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Thomas Williams was alone that November morning in 2013 when police raided his rural St. Joseph County home, wearing black masks, camouflage and holding guns at their sides. They broke down his front door with a battering ram.

"We think you're dealing marijuana," they told Williams, a 72-year-old, retired carpenter and cancer patient who is disabled and carries a medical marijuana card. 

When he protested, they handcuffed him and left him on the living room floor as they ransacked his home, emptying drawers, rummaging through closets and surveying his grow room, where he was nourishing his 12 personal marijuana plants as allowed by law. Some had recently begun to die, so he had cloned them and had new seedlings, although they were not yet planted. That, police insisted, put him over the limit.

They did not charge Williams with a crime, though.

Instead, they took his Dodge Journey, $11,000 in cash from his home, his television, his cell phone, his shotgun and are attempting to take his Colon Township home. And they plan to keep the proceeds, auctioning off the property and putting the cash in police coffers.

 

Read more here

 

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/02/22/civil-asset-forfeiture-michigan-seizures-aclu-heritage-foundation-institute-justice/23737663/

I took it seriously where they said a secure area. I decided that meant secure enough to keep out the cops. they need to bring a tow truck and chain saw.

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who makes a dispensary check for a card ? 

 

The Michigan Medical Marijuana Act?

 

Since there illegal, why should they bother at all,, there is no law that includes a disp in the MMMA.. so pay the pigs, they look the other way.. == still open dispensary.. JMHO

 

Not renew, that might work,, once they loose that income, someone is gonna be unhappy.. just sayin.. 

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since they don't have to register patients, or send in paperwork, or even verify the standing of the card/physicians rec, I'd guess this is where some  illicit pot meets the streets, since law isn't  watching them.   Police kick in cg doors with accusations of dealing, yet turn a blind eye at the corner dope stores doing exactly that!  its crazy.

 

 

how long has it worked that way, snag the evil users, let the angelic dealers flourish?

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The Michigan Medical Marijuana Act?

 

Since there illegal, why should they bother at all,, there is no law that includes a disp in the MMMA.. so pay the pigs, they look the other way.. == still open dispensary.. JMHO

 

Not renew, that might work,, once they loose that income, someone is gonna be unhappy.. just sayin.. 

 

 

 

Lets not forget about section 8. It IS PART OF THE LAW that allows for a defense.

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