Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Zuma Dogg Update for Wednesday May 28, 2008

Sorry the number of blog posts may be down, but that's because I was out all day attending meetings (City Council and Board of Supervisors), busted out the ZumaCam to capture Janice Hahn addressing the medical marijuana crowd on the City Hall steps (where she called for the end of using LAPD on DEA busts). Then minutes later, LAPD was busy busting 6 medical marijuana co-ops -- so Zuma Dogg spent the rest of the evening interviewing people who were there for the bust, including one twenty-something who the DEA choked and threw to the ground for having a camera. (The kid got to keep the camera, so I guess the DEA choked him and threw him to the ground just for some recreation.) Meanwhile, there was less than $2000 cash on hand during the DEA bust -- and the warrant was only for amounts over $2000, so they didn't recover a penny of the expensive Federal raid that used around 20 LAPD for the job. (The Feds even had to call in an LAPD safecracker to break open the safe, only to come up empty handed.) PRICE IS RIGHT SOUNDER: (Whomp, whomp, whomp, whomp...(deflated) WHOOOOOOOOOOMP.)

JANICE HAHN: Will be elected the next mayor of Los Angeles if the Medical Marijuana crowd has their way. Meanwhile, the guy who was choked and detained asked for names and badge numbers since he was detained while they checked him out, and the DEA were not only NOT WEARING BADGES according to people at the scene -- but they told him they would not give him their names. (So that is a FEDERAL VIOLATION to the fullest.)

BRATTON: Will be putting an end to allowing his cops to be cross deputized to go out on these raids in violation of vote will and State law. More on the problems with cross deputy cops on DEA raids coming soon. But ZD predicts Bratton may have to have a backbone inserted into his spine and stand up to this. (What could be worse that being a puppet's puppet?) How the mighty have fallen. I guess L.A. ain't N.Y.