CA - Grotesque Pomona collective raid ends in million dollar bail

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MarijuanaNews.com : Grotesque Pomona collective raid ends in million dollar bail

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Shows how dumb the police are really. They did this because the people were protesting against them abusing their powers. Then they go.... well, don't think I need to say anything else, you all get it.

Where exactly is Pomona?

Protesters object to Pomona closing marijuana dispensary

Sunday, May 10, 2009, 12:37

POMONA - The signs spoke louder than the protesters.â?�Give us back our meds.â?�

â??Stop arresting patients.â?�

â??Being sick is not a crime.â?�

Thirty-five people - young and old, healthy and sick - took part in Fridayâ??s protest that stemmed from Pomona police shutting down a medical marijuana dispensary April 30, just seven days after it opened.

City officials said the dispensary did not have a business license.

The protest in front of the police station on Mission Boulevard was quiet and peaceful. Horns honking in approval were the only loud noises.

But the message was loud enough.

Protest organizer Kara Andresen-Hill said the facility was a collective and not a business.

â??This is far beyond medical marijuana,â?� Andresen-Hill said. â??It is an exercise for the First Amendment right.â?�

Andresen-Hill isnâ??t alone in questioning the stateâ??s stance on the medical marijuana issue.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday said it is time for the state to debate proposals such as a bill introduced earlier this year in the Legislature that would treat marijuana like alcohol.

â??Itâ??s time for debate. â?¦ Iâ??m always for an open debate on it,â?� Schwarzenegger said during a news event in Davis.

San Francisco Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano said legalizing marijuana for adults over age 21 and taxing it at $50 an ounce would help the state address its budget deficits.

cited a state Board of Equalization estimate that the tax could bring in $1.3 billion a year, depending on various assumptions.Schwarzenegger said the state should study other nationsâ?? experiences in legalizing and taxing marijuana.

The governorâ??s willingness to look at the issue would have found some fans at the Pomona protest.

Tim Dynice, 31, was arrested the night the facility was shut down.

â??I was being peaceful â?¦ then I was being cuffed in the back of a police car,â?� Dynice said. â??I was charged with possession, sales and furnishing (marijuana).â?�

Dynice, who uses medical marijuana to curb his ADHD, drives from Seal Beach to get the cannabis.

â??People donâ??t realize how much this stuff helps the sick and the dying,â?� Dynice said.

But not everyone is on board.

â??Thereâ??s research. But itâ??s crappy research,â?� said Randall J. Bjork, a Colorado Springs neurologist. â??It would be nice to see something definitive printed up in the New England Journal of Medicine or Annals of Neurology.â?�

Bjork remains skeptical about the effectiveness of a drug that has yet to be tested in large-scale, well-organized studies. For now, he considers marijuana a low-tier treatment, and has never suggested marijuana to a patient who wasnâ??t already inquiring about it.

Medical marijuana is legal in California, and Attorney General Eric Holder recently said federal agents will no longer be utilized to raid dispensaries unless they are violating both federal and state law.

Former President George Bushâ??s administration targeted medical marijuana dispensaries in California even if they complied with that stateâ??s medical marijuana law.

Pomona police officers did not return calls for comment.

Link: http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_12329698
Source: Bay Area News Group
Author: Lori Consalvo, Staff Writer

What the fuck are they doing?....
I hope this police station just all get fired.

These cops should be fired for wasting tax payers money.Money is tight in california. I guess these cops do not care that we the tax payers voted for medical marijuana.