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Police will not always go by the rules guys, especially when it comes to drug related activity. You definitely are NOT supposed to be searched illegally, and the police are SUPPOSED to have reasonable cause to search you.
BUT.....police very often will do this anyway when it comes to drugs. They rely on you confessing, getting scared and narcing on someone else, or just pleading guilty quickly for a reduced sentence. They will even try to charge you with as many things as possible, mostly fabricated, hoping you plead to the lessor charges when they offer to drop the others. They know perfectly well that alot of these charges won't hold up in court, but they also know that most won't even get that far. They leave it to the courts to see whats legal or not, they really don't care if they think you're up to know good.
As for Film, I'm sure they searched everyone they wanted too. They had undercovers in there for months, so I'm sure they knew EXACTLY who they were looking for. And those would have other evidence already collected before the raid. As for the others that got charged, if they were just inside Film having a good time then they will probably get off the charges if they're smart enough to realize it was a illegal search (for them) and fight it.
Having been a resident DJ at Film for quite some time, I can honestly say that the ownership was DEFINITELY not invloved in drug dealing. I know it says the owner got charged, but I'll bet it was some minor possesion charge they're trying to stick on him. As much as some of you may not like the club, they did run it like a proper club and everything was above the board there. I know lots of people who love Film and didn't go there to get high, but went becasue of the music. As with most clubs in our scene, the Djs/music IS the draw for the crowd...not the drugs. Drug addicts don't pay $20 to go "pick up". Unfortunately, most people in our society don't understand why we like to dance all night to electronic music. They think it must be the drugs. They're wrong.
It's funny, they raided CZ thinking the ownership was invloved in drug dealing too. That wasn't the case either.
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