Cali Cops Ramp Up Robbing Cannabis Companies to Steal Anything they Can Before Vote on LegalizationBy Matt Agorist This November, California residents will vote on, and undoubtedly pass Proposition 64 (2016) The California Marijuana Legalization Initiative (#15-0103) also known as theAdult Use of Marijuana Act. The fear from police who stand to lose their cash cow from smash-and-grab raids on marijuana dispensaries and extraction companies has sent them into a fury. Over the last year, California cops have ramped up asset seizures of cannabis companies in an apparent response to Prop 64. A detailed report by Inc.comhas explained how one of these companies is being affected by these raids. At 7:37 a.m. on January 28, 2016, nearly 30 officers from the San Diego Joint Narcotics Task Forceconducted a raid on Med-West Distributors, a licensed medical cannabis extraction company. The officers, decked out in helmets, tactical gear and clutching assault rifles and handguns, used a sledge hammer to open the door and burst into the lobby. Once inside, the task force arrested two employees present, cracked open the companys safe and collected its inventoryover 30,000 cartridges of cannabis oil and a couple pounds of concentrate. TheNarcotics Task Force seized$1.4 million in cash, product, and money from various bank accounts belonging to owner James Slatic ($325,570 in cash was found in the safe). Med-West had been providing hundreds of licensed dispensaries around California with medical CO2-extractedcannabis oil and products under the states medical marijuana laws since 2010. The company was licensedby the city of San Diego and operating openly.Slatic says his company was raided a second time in late June and is now officially closed. Not only did law enforcement officials rob Slatics business blind and effectively bankrupt him, they hit his innocent family, too. Using federal asset forfeiture laws, San Diego law enforcement has seized all the companys accounts and the money in Slatics personal account. They have also seized the bank account of Slatics wife, who is a federal employee at the Veteran Affairs. But it gets worse. After seizing his and his wifes personal assets, this thieving group of public servants then went after his kids college savings accounts. His children can no longer pay for college. Slatic, whos had his life ruined by these people has yet to be charged with a crime. Unfortunately, Slatics case is hardly isolated. In Sonoma county alone, on one day, cops raided five properties. They seized equipment, products, and funds from all of them. Over the last year, we have seen more investigations, more raids and systematic assetseizuresof medical marijuana companies using CO2 to make concentratesthan ever before, Jessica McElfresh, one of Slatics attorneys said in an interview with Inc.com.According to California state law, medical marijuana is legal. The laws are complicated and ambiguous, but the state has decided this is something they want to allow and regulate. As recreational legalization looms on the horizon, the ramping up ofraids on legal companies has business owners crying foul as police are seemingly targeting them in a last stitch effort to steal everything they can. They are just trying to get as much money from us while they still can. Thats why its called smash-and-grab, explainsSlatic.The prosecutors do not give us their prosecutorial strategy but many people think Drug Task Forces have become addicted to the assets. Law enforcement knows we have trouble getting banking so during my raid they found $325,570 in cash in the safe and the cops were high-fiving each other. If anyone still believes these cops are acting for the benefit of public interest after witnessing these atrocious acts of theft, theyd do well to reconsider their position. Not only are they stealing money from good people who provide individuals, including epileptic children, with life-saving medicine, but they are denying said children their medicine. There is absolutely no justification other than thievery for the actions of law enforcement in these raids. Its time Americans stand up and demand an end to the war on cannabis. Since Slatic is completely bankrupt due to the police, hes had to start fundraising online. Hes sincecreated an Indiegogo campaign to raise money to pay for his legal fees. Below is a powerful video in which Slatic explains his victimization by the state. Matt Agorist is the co-founder of TheFreeThoughtProject.com, where this article first appeared. He is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Follow @MattAgorist. And the cops who conduct these raids would be surprised if someone would seek to shoot them like the thieves they are. Since medical marijuana is legal in California, what reason would California police have to raid a place that is legal under California law? Not only that but its CBD oil which doesnt get you high! It does help with cancer, chronic pain and many other things. I live in No. Calif. why isnt our state govt reining in these greedy, thieving cops who are utterly ruining peoples lives? Because the state government is a bunch of greedy, thieving cowards also. Time to send them packing. You get the government you deserve, and this is living proof! re: your last sentence. What about those of us who DID NOT vote for these thieves? We dont deserve a bad govt. In fact, considering that the news these days doesnt tell us much, you cant even blame those who vote for them out of ignorance. NO ONE deserves bad govt, its not that simple and is far more complicated than that. I didnt vote for them either. But both of us could have done more, I think thats obvious. So we are guilty of not having given our best effort, and we are, in that way, responsible also. We got the government we deserve. We have all got to do better. Do you not agree with that? Ive been known to go by the nickname of Montserrat, BTW. Remember who controls the cops whos at the top One word revenue!!! There are rogue cops who dont care what the law says. Evil bastards . There MUST be something that can be done surely? If not then we are talking about a complete break down of any law and order I feel really sorry for this poor man and his family , good should overcome evil but in this case it`s just not true. Those who engage in such crimes against humanity are digging their own graves, now and into eternity. It certainly appears they always have guns up and yet they wish to take our guns. BTW: Move to Colorado and imbibe for the health of it. Comments are disabled on the video. That is always a red flag for deception. If the story is true as stated, then this company would be only one of thousands that have been the victim of the illegal actions of the authorities of the USSA. Look at what happened to Kent Hovindall because he exposed the intentional deceptions of the evolutionary lies in the textbooks and never lost a single debate, but was effective in waking people up about scientific truth. 9 years in prison, wrongfully arrested and convicted. Cops are generally legalized criminals, as military are legalized killers, with lots of crossover. They work for legalized criminal ruling class, who answer to the criminal .01%ers, who answer to London and the Rothchilds. 