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>http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2002/jan/07/010705072.html
>January 07, 2002
>
>Prosecutor: Police Acted Properly
>CASSOPOLIS, Mich. (AP) - The FBI and Michigan State Police were
>justified when they shot and killed two men at a campground known
>for its advocacy of marijuana use, a prosecutor said in a report
>released Monday.
>
>The standoff at Rainbow Farm began Aug. 31 when Tom Crosslin, 46,
>skipped a court date relating to drug and weapons charges and
>allegedly set fire to buildings on his farm, which High Times
>magazine once rated one of the nation's premier marijuana-smoking
>spots.
>
>Cass County Sheriff's deputies arrived and surrounded the farm,
>and were joined later by the FBI and Michigan State Police.
>
>Three days after the standoff began and negotiations had failed,
>Crosslin left the farm's main house, armed with a rifle, to get
>food and supplies from a neighbor's farm.
>
>On his way back to his house, he spotted an agent in the woods and
>raised his rifle, Cass County Prosecutor Scott Teter said. Two
>agents fired at Crosslin, killing him.
>
>Rolland Rohm, 28, who was Crosslin's business partner, remained in
>the main house. The next morning, after Rohm had agreed to
>surrender, the main house began burning, Teter said.
>
>Thirty minutes later, Rohm ran out of the house carrying a rifle
>and wearing black face paint. Teter said Rohm spotted a Michigan
>National Guard light armored vehicle and pointed his rifle at two
>guardsmen.
>
>Two Michigan State Police snipers nearby in the woods fired at
>Rohm and killed him.
>
>In both cases, Teter said, the shooters were protecting themselves
>or others.
>
>The Rohm and Crosslin families said through a spokesman Monday
>that they rejected the findings.
>
>"We think that Teter is playing fast and loose with the truth,"
>spokesman Bill McMaster said. "There are two unexplained homicides
>caused by 120 police with snipers, tanks and helicopters."
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