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DJsqeak
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 Posted - 2005/08/22 : 01:32:10
as posted by Knick/Evol Intent
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 **** 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 ****ing 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 **** 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 ********!
The system ****ed 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.
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DJsqeak
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 01:35:41
video footage can be found here.....
http://www.utrave.org/showthread.php?t=20040
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yaddam205
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 01:39:14
I hate to say it but its that morman death grip, they have on the city, any things that they dont agree with can go fcuk it self, bah hope you had a damn good word to the cops
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DJsqeak
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 01:43:00
i wasnt there, i live in california where mormans are hated by all
but my friend is going out there for college and i just saw this post on one of the rave websites i post on
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 01:45:55
Just saw the video why the **** do they need swat with ****ing gun's omfg, next time in in Utah i will spit on a cop, thats so cheap and the promoters lost money
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DJsqeak
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 01:50:47
ppl were saying they were tasering people who weren't giving up their cameras
biggest ******** ive ever seen in my life
on the ****ing cops videos they have 2 or 3 cops on someone who has a gun pointed at ppl
but they have 4-5 on ppl on a raver who wont give up a camera or MIGHT have drugs on them
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yaddam205
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 01:58:03
I know if the cops brake up a rave i attened i will be swining, I mean they have no right.
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 03:00:58
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Originally posted by yaddam205:
I know if the cops brake up a rave i attened i will be swining, I mean they have no right.
They have every right to break it up under the crack house law. know your enemy my friend. don't go to unlicensed parties. don't swing on cops because they will kill you.
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 03:10:48
http://www.emdef.org/index.html
check this out, read it all if you can.
If you're going to be a raver then at least be an educated one.
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UKr4veR
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 03:17:06
SHIT, thats f**ked man!
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DJsqeak
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 05:18:51
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Originally posted by BobbyRitalin:
don't go to unlicensed parties.
it was licensed
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DJsqeak
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 05:23:08
Jan 2003
Racine Citations Dismissed
The ACLU does it again! The city of Racine agreed to dismiss all the disorderly house citations. Police in Racine Wisconsin raided a benefit show and issued all persons in the "techno room" a $968 citation for being "inmates of a disorderly house with narcotics." Event attendees who were not in the techno room were allowed to leave the venue unmolested.
wow
someone tell me that doesnt sound nazi to you
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 05:41:35
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Originally posted by BobbyRitalin:
They have every right to break it up under the crack house law. know your enemy my friend. don't go to unlicensed parties. don't swing on cops because they will kill you.
I don't know that they would necessarily kill you, but you'll be in a lot worse condition than if you just leave quietly and fight them in court...sad when a good chunk of my friends have lawyers...I always thought they were the enemy =P
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 05:50:55
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someone tell me that doesnt sound nazi to you
it does not sound nazi to me, mainly because the nazi's did unbeliveable war crimes on massive ammounts of people for no other reason but total world dommination and racial purity.
I do not agree with you at all when you post on this subject.
drugs are bad, if one does drugs, then they should be subject to the reprocussions of their actions. Etards are the ones who have ruined it for the ones that do not do drugs. Look at any television show or newspaper article that speaks on this subject and you will see pictures of e'd out candy ravers chattering their gums talking about plur and peace and love.
young people are turning up at raves in droves to eat up designer drugs that are made to excelerate the music and rush of the moment.
but don't forget that drugs like those are illegal and you run the risk of getting arrested for such activities.
Yes, I'm almost 30 years old, yes I go to parties, yes I Dj hardcore music. And yes it sometimes makes me uncomfortable to be around people that are on drugs doing things that they sure as hell wouldn't do in the real world. Also, it makes me uncomfortable to know that people may be rocking out to my tunes on pillz or acid and don't even give a sh!t about me or the other dj's in that matter.
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 08:44:42
asif pigs do ma head in an they did that ?over what
they must of not got 2 mcdonalds in time so took it out on something
an the tunage sounded ace !!
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Posted - 2005/08/22 : 09:19:31
I agree with everything you posted here, Bobby. Nothing more I can add to it.
I also wanted to note that I didn't see one guy point a gun at someone. I watched it again a couple times and I can't see where any of them did that once.
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