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RogueOne2/29/2012 5:32:15 am PST

One of the arguments that drives me nuts is….”If you have nothing to hide then you shouldn’t mind willingly giving up your rights to prove it…”

CSPD SWAT Team Raids MMJ Patients’ Home
No Charges Filed
krdo.com

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Colorado Springs Police SWAT team raids the home where two medical marijuana patients live, but no arrests are made or charges filed. The raid was caught on security cameras, and the patients tell TARGET 13 they believe excessive force was used.

The video shows at least 13 SWAT officers coming to the door of the home. After the first officer reaches the door, about 15 seconds pass before another officer rams it open and a flash bang is thrown inside.
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Ball said the raid was prompted by tips to investigators from his roommate’s estranged ex who told police that there was an illegal number of medical marijuana plants in the house. Police first came to his door on Christmas night. Police agree, he and his roommate showed their medical marijuana cards, but refused to let officers in the house without a search warrant.

“If you have nothing to hide, most people would open the door and say, ‘Yes, please come in and and let’s dispel any information you have because it’s false’,” said Colorado Springs Police spokesperson Barbara Miller.

Either willingly give up your rights or a judge will allow 13 SWAT members to toss in a flash-bang grenade and swarm your house based on nothing more than the word of one informant which could be your “estranged ex”.