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[–] [email protected] 122 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This has actually happened a few times now. Police raiding bitcoin miners homes because they think its a grow house.

[–] [email protected] 119 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The LAPD did one recently on a medical imaging office because apparently it's suspicious that an office full of XRAY and MRI machines uses a lot of power.

[–] [email protected] 89 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is that the one where the idiot cop got his gun stuck in the MRI and hit the emergency button to shut it down?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait, what? 😱 Got a news link for this utter imbecile actions?

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The first officer retrieved his rifle and left the scanner room “leaving behind a magazine filled with bullets on the office floor.”

Nice when they refill the MRI and need to quench it again.

[–] SupraMario 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Unless he was using steel case rounds, most ammunition isn't magnetic, it wasn't going to cause issues with the machine.... he's still a fucking idiot though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

An MRI works at 3T to 7T. At that range oxygen is slightly magnetic (Everything is magnetic, just not ferromagnetic). This can cause damage to the machine if it misaligned a critical component.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

@IsoSpandy @SupraMario
Minor correction: the word for this is paramagnetic. Paramagnetism happens when a molecule has unpaired electrons, whereas diamagnetism happens when a molecule has no unpaired electrons. You're pretty much entirely right, though

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The spring in the mag is steel

[–] SupraMario 5 points 1 month ago

That's fair, I miss read that, assumed he had dumped a mag full of rounds on the ground, vs a mag with rounds in it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you for the link. My (already low) faith in humanity just took a nose dive.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At least it looks like it hasn't happened twice?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Absolutely gobsmacked at these complete fucking morons

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

If they were smart, they wouldn't be allowed to be cops...

[–] SkyezOpen 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

My favorite is the cop baiters. It's illegal to use IR to identify grow houses in whatever state they operate in, so they aluminum foil the heck out of a house and crank the heat so it stands out. When the police come in based off a nonexistent anonymous tip, they're basically caught breaking the law red handed.

Can't find the video but I'll keep looking.

Edit: https://youtu.be/uunOZexpHEI

I've seen that they also called in an anonymous tip about the house, which in itself is not enough for a warrant but the cops raided anyway.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you mean Barry Cooper with KopBusters?

Formerly a police officer in Texas, Cooper is best known for KopBusters, a series of online videos in which he attempts to document police misconduct, and Never Get Busted Again, a series of videos aimed at teaching citizens how to evade false arrest by the police.

You probably meant this Video about it that went viral.

[–] SkyezOpen 4 points 1 month ago

Yes! Just found a news report about it a few minutes ago and added it but thanks for finding a fuller version.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This seems like a terrible idea. Even if you're not committing any crime why would you want cops to pay attention to you?

[–] SkyezOpen 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They did it to expose the cops performing illegal searches.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I get why they did it, but I'm not bringing cops to my door as a gotcha.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 4 points 1 month ago

The big crime here is that the police don't arrest everyone in the house and do a full team photo-op in front of the racks before they demolish the property.