• Pronell@lemmy.world
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    And they were there because the energy use of the MRI made them suspect it was a pot farm… in a legal state.

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      I agree with the legal state part, but it was not the energy use of the MRI; it was BS’d from the following:

      “Franco conducted surveillance on multiple dates in 2023, reporting the ‘distinct odor of live cannabis plant and not the odor of dried cannabis being smoked,’ tinted windows–which he attributed to efforts to conceal cannabis cultivation, security cameras– which he associated with locations where cannabis is grown to prevent theft, and two individuals in similar attire at the premises – whom he concluded were performing maintenance or expanding the cultivation operation,” the lawsuit alleges.

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        Why would you conduct a raid without even finding out what the official listing for an address says they do there. Because in this case the bare minimum could have been 2 uniformed cops just ringing the bell… or an undercover/plain clothes cop making an appointment. But no… dicks out… full raid… probably good overtime.

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        Tinted windows, security cameras, and uniforms…rock solid proof of a weed farm. /s

        That describes 90% of the businesses I shop at.

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        Distinct odor of live cannabis

        I have no idea what that smells like, but this smells like a bunch of crap

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        That is… patently stupid.

        Basically he smelled pot.

        Thats the only suspicious thing in that chain of observations.

        Literally every non-residential building has tinted windows in some way or another- it’s for energy conservation.

        Every non residential and a fairly large number of residential buildings have cameras. Yes. To deter would be thieves, but mostly to show what happened and maybe whodunnit, if you’re lucky.

        “Similar attire” what the fuck does that even mean? Uniformed? Scrubs? Shit. Everyone in almost every company all wear similar attire when going to work.

        Usually job appropriate attire. Which means people doing the same job are going to be wearing “similar attire”.

        “They appear to be wearing maintenance clothing- blue jeans, gray polo, tool belts that have [some kind of tools]” is a valid observation.

        Or “they appear to all be wearing scrubs, as doctors and nurses wear” or “they appear to be wearing clean room suits”

        But what isn’t a valid? “….to do maintenance or expand the operation.”

        Well, you see a maintenance worker, them doing maintenance isn’t… too far a leap. But again, literally, every non-residential building has a maintenance guy. That ain’t suspicious.