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About 150 protesters braved bad weather to stand outside the courthouse where a medical marijuana trial puts Michigan’s laws on the line. The Michigan Association of Compassion Centers organized the protest, which took place during the preliminary examination for nine people arrested during a raid on medical marijuana facilities. The famous “This is Michigan, not some Cheech and Chong movie” raids.

The crowd used bullhorns to compare charges against the nine to Soviet-style gulags. The hearing was originally scheduled for the 43rd District Court to the Kulick Community Center because of the huge number of people both attending and protesting.

The trial is already a circus with nine defendants, nine attorneys, and thus nine prosecutions. This means individual suspects could be compelled to testify nine times – once for each trial. Defenders of the nine say that police attempted to gain access, were denied, then obtained fake medical marijuana cards and got in for their “sting” operation.

[source Click on Detroit]

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