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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 122 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 119 points 11 months 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.

[–] nwtreeoctopus@sh.itjust.works 89 points 11 months 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?

[–] PrincessKadath@ani.social 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 66 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] kungen@feddit.nu 26 points 11 months 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@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months 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.

[–] IsoSpandy@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months 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.

[–] Shkshkshk@dice.camp 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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

[–] Forester@pawb.social 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The spring in the clip is steel

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months 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.

[–] PrincessKadath@ani.social 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] nwtreeoctopus@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely gobsmacked at these complete fucking morons

[–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago

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

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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.

[–] melooone@feddit.org 5 points 10 months 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@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

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

[–] 790@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months 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@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They did it to expose the cops performing illegal searches.

[–] 790@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months 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.