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PHOTOS: Pomona Raid, Damage Left in the Wake

by Heidi Thursday, Sep. 18, 2003 at 10:06 PM
heidi@la.indymedia.org

These photos were taken before and after the raid on the Regen Cooperative in Pomona on September 12-13, 2003. This was the damage the FBI caused in one room alone. All Images © 2003 Heidi Werntz. All Rights Reserved.

PHOTOS: Pomona Raid,...
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The resident of this room reported that the FBI seemed to be playing mind-games; using 'psychological warfare'. They dumped all of his files and records all over the place. They took personal letters and stuff that was written in notebooks, ripped it out page by page, and left papers stuffed in different locations. His nightstand drawer was full of receipts, letters, and other writings. "They take somone's personal life, jumble it up, and leave it as a way to fuck with your head."
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Damage

by Heidi Thursday, Sep. 18, 2003 at 10:06 PM
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Damage...
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Damage

by Heidi Thursday, Sep. 18, 2003 at 10:06 PM
heidi@la.indymedia.org

Damage...
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Maid Service

by Dr. Mengele Friday, Sep. 19, 2003 at 4:14 AM

Looks like someone confused the before and after pictures. Maybe you hippies should clean up that filthy looking rat hole commune you stay in. However, thanks for the pictures, it confirms my belief that you are all lazy good-for-nothing slovenly long-haired hippie-type pinko fags.
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FBI thugs

by Nothing new Friday, Sep. 19, 2003 at 4:31 AM

the FBI has always operated this way.
they are the shitholes. They need more funding always.
Particularly when they fuck up as usual.
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who has 'before' shots when theres a raid?

by just wondering, no offense meant Friday, Sep. 19, 2003 at 3:43 PM

who took these shots? the fbi took the shots or the people who lived there? who randomnly would have pictures of their house before a raid started, and what pigface fbi guy would fuck people's shit up but wait for a picture to be taken.... i don't doubt those guys messed everyone's stuff up, i was just wondering about the pictures.
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Obviously, these were taken by...

by nonanarchist Friday, Sep. 19, 2003 at 4:55 PM

...the house's residents.

Not the similar camera angles in the first two series. The natural lighting is also very similar; the shots were taken pretty close together.

Close enough for them to be staged by the residents.
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During the standoff

by Jay Saturday, Sep. 20, 2003 at 8:25 AM

I wondered this myself. The story says that the house was under surveillance for an hour after the arrest but before they were able to get a search warrant. The residents were smart to take photos during the standoff so they'd have proof of destruction after the fact.
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Tip

by anon Saturday, Sep. 20, 2003 at 8:49 AM

Well it certatinly is messy, but I don't see any evidence of damage. You should be careful to record all visible signs of damage for your records and for the press.
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Time

by Anon Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2003 at 2:31 PM

The raid took place at 12:30AM, yet it's clearly daylight through the windows in both the before and after shots. Definitely staged.
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They've gone and faked this?

by Josef Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2003 at 3:28 PM

They've faked this mess? Isn't that just pathetic? It's butt-clenchingly embarassing to think that they didn't even bother to take the photos at night time.

The dangers of drugs...
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OneEyedMan

by KPC Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2003 at 12:37 PM

Jeez....you conspiricy theorists...it was staged...right...we all know how delicate the FBI are....

...next thing you'll be saying is that Iraq's WMD are hidden in the Bekka Valley...

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Chicken Boy

by nonanarchist Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2003 at 12:43 PM

It should be obvious even to you that the pictures were not taken immediately after the 1230 AM raid.

Or are there exceptionally bright street lights in Pomona?
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Of course

by chiaro come fango Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2003 at 12:43 PM

Regen Cooperative in Pomona
Patriot Act
FBI
Hum-Vees
Surveillance
9/11
Twin Towers destroyed by explosives
NORAD
Bush is Hitler

Of course.
How did I not see?
It's all so clear now!
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You forgot...

by nonanarchist Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2003 at 12:57 PM

...the black helicopters, always hovering on the edge of visibility.
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OneEyedMan

by KPC Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2003 at 1:00 PM

...and aluminum tubes to be used for the enrichment of uranium....

...and mobile biological weapons labs....


....or WMD buried in the Bekka Valley...


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Congratulations, Chicken Boy!

by nonanarchist Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2003 at 1:03 PM

You made it through a whole post wioth profanity!

Hmmm...on second thought, must be a faker.

And one who doesn't know Chicken Boy very well.
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Erratum

by nonanarchist Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2003 at 1:04 PM

Should have been "without".
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Regen Cooperative

by Reality Check Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2003 at 10:37 PM

Lets get this straight.... A Marxist 'cooperative' under investigation is upset about how the FBI didn't leave their little 'paradise' in pefect condition and yet this same group openly advocates the total destruction wrought by the Earth Liberation Front? So.... its OK for private business owners to have their private property (and their families) absolutely decimated by massive fires but its a major human rights violation when their 'collective' gets a bit disorganized because of a justified search. Geez, it will take them, as a 'collective' , all of an hour or two to square their rooms away. WOW, what a travesty.

How long do you think it will take those property and business owners to clean up? How many people will lose their jobs? How many trees will need to be cut down to replace the lumber the ELF has burned?
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OneEyedMan

by KPC Thursday, Sep. 25, 2003 at 7:10 AM

Reality Check....dude, where do you get your information. They are not a Marxist Cooperative...ya fuckin' throwback....and they are not affiliated with ELF...

...and now we will all have a collective cry about the poor business owners....
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GOOD JOB HEIDI

by JOHN Thursday, Sep. 25, 2003 at 9:32 AM

Hey, how surprising that Heidi would come up with these stupid photos. And I am glad you copyrighted then because I am sure there is a line of people that want to use them on tee shirts and all kinds of stuff. But now they cant unless they pay you.

By the way, have your bruises gone away?
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KPC

by Reality Check Thursday, Sep. 25, 2003 at 1:13 PM

Not Marxist? Really... then why does their website have a link (http://www.answerla.org/) to the Los Angeles arm of International ANSWER? ANSWER is very clearly a Marxist organisation. Josh Connole will be speaking at an ANSWER event on September 28th.

Do you doubt that International ANSWER is Marxist? Fine, go here and see for yourself...

http://www.protestwarrior.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1925

Read the transcript of an ANSWER meeting and then come back and tell me that IA isn't a Marxist organization.

Regen clearly has complete sympathy with ANSWER. Guilt by association? Perhaps. But ask yourself this, KPC... Would you go to a GOP convention? I suspect the answer is NO. Why not? Because you don't want to be labelled a conservative. Where is Josh Connole speaking? At an event organized and sponsored by a Marxist group. You think he minds being pegged for a Marxist? Probably not. See how that works?

But lets ask the Regenites... Whats the deal kids... Marxism or the easier to swallow Socialist Nanny State?

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KPC

by Reality Check Thursday, Sep. 25, 2003 at 1:19 PM

You said... "...and now we will all have a collective cry about the poor business owners...."

Those business owners are the people that keep this country afloat. Does your employer know about your attitude towards them? ...In the unlikely event you are actually employed.

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photos are staged

by Red Herring Wednesday, May. 12, 2004 at 10:18 AM

The photos are staged. The proof is in the frame itself. Look at the desk in the before and after photos, notice the 4 drawers missing in the "before image". and how one appears in the corner of the frame in the "after" photo. Smoke a little less pot before you posted the next round of hoax photos.
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come on you idiots

by just me Thursday, Sep. 15, 2005 at 6:01 AM

Get real! FBI would have taking the hard drive. It is still in the first picture under all the papers. Didn't even have to go to the other pics. What amatuers.
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