smotpoker
04-20-2005, 08:51 PM
I sleep with my windows open. At all times of the year. What can i say? Well one night around midnight i am rolling into bed and hear some strange noises coming from outside. I brushed them off as probably a dog or other animal as they always shit back behind my place. I fall asleep.
Now the story gets interesting. Apparently a neigbhor had heard the noises too. She was worried it was a person and called the mutha fuckin police. So noises-midnight. Apparently the cops (6 of em) came to the building and investigated the noises. Seeing my window open, with no screen, they become concerned for my safety At 3:00 AM i roll over and dont believe my eyes. Theres 6 cops running around my place with flashlights out and guns drawn. In the Dark. If i had had a gun, they would have been shot. Men dressed in black with flashlights and guns at 3 am running around in the dark of my apartment?!!? They asked for my id and told me the situation. After it was understood that no prowler was in my house, they began to snoop around. In my half asleep hazey state i watch this cop go into my closet with his flashlight. I can only imagine the shit in his pants as he came across a beautiful unknown sativa in a scrog under a 400w light. she had just finished stretching after 4 weeks of 12/12. she was a giant taking up a 2x2 foot print completely. Those pigs.
ANyways, once they jizzed themselves they pulled me and my roommate outside in our undies (its now 3.30 am) Its 35 fucking degrees, and these cops are waiting on a hairpin trigger for me to give in and give consensual search. I told them to fuck off and go get a warrant. Slammed the door on them and locked it. I had time to take care of my place, except the plant was too woven into the screen to cut up so that it would fit into the toilet.
I severed the plant from the 5 gallon root ball and stuffed everything into a trash bag. In my hurried state i jumped out my back window to find a dumpster to toss my plant. I was met by the fools in black who were hiding with assault rifles. they detained me and hauled my ass to jail for possesion. The worst part about this was as the cop was pulling into the street to take me to jail, his fucking dashboard clock read 4:20 AM
hey found a massacred plant, grow supplies, and a couple pipes. NO SCALE OR PROCESSED BUD < those if had been in my possesion would have really hurt my situation.
bottom line i found after doing research, is that 'warrantless searches' are only legit if theres an 'urgent' situation. In my case an open window doesnt mean urgent anything. It is a violation of my 4th amendment rights and if goes to court will be thrown out. Any evidence or probable cause to obtain the search warrant that came from the inital warrantless search, gets tossed out of court.
all in all thats about all i can talk about now.
My roommate had come home late that night piss drunk and forgot to lock the front door. If he had locked the door, or my windows had been closed i could have avoided all this. I would have been fucked worse if i had allowed for the consensual search.
people gotta cover the basic's if your growing pot. Dont give them an inch, or else they'll drag you the full mile.
Now the story gets interesting. Apparently a neigbhor had heard the noises too. She was worried it was a person and called the mutha fuckin police. So noises-midnight. Apparently the cops (6 of em) came to the building and investigated the noises. Seeing my window open, with no screen, they become concerned for my safety At 3:00 AM i roll over and dont believe my eyes. Theres 6 cops running around my place with flashlights out and guns drawn. In the Dark. If i had had a gun, they would have been shot. Men dressed in black with flashlights and guns at 3 am running around in the dark of my apartment?!!? They asked for my id and told me the situation. After it was understood that no prowler was in my house, they began to snoop around. In my half asleep hazey state i watch this cop go into my closet with his flashlight. I can only imagine the shit in his pants as he came across a beautiful unknown sativa in a scrog under a 400w light. she had just finished stretching after 4 weeks of 12/12. she was a giant taking up a 2x2 foot print completely. Those pigs.
ANyways, once they jizzed themselves they pulled me and my roommate outside in our undies (its now 3.30 am) Its 35 fucking degrees, and these cops are waiting on a hairpin trigger for me to give in and give consensual search. I told them to fuck off and go get a warrant. Slammed the door on them and locked it. I had time to take care of my place, except the plant was too woven into the screen to cut up so that it would fit into the toilet.
I severed the plant from the 5 gallon root ball and stuffed everything into a trash bag. In my hurried state i jumped out my back window to find a dumpster to toss my plant. I was met by the fools in black who were hiding with assault rifles. they detained me and hauled my ass to jail for possesion. The worst part about this was as the cop was pulling into the street to take me to jail, his fucking dashboard clock read 4:20 AM
hey found a massacred plant, grow supplies, and a couple pipes. NO SCALE OR PROCESSED BUD < those if had been in my possesion would have really hurt my situation.
bottom line i found after doing research, is that 'warrantless searches' are only legit if theres an 'urgent' situation. In my case an open window doesnt mean urgent anything. It is a violation of my 4th amendment rights and if goes to court will be thrown out. Any evidence or probable cause to obtain the search warrant that came from the inital warrantless search, gets tossed out of court.
all in all thats about all i can talk about now.
My roommate had come home late that night piss drunk and forgot to lock the front door. If he had locked the door, or my windows had been closed i could have avoided all this. I would have been fucked worse if i had allowed for the consensual search.
people gotta cover the basic's if your growing pot. Dont give them an inch, or else they'll drag you the full mile.