a minimal guideline.
I believe it's best to stay under 100 though.
 

potpimp

Sector 5 Moderator
This really spins my head for two reasons: (1) because the assholes made you rip up the plants; having to live there and you "feed them food" doesn't even make sense. (2) because in the state that I live in you can get thrown under the bus for one fucking seed. God I hate living here!! I am moving to northern Cali, hopefully, in a month or so. I have a grower friend that's wanting me to move to southern Oregon instead so I'm going to check it out too.
 

IndicaFatnHeavy

Active Member
man... if cannabis lawyers say u got a good law suit on ur hands... why not... just demand enough settlement that it pays for ur lawyer/time missing work/etc...

get a fat check from those fat pigs...
 

robertav3

Well-Known Member
My incident report just says property found for the description. It just doesn't make sense man.
 

pabloesqobar

Well-Known Member
It's good that you are going to seek the advice of an attorney that specializes in this area before you get too gung-ho about suing the cops. I'm sure there is a way to form a legit collective, and there may even be some guidance through SB420, or a local ordinance in your town. They are probably fairly specific.

If I understand correctly, you first indicated that it was 3 "patients" that were growing, yourself and 2 others. Then you subsequently indicated you don't have a medical card, but were growing for 2 other people, who weren't there at the time and don't live with you. And all you had were copies of their medical prescriptions. I'm no expert, but under those circumstances, asking the cops to just take your word for it probably isn't the way the law works. But, you do claim to know the laws so I could be wrong.

So, you had 30 plants and 2 patients. Were the plants mature or immature? How many plants can each patient in your city/county cultivate? Did the prescriptions list any amount (other than the default 6/12)?

In any event, I would still be nervous about cops showing up and definitely bummed about destroying 30 plants. By the way, what happened to the plants? You just said they told you to rip them out.
 
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