Bumbling US cops who raided a medical diagnostics center thinking it was a cannabis farm got a gun stuck to the powerful magnets of an MRI machine, a California lawsuit has alleged.

The owners of the facility are claiming damages against the Los Angeles Police Department for an operation their lawyers describe as “nothing short of a disorganized circus.”

Their lawsuit details how a SWAT team swarmed Noho Diagnostic Center after the squad’s leader persuaded a magistrate to issue a search warrant.

Officer Kenneth Franco drew on his “twelve hours of narcotics training” and discovered the facility was using more electricity than nearby stores, the lawsuit said.

“Officer Franco, therefore, concluded (the facility) was cultivating cannabis, disregarding the fact that it is a diagnostic facility utilizing an MRI machine, X-ray machine and other heavy medical equipment – unlike the surrounding businesses selling flowers, chocolates and children’s merchandise,” the suit said.

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  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    1594·
    1 month ago

    a magazine full of bullets

    I know this is just the reporter’s ignorance, but I’m imagining a magazine full of bullets, no cases, powder, or ever primers.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      493·
      1 month ago

      I don’t know about anyone else, but comments like this make me want to use firearms terminology incorrectly on purpose.

        • Arcka@midwest.socialEnglish
          14·
          1 month ago

          Sure they do. The gun clubs I’ve joined foster an environment that attracts people who demonstrate care and consideration in all aspects concerning firearms. If someone is lazy and imprecise in the manner in which they communicate about guns, that might also apply to their general demeaner. After speaking with some of these fellows during public range days, it’s not surprising when later they’re shooting holes in the shelter roof or bouncing ricochets off the top of the berm.

          • hate2bme@lemmy.world
            22·
            1 month ago

            You misunderstood what I was talking about. I am saying if a non gun person says bullets they know exactly what they are talking about about and don’t feel a need to correct them. No need to be an asshole and say “Well ackshully”. Nobody likes that guy.

            • Arcka@midwest.socialEnglish
              1·
              1 month ago

              No misunderstanding - I get what you’re saying and I disagree.

              I also don’t agree that expecting journalists to be accurate makes someone an asshole. If they were reporting on an automobile and wrote that the spark plugs make 500HP we could guess what they likely meant, but we’d also recognize the journalist’s ignorance. They should educate themselves on their subject matter so they can do their job properly.

    • Dave2@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      243·
      1 month ago

      Forgive my ignorance but isn’t a bullet made up by those things? Why would they need to mention the components of the bullet for it to make sense?