Pubdate: Sat, 13 Jun 2015
Source: Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA)
Copyright: 2015 Appeal-Democrat
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1343

POT RAID PROBED

The Santa Ana Police Department is investigating surveillance video 
that purports to show officers disabling cameras, making derogatory 
remarks about an amputee, eating and playing darts during a raid at a 
marijuana dispensary, according to a newspaper report.

The first of the edited clips from the May 26 raid at Sky High 
Collective shows officers breaking through the front door and 
ordering several customers to the floor, the Orange County Register 
reported Thursday.

A clip purports to show officers later making demeaning remarks about 
a woman in a wheelchair with an amputated left leg who was in the dispensary.

Another clip shows an officer throwing darts. Then, an officer can be 
seen unwrapping a small package and putting something in his mouth. 
It's not clear what he's eating.

Cmdr. Chris Revere called the video "concerning" and said an internal 
affairs investigation is underway.

"We expect our officers to act in a certain way," said Revere, who is 
in charge of the department's internal affairs division.
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