San Francisco cops seizing DJ gear

November 19, 2009 D. H. McKee

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Looks like quite a problem in San Francisco; cops are randomly seizing peoples laptops and DJ equipment, even if they’re not playing.

Mike Holmes, aka DJ White Mike, was a recent victim of an SFPD sweep. On Halloween night, he DJed at the Beauty Bar and then hit a friend’s costume party at a SOMA loft. He stored his bag, which held his laptop, in the DJ booth to prevent it from getting swiped. Ten minutes later, around 2:30 a.m., he says the police arrived and announced that they were taking all the laptops in the warehouse space. “I tried to explain that I wasn’t even playing at the party,” he says. Nonetheless, his computer was seized by a cop who identified himself as part of a “task force,” who told him that he shouldn’t expect to get his laptop back “for at least three months.”

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