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Subject: lets treat ravers like terrorists yeah.?
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Original Message 1/6 23-Aug-05 @ 12:38 PM - lets treat ravers like terrorists yeah.?
Dominic
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UTAH RAVERS TREATED LIKE TERRORISTS! EVOL INTENT'S
ACCOUNT OF THE INCIDENT!
Originally Posted by knick evl ntnt
Last night, I was booked to play an event about an
hour outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. The hype behind
this show was huge, they presold 700 tickets and they
expected up to 3,000 people total. The promoters did
an amazing job with the show.. they even made
slipmats with the flyers on them to promote in local
shops.
So, we got to the show around 11:15 or so and it was
really cool. It was all outdoors, in a valley
surrounded by huge mountains. They had an amazing
light show flashing on to a mountain behind the site,
the sound was booming, the crowd was about 1500
people thick and everything just seemed too good to be
true really. Well...
At about 11:30 or so, I was standing behind the stage
talking with someone when I noticed a helicopter
pulling over one of the mountain tops. I jokingly said
"Oh look, here comes big brother" to the person I was
with. I wasn't far off.
The helicopter dipped lower and lower and started
shining its lights on the crowd. I was kind of in awe
and just sat and watched this thing circle us for a
minute. As I looked back towards the crowd I saw a guy
dressed in camoflauge walking by, toting an assault
rifle. At this point, everyone was fully aware of
what was going on . A few "troops" rushed the stage
and cut the sound off and started yelling that
everyone "get the fuck out of here or go to jail".
This is where it got really sticky.
No one resisted. That's for sure. They had police
dogs raiding the crowd of people and I saw a dog
signal out a guy who obviously had some drugs on him.
The soldiers attacked the guy (4 of them on 1), and
kicked him a few times in the ribs and had their
knees in his back and sides. As they were cuffing him,
there was about 1000 kids trying to leave in the
backdrop, peacefully. Next thing I know, A can of
fucking TEAR GAS is launched into the crowd. People
are running and screaming at this point. Girls are
crying, guys are cussing... bad scene.
Now, this is all I saw with my own eyes, but I heard
plenty of other accounts of the night. Now this isnt
gossip I heard from some candy raver, these are
instances cited straight out of the promoters mouth..
- One of the promoters friends (a very small female)
was attacked by one of the police dogs. As she
struggled to get away from it, the police tackled her.
3 grown men proceeded to KICK HER IN THE STOMACH.
- The police confiscated 3 video tapes in total.
People were trying to document what was happening out
there. The police saw one guy filming and ran after
him, tackled him and his camera fell, and luckily..
his friend grabbed it and ran and got away. priceless
footage. That's not all though. Out of 1,500 people,
there's sure to be more footage.
- The police were rounding up the staff of the party
and the main promoter went up to them with the permit
for the show and said "here, I have the permit." The
police then said, "no you don't" and ripped the
permit out of his hand. Then, they put an assault
rifle to his forehead and said "get the fuck out of
here right now."
Now.. let's get the facts straight here.
This event was 100% legal. They had every permit the
city told them they needed. They had a 2 MILLION
DOLLAR insurance policy for the event. They had
liscenced security guards at the gates confiscating
any alcohol or drugs found upon entry (yes, they
searched every car on the way in). Oh, I suppose I
should mention that they arrested all the security
guards for possession.
Oh another interesting fact.. the police did not have
a warrant. The owner of the land already has a
lawsuit against the city for something similar. A few
months ago, she rented her land for a party and the
police raided that as well. And catch this, the
police forced her to LEAVE HER OWN PERSONAL PROPERTY.
That's right. They didnt arrest her, but made her
leave her own property!!!
Don't get it twisted, this is all going down in
probably THE most conservative state in the USA. And
this is scary.. a gross violation of our civil
liberties. The police wanted this party shut down, so
they made it happen. Even though everything about
this event was legal. The promoters spent over $
20,000 on this show and did everything they had to to
make it legit, only to have it taken away from them
by a group of radical neo-con's with an agenda.
This was one of the scariest things I have ever
witnessed in person. I can't even begin to describe
how surreal it was. Helicopters, assault rifles, tear
gas, camoflauge-wearing soldiers.... why? Was that
really necessary?
This needs to be big news across the USofA. At least
in our music scene (edm as a whole)... this could
happen to any of us at any time. When we're losing the
right to gather peacefully, we're also letting the
police set a standard of what we can get away with.
And I think that's BULLSHIT!
The system fucked up last night... They broke up a
party that was 100% legal and they physically hurt a
lot of people there at the same time. The promoters
already have 6 lawsuits ready to file with their
lawyers and the ACLU is already involved.
I'm sure some pictures (and hopefully some video)
will surface soon. I'll make sure to post them up
here on 404, so you can see the Police State of
America at work.
p.s. - there are more stories of police brutality
that i'll post up later. gotta hit the airport soon.
can't wait to get the fuck out of this shit hole
state.
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