LA cops go all Mr Bean on a medical imaging center
2024-09-26 16:43:12.098131+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
LAPD raid goes from bad to farce after gun allegedly sucked onto MRI machine. Cops claim they smell cannabis, get a warrant for busting into a medical imaging facility on the basis of it being an unlicensed grow operation, and shit just gets weird from there...
An officer then allegedly pulled a sealed emergency release button that shut the MRI machine down, deactivating it, evaporating thousands of liters of helium gas and damaging the machine in the process. The officer then grabbed his rifle and left the room, leaving behind a magazine filled with bullets on the office floor, according to the lawsuit.
Based on this article on Law360 that requires registration and a log-in, has this delightful bit of shade:
Franco discovered that the "target premises" was a medical diagnostic center, but it did not have a cultivation license, the suit said. That, and all of the other bits of information he gleaned from looking at the building, was enough for Franco to seek a search warrant. Franco has been a police officer for 15 years and apparently has had 12 hours' worth of narcotics training.