{"article":{"id":83333,"heading":"PHOTOS: Pomona Raid, Damage Left in the Wake","author":"Heidi","created":"2003-09-19 05:06:32","modified":"2013-11-11 00:26:09","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:26:09","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>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.\"  <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"heidi@la.indymedia.org","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"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 \u00a9 2003 Heidi Werntz.  All Rights Reserved.","numcomment":22,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2003\/09\/before_after_computer.jpg","filesize":"33.6 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2003\/09\/83333.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2003\/09\/before_after_computer.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2003\/09\/before_after_computer.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":83334,"heading":"Damage","article":"","author":"Heidi","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-09-19 05:06:32","modified":"2005-08-15 01:41:41","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/09\/before_after_bedroom.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/09\/before_after_bedroom.jpg"}},{"id":83335,"heading":"Damage","article":"","author":"Heidi","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2003-09-19 05:06:32","modified":"2005-08-15 01:41:41","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/09\/before_after_desk.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/09\/before_after_desk.jpg"}}],"comments":[{"id":110033,"heading":"photos are staged","article":"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 &quot;before image&quot;. and how one appears in the corner of the frame in the &quot;after&quot; photo. Smoke a little less pot before you posted the next round of hoax photos. ","author":"Red Herring","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-05-12 17:18:38","modified":"2004-05-12 17:18:38","fileurl":""},{"id":135339,"heading":"come on you idiots","article":"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.","author":"just me","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2005-09-15 13:01:13","modified":"2005-09-15 13:01:13","fileurl":""},{"id":83386,"heading":"Maid Service","article":"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. ","author":"Dr. Mengele","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-19 11:14:08","modified":"2003-09-19 11:14:08","fileurl":""},{"id":83389,"heading":"FBI thugs","article":"the FBI has always operated this way.\r\nthey are the shitholes.  They need more funding always.\r\nParticularly when they fuck up as usual.","author":"Nothing new","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-19 11:31:42","modified":"2003-09-19 11:31:42","fileurl":""},{"id":83583,"heading":"who has 'before' shots when theres a raid?","article":"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.","author":"just wondering, no offense meant","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-19 22:43:37","modified":"2003-09-19 22:43:37","fileurl":""},{"id":83630,"heading":"Obviously, these were taken by...","article":"...the house's residents.\r\n\r\nNot the similar camera angles in the first two series.  The natural lighting is also very similar; the shots were taken pretty close together.\r\n\r\nClose enough for them to be staged by the residents.","author":"nonanarchist","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-19 23:55:42","modified":"2003-09-19 23:55:42","fileurl":""},{"id":83720,"heading":"During the standoff","article":"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.","author":"Jay","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-20 15:25:21","modified":"2003-09-20 15:25:21","fileurl":""},{"id":83721,"heading":"Tip","article":"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.","author":"anon","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-20 15:49:39","modified":"2003-09-20 15:49:39","fileurl":""},{"id":84061,"heading":"Time","article":"The raid took place at 12:30AM, yet it's clearly daylight through the windows in both the before and after shots.  Definitely staged.","author":"Anon","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-23 21:31:48","modified":"2003-09-23 21:31:48","fileurl":""},{"id":84063,"heading":"They've gone and faked this?","article":"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.\r\n\r\nThe dangers of drugs...","author":"Josef","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-23 22:28:04","modified":"2003-09-23 22:28:04","fileurl":""},{"id":84206,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"Jeez....you conspiricy theorists...it was staged...right...we all know how delicate the FBI are....\r\n\r\n...next thing you'll be saying is that Iraq's WMD are hidden in the Bekka Valley...\r\n\r\n","author":"KPC","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-24 19:37:54","modified":"2003-09-24 19:37:54","fileurl":""},{"id":84208,"heading":"Chicken Boy","article":"It should be obvious even to you that the pictures were not taken immediately after the 1230 AM raid.\r\n\r\nOr are there exceptionally bright street lights in Pomona?","author":"nonanarchist","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-24 19:43:08","modified":"2003-09-24 19:43:08","fileurl":""},{"id":84209,"heading":"Of course","article":"Regen Cooperative in Pomona\r\nPatriot Act\r\nFBI\r\nHum-Vees\r\nSurveillance\r\n9\/11\r\nTwin Towers destroyed by explosives\r\nNORAD\r\nBush is Hitler\r\n\r\nOf course.\r\nHow did I not see?\r\nIt's all so clear now!\r\n","author":"chiaro come fango","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-24 19:43:56","modified":"2003-09-24 19:43:56","fileurl":""},{"id":84213,"heading":"You forgot...","article":"...the black helicopters, always hovering on the edge of visibility.","author":"nonanarchist","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-24 19:57:10","modified":"2003-09-24 19:57:10","fileurl":""},{"id":84217,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"...and aluminum tubes to be used for the enrichment of uranium....\r\n\r\n...and mobile biological weapons labs....\r\n\r\n\r\n....or WMD buried in the Bekka Valley...\r\n\r\n\r\nHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!","author":"KPC","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-24 20:00:46","modified":"2003-09-24 20:00:46","fileurl":""},{"id":84220,"heading":"Congratulations, Chicken Boy!","article":"You made it through a whole post wioth profanity!\r\n\r\nHmmm...on second thought, must be a faker.\r\n\r\nAnd one who doesn't know Chicken Boy very well.","author":"nonanarchist","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-24 20:03:02","modified":"2003-09-24 20:03:02","fileurl":""},{"id":84222,"heading":"Erratum","article":"Should have been &quot;without&quot;.","author":"nonanarchist","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-24 20:04:02","modified":"2003-09-24 20:04:02","fileurl":""},{"id":84336,"heading":"Regen Cooperative","article":"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.  \r\n\r\nHow 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? ","author":"Reality Check","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-25 05:37:53","modified":"2003-09-25 05:37:53","fileurl":""},{"id":84428,"heading":"OneEyedMan","article":"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...\r\n\r\n...and now we will all have a collective cry about the poor business owners....","author":"KPC","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-25 14:10:00","modified":"2003-09-25 14:10:00","fileurl":""},{"id":84483,"heading":"GOOD JOB HEIDI","article":"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.\r\n\r\nBy the way, have your bruises gone away?","author":"JOHN","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-25 16:32:48","modified":"2003-09-25 16:32:48","fileurl":""},{"id":84563,"heading":"KPC","article":"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.   \r\n\r\nDo you doubt that International ANSWER is Marxist?   Fine, go here and see for yourself... \r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.protestwarrior.com\/phpBB2\/viewtopic.php?t=1925\r\n\r\nRead the transcript of an ANSWER meeting and then come back and tell me that IA isn't a Marxist organization.\r\n\r\nRegen 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?  \r\n\r\nBut lets ask the Regenites...   Whats the deal kids...  Marxism or the easier to swallow Socialist Nanny State?\r\n\r\n","author":"Reality Check","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-25 20:13:43","modified":"2003-09-25 20:13:43","fileurl":""},{"id":84567,"heading":"KPC","article":"You said...  &quot;...and now we will all have a collective cry about the poor business owners....&quot;\r\n\r\nThose 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.\r\n\r\n","author":"Reality Check","parent_id":83333,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-09-25 20:19:55","modified":"2003-09-25 20:19:55","fileurl":""}]}