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Extraordinary use of electricity has long been a telltale sign of illegal grow houses producing thousands of marijuana plants hidden in seemingly ordinary homes.
But a lawsuit filed by a data privacy watchdog says a Northern California utility went too far by racially profiling Asian communities as it routinely fed customers' power use information to police without requiring a warrant or any suspicion of wrongdoing, in violation of state laws.
The data disclosure deliberately targeted Asian Americans, with resulting disproportionate penalties against those of Asian descent, the suit says.
The suit illustrates a flashpoint in law enforcement's efforts to combat illicit drugs. The suit was filed Wednesday by the watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/lawsuit-smud-targeted-asians-in-...
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i will add here that there is
i will add here that there is a surprisingly large population of east asian immigrants who have come to norcal to grow cannabis and are fairly well known to be involved in organized crime. most that i have run into are from laos but other countries in that region are represented for sure. we colloquially refer to them as the "asian mafia" and i know of several black market growers who move their entire crop out of state, smuggled by seemingly legit trucking companies that are run by this "asian mafia". this is something that i have only seen in the sierras around sacramento or nevada counties...ive never run into these kinds of folks in the emerald triangle regions, tho im sure they exist.
just in case anyone thinks it is super strange and unexpected that cannabis enforcement would be targeting the asian community...im not saying its right, no groups of people should be unfairly targeted by LEO and these people should be free to grow cannabis and ship it where ever they want to, but none the less, as far as i know there is an actual reason for cannabis enforcement targeting asians in these areas. IME they tend to be fairly organized and are involved in other kinds of crime, and its far far more common than many people outside of the black market cannabis industry might think.
most people are aware of mexican cartel involvement, but we have organized crime from all over the world growing cannabis in norcal. aside from mexican cartels, the groups ive seen most and heard most about are east asian and russian.
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They could also be looking
They could also be looking for crypto mining.