boardqueen
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About a month back i was at a bar watching my boyfriend (whom is a DJ) play records when the place was raided by police. I was in the upsatairs room at the time (whatching him play) and every single person upsatirs ( about 35 people) were placed in cuffs. one by one they called in our ID's to check if we had warrants, we were searched and then issued tickets, and printed right there in the upsatirs of the bar. Each individual was then taken downsatirs and strip searched in the bathroom of the bar and then released. when we were allowed to go our cars were searched as well even though we were no longer being detained. My friends and I (8) total were detained in the bar for about 3 hours. The same procedure was followed for the patrons downstairs( about 95 people) where another one of my friends(also a DJ) was performing and the other people i had traveled with were watching. When asked why we were being ticketed we were told for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. The official charge was frequenting a drug house. Appaently the techno club night had been advertised as a rave on the internet. The club was in flint michigan, my friends and i are from the cleveland ohio area and all but one of us had never been to this place before. There were no drugs found on me or any of my friends. My question is how is it possible for my friends and i to be charged with frequenting a drug house when it was a public bar that anyone could have walked into? If I didn't buy,posess, do, or sell any drugs how am I now facing a drug charge? I am in pharmacy school and this could really hurt me, even if i get the charges exponged I still have to report them to the state board where i sit for my exams. We go on the 14th for a pre trial to enter our pleas. Every single person was given a ticket, 16 of them actually had drugs found on them. Does this mean you can't be in any public place because someone might have drugs on them?