Read the whole article because it’s hilarious.
Holy shit, they pulled the emergency release on one of those MRI machines. I think that adds a zero or two to the cost of bringing back online.
Yeah, quenching the machine makes bringing it back online $200k+ depending on the system
At one point, an officer walked into an MRI room, past a sign warning that metal was prohibited inside, with his rifle “dangling… in his right hand, with an unsecured strap,” the lawsuit said.
The icing on the donut:
The officer then grabbed his rifle and left the room, leaving behind a magazine filled with bullets on the office floor, according to the lawsuit.
An officer then allegedly pulled a sealed emergency release button that shut the MRI machine down, deactivating it, evaporating thousands of liters of helium gas and damaging the machine in the process. The officer then grabbed his rifle and left the room, leaving behind a magazine filled with bullets on the office floor, according to the lawsuit.
The shutdown did have to happen (because the cop is a dumbass) but it obviously should have been done by someone who knows what they are doing. The guy should be suspended for being a dumbass and also for leaving his loaded magazine.
The mechanism they are describing here is the emergency one (like if a human is trapped against the machine by something metal and is being crushed - you need to kill the magnet NOW). There is a slower, much safer mechanism for deactivating the magnet that should have been used here but that would require the officer admitting he had made a mistake and asking for help.
Also I just want to point out that the rifle should be considered no longer safe to use unless thoroughly inspected by an expert. In a similar case some years back, the police officer’s sidearm was pulled into the machine. After retrieval it was found that the weapon had been magnetized by the scanner and as a result the firing pin was able to spontaneously release.
You don’t have to quench a magnet if it isn’t an emergency, field engineera can ramp it down slowly. Jfc what a moron.
He probably shit his pants at the deafening sound of an MRI machine being quenched, and had to leave quickly to change them.
Yeah, I can imagine someone thinking it’s entirely electrical shitting their pants too a sound of Smaug roaring.
Suspended?
With pay of course.
Then a medal for bravery against a magnet.
Later a promotion after his buddies clear him of all wrong doing.
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I’m not surprised by the rubber stamped warrant. Cop shops are known to shop for judges that will just stamp off. I’m sure they didn’t mention that it was a MRI business but the odor of weed even combined with high energy usage shouldn’t be enough for a raid IMO. There should be some other evidence, especially in LA where it smells like weed pretty much anywhere.
I’m curious how this will go. I assume LA will settle out of court because they don’t want a precedent set that they actually going to be responsible for private property damage during raids.
I can tell you one thing- the police union won’t be paying.
I didnt know they could use the “I smell weed” excuse to raid buildings and stuff now.
Thats just like, the magic words that make all rights disappear, innit?
California has legal weed too.
- “Look out, it’s got a gun!!”
[police open fire for 5 minutes]Proof that Magneto would win if you bring guns.
Idk, he might still be mentally scarred from that time someone brought a wooden gun.
I’ve never seen this. Legitimately hilarious!
As if the bus station scene in X-man 1 wasn’t proof enough. Leave it to the police to test trusted truths and make asses of themselves.
An officer then allegedly pulled a sealed emergency release button that shut the MRI machine down, deactivating it, evaporating thousands of liters of helium gas and damaging the machine in the process. The officer then grabbed his rifle and left the room, leaving behind a magazine filled with bullets on the office floor, according to the lawsuit.
Don’t forget – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LASD_deputy_gangs
There’s enough to make a list?!
In most metro areas even.
Good God. What a bunch of morons.
That’s the LAPD for you. Racist meathead morons.
Why did he leave the magazine though? What if he would have encountered some pet dogs later that day?
