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The lawsuit added that 75 boxes of pizza were found at McCormick’s farm following the raid by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.
Hmm...
Much of McCormick's property and cannabis plants were destroyed during the raid
I can guess how they "destroyed" it if they got 75 boxes of pizza afterward.
Not even joking, but they often burn it in a fire they all stand around.
Which obviously gets them high and gives them an excuse if they're tested, so I'm sure they actually smoke some too.
But burning pounds of it explains how they got high enough to not only order 75 pizzas, but leave all the boxes there and then drive away after.
If a single one was sober they'd have realized they at least needed to dispose of the boxes to hide evidence
Sheriffs are usually elected too, so this is probably not going to endear the count sheriff to the voters next time around.
Sheriffs in Los Angeles and surrounding areas (which includes Riverside) are known to be literal gangs. They get tattoos when they have an on-duty shooting and celebrate when they kill someone on-duty. When people think of bad police, LAPD is usually up there on top with NYPD; but the sheriffs in the LA area are far far worse than LAPD.
Sheriffs in huge parts of the west. I live in AZ and know shit has potential to get very ugly whenever it's a sheriff's deputy who shows up
Not all of Cali is liberal
I looked up this county and 45% voted trump. In non presidential elections, turnout is likely lower. There's a chance this bullshit actually helps the sheriff's re election
When it comes to law enforcement, moderates tend to skew conservative too. That's why conservatives jumped on the whole "defund" stuff to terrify moderates.
That suggest the opposite to me- that if the populace found out that the cops got high, ordered a ton of pizza, then left all the pizza boxes and drove off while high and they're conservative, they're not going to like the Sheriff very much. But they're also police bootlickers, so who knows?
If you've never seen the aftermath of a raid those boxes were probably a small percentage of what had to be cleaned up afterwards
They sprinkled some crack on the pizza boxes
I can’t. How many police officers possibly participated in the raid, and how many pizza pies an average policeman can eat? Let’s say 2 at max, that suggests 35 policemen. WTF?
Are pizzas small there? I couldn't imagine eating even half a pizza solo. Let alone more than one full one. Pizza is a party food for that reason isn't it?
Or I guess am I missing the joke, is it that police are generally larger people and eat more?
I made a worst case estimation of small pizzas and large hungry policemen. These numbers suggest that there should be AT LEAST 35 policemen. If we go with half pizza per person, we get 140 policemen. It is WTF^2
I can eat half a pizza solo, but that's as far as I can go. Even if I'm high.
In November 2022, McCormick noticed a news report detailing an "unauthorized and unlicensed cannabis farm, located on unincorporated land," that was raided by members of the Riverside County Sheriff's Office. McCormick then met with members of the sheriff's office to provide paperwork showing the legality of his cannabis farm.
At around 4:30 a.m. local time on December 7, McCormick was woken up by members of the sheriff's office as they began their raid.
Fuck! He proactively went to show his legal status and all that did was put himself on their radar.
However, the sheriff's office was informed by members of the tribe that they were not authorized to conduct the raid on their land. In turn, members of the sheriff's office said the tribal members "didn't know what they were talking about," the lawsuit said.
Much of McCormick's property and cannabis plants were destroyed during the raid and officers confiscated $300,000 from the tribe's safe.
Outright theft. They had no jurisdiction and didn't care that they didn't.
Additionally, the lawsuit said that on January 8, 2023, McCormick's "family home 'mysteriously' caught fire, after the sheriff's office ordered power and water to his property to be turned off, resulting in the home "being completely burned down," along with much of his personal belongings.
Why would the water be shut off?! Goddamnit. Every part of this article is infuriating, nothing about this was law enforcement, just armed thugs raiding locals for fun and profit.
Oh Jesus christ they didn't even put the worst parts anywhere near the title. They didn't just have a pizza party, they celebrated the destruction of a man's property on land they weren't allowed to police on, LEFT THE BOXES, and then engaged in a little bit of freelance arsonry (or aided arsonry). Fuck me
To the cops involved, it was probably their annual work party. Bastards stole his money and burnt his shit down for morale and their mutual holiday cheer.
Yeah, they're cops. Outrageous and illegal is their whole thing...
More rage bait:
What can even be done about this? We need laws in place to stop this kind of tyranny
We have laws. This is who is supposed to enforce those laws, but we give them immunity from nearly everything and let them illegally collude with prosecutors and judges... Zero effective oversight means zero effective consequences!
Wowww really hope these guys face consequences. Totally inappropriate behaviour.
Pretty sure this happened on the Simpsons
Not very professional