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Police Brutality At Cereal City Compassion Club
Oct 07 2011 11:52 PM
It is not news to our community that enforcement actions have skyrocketed in the last few weeks. What should be news is the use of paramilitary tactics against the disabled. At approximately 3:05PM, Friday September 30th,2011, elements of the Michigan State Police and SWET invaded the Cereal City Compassion Club.
Dean Barnes, door man extraordinaire was speaking to a patron through a crack in the door. A blue van came racing into the parking lot and a small army of heavily armed men, in full swat gear stormed the front door. Dean was thrown across the room onto his face. A MSP officer posed on Dean with his knee on his back. His arms were jerked violently to the rear and riot handcuffs were quickly and tightly secured around his wrist.
Other officers burst through the door. Some heading up the stairs the rest peeling off into the lower level. All of them with weapons drawn screaming raid, police, on the floor, now! Panic spread through the two bedroom sized rooms. Sick Michiganders, that the voters had issued a mandate to protect, were subjected to war like terror. They were ripped from their seats. Walking canes and broken bodies tossed around like limp dolls, landing on the hard wooden floors. The 30 officers(terrorist) pinning them and viciously ripping their broken bodies asunder. Riot cuffs tightened so tight, that the hands of the patients began to turn purple almost immediately. The officers laughed and mocked the patients and caregivers who were laid out on the floor. Holding up one jar after another reading the labels and cackling at near motionless terrified bodies.
As I spoke with Maggie Perrin owner of the Cereal City Compassion Club, I couldnt help but notice the abundance of tears that spilled down her cheeks and onto the floor. She returned to the most terrifying parts of the story over and over. Sometimes fading off with a look of terror on her face as she described the mayhem. I found myself sickened at the details of the raid.
She told me, it was what was going on upstairs that brought them here. I said, you mean the Farmers Market. She said, yes the market. Why Maggie I asked. She replied, the county ask them to do it. They said they saw people walking in with boxes. Since when is it illegal to take boxes inside of a building? Much less used to justify beating the tar out of sick people.
The minutes turned into hours. Sick people scattered about with their arms cuffed behind them. Many of them moaning in agony because of old and new injuries. Their distress fell on deaf ears. The officers went as long as three hours without loosening on moving the cuffs from behind the patients backs. One by one they were taken into a small room for interrogation. The women were forced to remove articles of clothing. They were then groped by officers searching for God knows what.
The most tragic thing about this story is no laws were being broken. The people in this building were within the guidelines of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act. As Maggie told me this story, her hands full of paperwork from the MSP, She seemed completely broken. They took everything. They took all of our money, all of our medicine. They even took property of the patients, who just happened to be there. I asked, you mean the sick people who were just trying to buy their medicine. She nodded her head yes. It took all I could muster not to explode into a tirade, but I knew it was important to get the story right. I asked Maggie, so how long did it take for them to unhandcuff you? She replied three hours before they moved the cuffs to the front. I know my jaw dropped when I heard that. Patients handcuffed, with their hands behind them for three hours! What kind of animals would do this?
I asked Maggie about the damage. They destroyed everything. She told me. Boxes of her personal property strewn everywhere. She wasn't allowed to go upstairs during the raid but she could hear the crashing and banging of items being thrown across the room. Hours after the raid had begun and all the other patients had been released, Maggie was taken to the MSP outpost, to wait on a warrant, so they could repeat the process at her home.
Maggie has arranged for me to interview several other victims. I will be posting their stories soon. One lady that I spoke with today echoed Maggies sentiment concerning the raid. Both of them felt violated.
I know as I left, I must have looked a site, My jaw clenched in anger. My eyes saddened at the thought that sick peoples civil rights are held in such low esteem by police and whoever ordered this attack. I will find out who did this. I think I have already stumbled on a clue. They took many pictures of the Recall Schuette Petition. I wonder why? Was this just simple political assassination? We shall see!
Police Brutality At Cereal City Compassion Club
Oct 07 2011 11:52 PM
It is not news to our community that enforcement actions have skyrocketed in the last few weeks. What should be news is the use of paramilitary tactics against the disabled. At approximately 3:05PM, Friday September 30th,2011, elements of the Michigan State Police and SWET invaded the Cereal City Compassion Club.
Dean Barnes, door man extraordinaire was speaking to a patron through a crack in the door. A blue van came racing into the parking lot and a small army of heavily armed men, in full swat gear stormed the front door. Dean was thrown across the room onto his face. A MSP officer posed on Dean with his knee on his back. His arms were jerked violently to the rear and riot handcuffs were quickly and tightly secured around his wrist.
Other officers burst through the door. Some heading up the stairs the rest peeling off into the lower level. All of them with weapons drawn screaming raid, police, on the floor, now! Panic spread through the two bedroom sized rooms. Sick Michiganders, that the voters had issued a mandate to protect, were subjected to war like terror. They were ripped from their seats. Walking canes and broken bodies tossed around like limp dolls, landing on the hard wooden floors. The 30 officers(terrorist) pinning them and viciously ripping their broken bodies asunder. Riot cuffs tightened so tight, that the hands of the patients began to turn purple almost immediately. The officers laughed and mocked the patients and caregivers who were laid out on the floor. Holding up one jar after another reading the labels and cackling at near motionless terrified bodies.
As I spoke with Maggie Perrin owner of the Cereal City Compassion Club, I couldnt help but notice the abundance of tears that spilled down her cheeks and onto the floor. She returned to the most terrifying parts of the story over and over. Sometimes fading off with a look of terror on her face as she described the mayhem. I found myself sickened at the details of the raid.
She told me, it was what was going on upstairs that brought them here. I said, you mean the Farmers Market. She said, yes the market. Why Maggie I asked. She replied, the county ask them to do it. They said they saw people walking in with boxes. Since when is it illegal to take boxes inside of a building? Much less used to justify beating the tar out of sick people.
The minutes turned into hours. Sick people scattered about with their arms cuffed behind them. Many of them moaning in agony because of old and new injuries. Their distress fell on deaf ears. The officers went as long as three hours without loosening on moving the cuffs from behind the patients backs. One by one they were taken into a small room for interrogation. The women were forced to remove articles of clothing. They were then groped by officers searching for God knows what.
The most tragic thing about this story is no laws were being broken. The people in this building were within the guidelines of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act. As Maggie told me this story, her hands full of paperwork from the MSP, She seemed completely broken. They took everything. They took all of our money, all of our medicine. They even took property of the patients, who just happened to be there. I asked, you mean the sick people who were just trying to buy their medicine. She nodded her head yes. It took all I could muster not to explode into a tirade, but I knew it was important to get the story right. I asked Maggie, so how long did it take for them to unhandcuff you? She replied three hours before they moved the cuffs to the front. I know my jaw dropped when I heard that. Patients handcuffed, with their hands behind them for three hours! What kind of animals would do this?
I asked Maggie about the damage. They destroyed everything. She told me. Boxes of her personal property strewn everywhere. She wasn't allowed to go upstairs during the raid but she could hear the crashing and banging of items being thrown across the room. Hours after the raid had begun and all the other patients had been released, Maggie was taken to the MSP outpost, to wait on a warrant, so they could repeat the process at her home.
Maggie has arranged for me to interview several other victims. I will be posting their stories soon. One lady that I spoke with today echoed Maggies sentiment concerning the raid. Both of them felt violated.
I know as I left, I must have looked a site, My jaw clenched in anger. My eyes saddened at the thought that sick peoples civil rights are held in such low esteem by police and whoever ordered this attack. I will find out who did this. I think I have already stumbled on a clue. They took many pictures of the Recall Schuette Petition. I wonder why? Was this just simple political assassination? We shall see!
