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Title: Arrests after Philly police raid pot party: 'Marijuana is still illegal'
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philly.com
URL Source: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/ ... arty-philly-smoke-session.html
Published: Apr 24, 2017
Author: Rob Tornoe
Post Date: 2017-04-26 19:35:23 by Gatlin
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Views: 283
Libertarian candidate for mayor and pot activist N.A. Poe, whose real name is Rich Tamaccio, was among those arrested during a pot raid by Philadelphia police on Saturday night. Philadelphia police conducted a raid of a marijuana meet-up in a Frankford warehouse Saturday night around 9 p.m., according to sources and media reports. The event, which took place in a warehouse on the 4500 block of Worth Street, was publicly organized on Instagram by Philly Smoke Session, which was charging $50 per person to attend the event. Sources who were at the party say that about 75 people were detained by police, and that as many as 11 were arrested, including libertarian candidate for mayor and pot activist N.A. Poe, whose real name is Rich Tamaccio. A number of vendors who were selling marijuana-infused products were also arrested, though the exact number is currently unknown. Sources also say that several attendees had chronic medical conditions, but were unable to obtain medical marijuana elsewhere. "Seeing friends get carted out of there like that hurt," Michael P. Whiter, a pot activist who attended the event, shared on Facebook. Whiter added that he's trying to deal with the situation "rationally and not emotionally." As of early Sunday morning, police haven’t released any information about the raid, including the number of people detained and arrested. Among those detained by police was Philly.com columnist Chris Goldstein, who tweeted about the raid as it was happening. 
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