Video: Cops Mock Disabled Woman, Eat Edibles, Play Darts After Dispensary Raid

Video appearing to show Santa Ana police eating medical marijuana edibles, playing darts, and mocking an amputee in a wheelchair after raiding a local cannabis dispensary was published Thursday by Voice of OC.

Police have launched an “internal affairs investigation” after the video footage, recorded during a raid last month, was released to local news media in Orange County by the dispensary’s attorney, Matthew Pappas.

Pappas, who edited raw footage together to create a seven-minute-long “highlight” video, says he plans to file a lawsuit on behalf of his client, the now-closed Sky High Holistic dispensary.

It was not immediately clear what led to the raid, which was conducted during business hours. Police broke down the dispensary’s door, and with guns drawn and aimed at patients and dispensary staff, cleared the store, including a woman with an amputated leg in a wheelchair.

That’s when things appeared to take on a party atmosphere. A female officer joked about wanting to punch the amputee “in her nub,” and two other officers could be seen appearing to unwrap and sample medical cannabis edibles. Another set up a dart board.

All of the above was captured on the dispensary’s security cameras — which police also took efforts to dismantle. Cops can be seen on the video taking down cameras with crowbars and removing the dispensary’s DVR recorder. Apparently, they missed this camera and an off-site storage.

If nothing else, the video reveals police conduct during a raid of a dispensary: military-style tactics before barbecue-style relaxing. Your tax dollars at work.

Santa Ana police chief Carlos Rojas says that the video, which is obviously edited for anti-police effect, isn’t entirely clear. The edibles may have been protein bars, he told the Web site.

As far as Pappas is concerned, it’s obvious. “I believe they are consuming edibles and the behavior exhibited gives every indication that’s what they’d be doing,” Pappas told the Web site.

Watch for yourself below.