Cali Lawsuit: Police Brutalize Dispensary Employee

[RainDog]

http://hemp.org/news/content/california-lawsuit-alleges-long-beach-police-brutalized-marijuana-dispensary-employee

Security camera footage of the incident, which happened June 19 of last year, show employee Dorian Brooks, a young African-American with no prior arrests on his record, lying on the ground when an LBPD officer steps on his neck, reports Nick Schou at OC Weekly.

The footage also shows police officers trying to destroy a security camera after the attack.

When Brooks -- who posed no visible threat to the officers -- cried out in pain from the weight of the cop standing on his neck, officers roughly handcuffed him, according to the complaint, and said, "You're a black drug dealer; you should be used to this."

When officers battered down the security camera -- allegedly trying to destroy evidence of their misbehavior -- debris from the camera fell on Brooks, and he again cried out in pain. At that point, one of the officers told him, "Shut up, you dumb nigger," according to the complaint.

So much for the claim that California doesn't need legalization.

[SoCalNative]

1. California has legalization

for medical use. But one doesn't have to go to great lengths to get a prescription.

[RainDog]

2. I should've clarified

Some people have argued that, because CA has liberal medical laws, they don't need full legalization.

The actions of the police would tend to make that assumption invalid. Of course, the entire nation needs to address this issue to insure uniformity of the law, but even then, some backassward politicians will try to void the law (see the Indiana post.)

[friendly_iconoclast]

3. Here's a link to the video on YouTube: