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DdC · 03-26-2005, 08:18 PM

Amputee Sues Over Confiscated Scooter
CN Source: Associated Press March 24, 2005
http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread20403.shtml

Portland, Ore. -- Vicki Marie Tyler, a diabetic amputee with a medical marijuana card, says she was asleep on her couch when 13 police officers raided her North Portland home looking for drugs. Though officers found less than an ounce of marijuana during the 2003 raid, they seized her electric scooter on the grounds in was bought with drug money. A jury last year acquitted Tyler of drug-dealing charges.

Now Tyler is trying to make it 2-for-2 in the courts, filing a federal lawsuit against the Portland Police Bureau because it kept her scooter for more than three months — until a Multnomah County judge ordered the bureau to give it back.

The police seized her scooter, among other pieces of property, even though the warrant did not list any property eligible for seizure, said David D. Park, Tyler’s attorney.

The police can seize property thought to be bought with drug profits, such as guns and expensive stereo equipment. But Park said the police had no reason to believe that Tyler, an arthritic diabetic with kidney failure who uses a prosthetic leg, used drug profits to buy a scooter that requires a prescription from a physician.

The suit seeks $15,000 for emotional pain and suffering. The suit also seeks punitive damages, claiming the police either maliciously sought to punish her or recklessly deprived her of her right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.

The Portland city attorney’s office had not received a copy of the suit Wednesday. A Portland police spokesman declined to comment to The Oregonian.

The lawsuit names 13 Portland police officers, including former Officer Jason H. Sery, who shot and killed an unarmed motorist named James Jahar Perez last year. Sery was cleared of criminal wrongdoing by a grand jury.

Complete Article: http://tinyurl.com/45xyd

CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archives
http://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml

Electric Motor Scooter Articles Mar 25 2005
* Corvallis Gazette-Times: Amputee sues over confiscated scooter
* kgw.com: Amputee sues Portland police over confiscated scooter
* Statesman Journal: Confiscated scooter brings lawsuit by amputee
* The Oregonian: Amputee sues police for taking scooter in raid
* Katu.com: Amputee suing Portland police over confiscated scooter
http://www.speedysat.com/electric_scooters_news.html

Think of the message being sent to the kids?
http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg1x79668.shtml

Why are we Lying to our Children?
http://wunderland.com/WTS/Andy/Stoners/WhyLying.html

The Kubby Family by Pete Brady (04 Sept, 2000)
http://www.kubby.org

(Excerpts) Steve Kubby, a cancer survivor and author of an award-winning book called "The Politics of Consciousness," had just finished a 1998 campaign for governor when 21 police officers burst into his California mountain home in January, 1999. After being mistreated in jail, Kubby and his wife found their home ransacked, their reputation trashed, their money and magazine business ruined by police.

At Kubby's urging, a Sacramento newspaper did a six month investigation of Placer County's anti-pot police unit, and found that officers conducted illegal searches in a number of cases, some of which were later thrown out due to police misconduct.
http://www.cannabisculture.com/cgi/article.cgi?num=1682

Medical marijuana advocates Michele and Steve Kubby are anticipating a ruling "any day now" on their historic bid to become Canada's first officially-sanctioned reefer refugees.

The Kubbys fled to Canada from California three years ago, after Steve was found guilty of minor drug law violations and was told that he would not be able to use life-saving medical marijuana after his conviction.

Steve Kubby suffers from a rare form of cancer, and has long argued that marijuana is the only reason that the cancer has not killed him. A recent article in the prestigious journal "Nature" agreed with Kubby, stating that marijuana killed cancer tumors by cutting off their blood supply.
http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg7x4593.shtml

Medical Marijuana User Claims Persecution in US

The U.S. federal government says medical marijuana use is a hoax and anyone who uses it should go to jail for a long time, he said.

Cancer specialists say Kubby's pot intake reduces his risk of a heart attack by controlling blood pressure spikes, rapid heart beats, headaches and chest pains caused by the over production of adrenaline.

Kubby told the hearing his greatest fear is having his two daughters taken away, a tactic he says U.S. prosecutors use against medical marijuana users.
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15907.shtml

Letter to Health Canada about RCMP illegally seizing and destroying
Steve's medical marihuana - despite exemption
http://www.kubby.com/rcmp.seized.medicine.html

"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Philipino's and Entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others."
Harry Anslinger, Commissioner of Narcotics testifying to Congress on why marijuana should be made illegal, 1937.
(Marijuana Tax Act, signed August 2 1937; effective Oct.1, 1937)

Andrew Looney: Activist
http://wunderland.com/WTS/Andy/Activist.html

Psychosis, Hype And Baloney
http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg1x79370.shtml

Police Launch Petition Drive Against Pot Law
http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg1x79497.shtml

UN Condemns UK Cannabis Laws
http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg1x79499.shtml

Jonathan Magbie
http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg7x4940.shtml

Judge and Executioner
Jonathan Magbie, a quadriplegic Washington, DC man, died in jail. Though he was found guilty of possessing a single joint, his real crimes - in the judge's eyes - were in saying that marijuana made him feel better and that he would continue to smoke it for that very reason. continued...
http://actioncenter.drugpolicy.org/c...?u=184&l=61979

A Judicial Crime - the killing of Jonathan Magbie
http://www.keithblevins.com/writings...l%20Crime.html

2004-10-07: Judge Retchin Is A Murderer
http://www.bcmarijuanaparty.ca/main/....html#continue

A Son's Death, a Mother's Unanswered Questions
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19651.shtml

Another Unnecessary Death in D.C.
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19617.shtml

Disabled Man Dies In D.C. Jail
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19604.shtml

Brownie Mary bakes no more by Pete Brady (01 Jul, 1999)
Beloved San Fran icon dies after years of distributing medical brownies and love.

It was hard keeping up with the elderly woman
whom San Francisco marijuana activists called Brownie Mary Rathbun.
http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/1468.html

Pot Grower, 75, Given Year in Jail
http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/...t27062601a.asp

Grandmother has cannabis by No 10
http://www.drbongs.com/news/archives/00000406.html
Patricia Tabram @ 03/05/2005 02:20 PM GMT
Dr Bong, thanks for all your support. I'm in the process of having a website designed, grandma-eats-cannabis.co When its done, I'll be looking to get some more support through people like yourself and everyone who is hurting because of the wrongheadedness of the government's laws.
Grandma
mailto:pat@tabram15. fsnet.co.uk
http://www.grandma-eats-cannabis.co.uk

Older Americans Overwhelmingly Support Legalizing
Older Americans Overwhelmingly Support Legalizing Medical Pot

Drug War Zealots Pressure AARP To Kill MMJ Story
http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/20/thread20292.shtml

Angel's Fight to Stay Alive
http://www.angeljustice.org

Angel Raich v. Ashcroft
http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/raich.htm

Angel Raich v. Ashcroft News
http://freedomtoexhale.com/raich.htm

I Really Consider Cannabis My Miracle
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread20078.shtml

High Expectations - San Francisco Bay Guardian
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread20069.shtml

Cannabis and The Constitution
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread20027.shtml

WAMM
http://www.wamm.org

WAMM Raided on September 5, 2002
http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/valc.htm

Pictures From WAMM Protest
http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/eventpics.htm

Declaration of Arnold Leff, M.D.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?P27D320CA

03-26-2005, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
DdC Old School Status: Offline Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Santa Cruz,CA,USA Posts: 1,517 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 281 Times in 190 Posts	Cops Maliciously Punish Amputee by Confiscating Scooter Amputee Sues Over Confiscated Scooter CN Source: Associated Press March 24, 2005 http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread20403.shtml Portland, Ore. -- Vicki Marie Tyler, a diabetic amputee with a medical marijuana card, says she was asleep on her couch when 13 police officers raided her North Portland home looking for drugs. Though officers found less than an ounce of marijuana during the 2003 raid, they seized her electric scooter on the grounds in was bought with drug money. A jury last year acquitted Tyler of drug-dealing charges. Now Tyler is trying to make it 2-for-2 in the courts, filing a federal lawsuit against the Portland Police Bureau because it kept her scooter for more than three months — until a Multnomah County judge ordered the bureau to give it back. The police seized her scooter, among other pieces of property, even though the warrant did not list any property eligible for seizure, said David D. Park, Tyler’s attorney. The police can seize property thought to be bought with drug profits, such as guns and expensive stereo equipment. But Park said the police had no reason to believe that Tyler, an arthritic diabetic with kidney failure who uses a prosthetic leg, used drug profits to buy a scooter that requires a prescription from a physician. The suit seeks $15,000 for emotional pain and suffering. The suit also seeks punitive damages, claiming the police either maliciously sought to punish her or recklessly deprived her of her right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. The Portland city attorney’s office had not received a copy of the suit Wednesday. A Portland police spokesman declined to comment to The Oregonian. The lawsuit names 13 Portland police officers, including former Officer Jason H. Sery, who shot and killed an unarmed motorist named James Jahar Perez last year. Sery was cleared of criminal wrongdoing by a grand jury. Complete Article: http://tinyurl.com/45xyd CannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archives http://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml Electric Motor Scooter Articles Mar 25 2005 * Corvallis Gazette-Times: Amputee sues over confiscated scooter * kgw.com: Amputee sues Portland police over confiscated scooter * Statesman Journal: Confiscated scooter brings lawsuit by amputee * The Oregonian: Amputee sues police for taking scooter in raid * Katu.com: Amputee suing Portland police over confiscated scooter http://www.speedysat.com/electric_scooters_news.html Think of the message being sent to the kids? http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg1x79668.shtml Why are we Lying to our Children? http://wunderland.com/WTS/Andy/Stoners/WhyLying.html The Kubby Family by Pete Brady (04 Sept, 2000) http://www.kubby.org (Excerpts) Steve Kubby, a cancer survivor and author of an award-winning book called "The Politics of Consciousness," had just finished a 1998 campaign for governor when 21 police officers burst into his California mountain home in January, 1999. After being mistreated in jail, Kubby and his wife found their home ransacked, their reputation trashed, their money and magazine business ruined by police. At Kubby's urging, a Sacramento newspaper did a six month investigation of Placer County's anti-pot police unit, and found that officers conducted illegal searches in a number of cases, some of which were later thrown out due to police misconduct. http://www.cannabisculture.com/cgi/article.cgi?num=1682 Medical marijuana advocates Michele and Steve Kubby are anticipating a ruling "any day now" on their historic bid to become Canada's first officially-sanctioned reefer refugees. The Kubbys fled to Canada from California three years ago, after Steve was found guilty of minor drug law violations and was told that he would not be able to use life-saving medical marijuana after his conviction. Steve Kubby suffers from a rare form of cancer, and has long argued that marijuana is the only reason that the cancer has not killed him. A recent article in the prestigious journal "Nature" agreed with Kubby, stating that marijuana killed cancer tumors by cutting off their blood supply. http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg7x4593.shtml Medical Marijuana User Claims Persecution in US The U.S. federal government says medical marijuana use is a hoax and anyone who uses it should go to jail for a long time, he said. Cancer specialists say Kubby's pot intake reduces his risk of a heart attack by controlling blood pressure spikes, rapid heart beats, headaches and chest pains caused by the over production of adrenaline. Kubby told the hearing his greatest fear is having his two daughters taken away, a tactic he says U.S. prosecutors use against medical marijuana users. http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15907.shtml Letter to Health Canada about RCMP illegally seizing and destroying Steve's medical marihuana - despite exemption http://www.kubby.com/rcmp.seized.medicine.html "There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Philipino's and Entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others." Harry Anslinger, Commissioner of Narcotics testifying to Congress on why marijuana should be made illegal, 1937. (Marijuana Tax Act, signed August 2 1937; effective Oct.1, 1937) Andrew Looney: Activist http://wunderland.com/WTS/Andy/Activist.html Psychosis, Hype And Baloney http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg1x79370.shtml Police Launch Petition Drive Against Pot Law http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg1x79497.shtml UN Condemns UK Cannabis Laws http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg1x79499.shtml Jonathan Magbie http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg7x4940.shtml Judge and Executioner Jonathan Magbie, a quadriplegic Washington, DC man, died in jail. Though he was found guilty of possessing a single joint, his real crimes - in the judge's eyes - were in saying that marijuana made him feel better and that he would continue to smoke it for that very reason. continued... http://actioncenter.drugpolicy.org/c...?u=184&l=61979 A Judicial Crime - the killing of Jonathan Magbie http://www.keithblevins.com/writings...l%20Crime.html 2004-10-07: Judge Retchin Is A Murderer http://www.bcmarijuanaparty.ca/main/....html#continue A Son's Death, a Mother's Unanswered Questions http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19651.shtml Another Unnecessary Death in D.C. http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19617.shtml Disabled Man Dies In D.C. Jail http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread19604.shtml Brownie Mary bakes no more by Pete Brady (01 Jul, 1999) Beloved San Fran icon dies after years of distributing medical brownies and love. It was hard keeping up with the elderly woman whom San Francisco marijuana activists called Brownie Mary Rathbun. http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/1468.html Pot Grower, 75, Given Year in Jail http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/...t27062601a.asp Grandmother has cannabis by No 10 http://www.drbongs.com/news/archives/00000406.html Patricia Tabram @ 03/05/2005 02:20 PM GMT Dr Bong, thanks for all your support. I'm in the process of having a website designed, grandma-eats-cannabis.co When its done, I'll be looking to get some more support through people like yourself and everyone who is hurting because of the wrongheadedness of the government's laws. Grandma mailto:pat@tabram15. fsnet.co.uk http://www.grandma-eats-cannabis.co.uk Older Americans Overwhelmingly Support Legalizing Older Americans Overwhelmingly Support Legalizing Medical Pot Drug War Zealots Pressure AARP To Kill MMJ Story http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/20/thread20292.shtml Angel's Fight to Stay Alive http://www.angeljustice.org Angel Raich v. Ashcroft http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/raich.htm Angel Raich v. Ashcroft News http://freedomtoexhale.com/raich.htm I Really Consider Cannabis My Miracle http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread20078.shtml High Expectations - San Francisco Bay Guardian http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread20069.shtml Cannabis and The Constitution http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread20027.shtml WAMM http://www.wamm.org WAMM Raided on September 5, 2002 http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/valc.htm Pictures From WAMM Protest http://www.freedomtoexhale.com/eventpics.htm Declaration of Arnold Leff, M.D. http://makeashorterlink.com/?P27D320CA