Army Raid Party In Slc (saturday)
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» STABBA replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 3:22pm |
 Coolness: 49275 | There was a big jungle/dnb party in Salt Lake City, Utah this weekend that got raided with guys in combat fatigues. They used tazers, attack dogs, physical violence, tear gas, everything. People had AK-47s pressed to their heads. The promoters had gone out of their way to do this party legit with permits, fees, security staff, drug searches, etcetera, but none of that mattered.
There is plenty of word going round on the utah messagebaord: [ www.utrave.org ] Knick of Evol Intent was there. Here is his account of what happened: [ www.404audio.com ] Though they confiscated most of the cameras to cover their tracks, here is some video footage that got loose: [ homepage.mac.com ] People are posting their stories on this thread at utrave: [ forums.utrave.org ] Heres the mtl discution link: [ www.mtldnb.com ] |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» JunglistMurdah replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 3:25pm |
| Coolness: 46170 | get mad get angery lets do something, this can never happen again |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 3:38pm |
 Coolness: 339920 | [ www.co.utah.ut.us ]
i recomend everyone writes a nice letter of "FUCK YOU" to the sherrif as i have. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» lakester replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 4:07pm |
 Coolness: 59935 | Christ. I just read Knick's account on another forum.
That's beyond fucking retarded. That's outrageous. It's hard to believe that happened. Wow. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» lakester replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 4:13pm |
| Coolness: 59935 | I noticed you put up a bad link for Knick's account of events.
Here it is in full: (and here's some footage) 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. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nter replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 5:39pm |
 Coolness: 92750 | yeah i saw the tape like hellicopters n shit and people getting beat the fuck up .. wack shit |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nter replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 5:40pm |
| Coolness: 92750 | you can see the video through sickboy magazines site .. if you have myspace i think you can link it through there as well . |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» djAmalgam replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 7:10pm |
| Coolness: 106045 | wow that is some fucked up shit |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mtl_mtl replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 7:12pm |
| Coolness: 55755 | write as many letters as you want, an american sherrif could care less about what some guys from canada have to say....
if they had a 2 mil insurance policy on the event, hopefully they have coverage to cover their expenses. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Atrix replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 7:41pm |
 Coolness: 55545 | I think the issue at hand is a little bigger than whether they'll get their money back. Those GIs are way more efficient and effective than the Nazi Stormtroopers ever were.
We are fucked. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Trey replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 8:27pm |
 Coolness: 103020 | it's Utah, part of the bible belt states, what do you expect. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 8:33pm |
 Coolness: 685845 | Bush was in Utah today. Coincidence?
'cause, y'know, buying drugs funds terrorism, ergo ravers out to have a good time = terrorists |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mtl_mtl replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 8:48pm |
| Coolness: 55755 | Originally posted by @TRIX...
I think the issue at hand is a little bigger than whether they'll get their money back. Those GIs are way more efficient and effective than the Nazi Stormtroopers ever were. We are fucked. how are we fucked, exactly? we live in Canada. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 9:40pm |
| Coolness: 339920 | how does he know i live in canada?
or any of us. we're online and if you have a gmail, hotmail, yahoo account.. it all looks american to those who think the US is the only country in the world. and just so you know, this affects us too, since Canada's laws are often reflective of american laws.. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mtl_mtl replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 9:59pm |
| Coolness: 55755 | Canadian laws are rarely reflective of american laws. please provide examples? For starters, we don't have a constitution to deal with in our court system, the charter of rights and freedoms is simply not as powerful. We also have a completely different legislative system.
An email is never as effective as a registered letter from a constituent. It doesn't affect us at all. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Teblchple7 replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 10:09pm |
 Coolness: 44530 | It is my opinion that hundreds of soldiers with machine guns and helicopters should be the normal response to a 300 person rave WITHOUT PERMITS! There are rumours that they indeed, had all the permits, but those are just rumors. 3000 people MIGHT have showed up! THE CHAOS. I mean how much could such an operation cost the taxpayers, five dollars? A small price to pay for mormonism! The prophet Joseph Smith, his 33 wives, and Moroni the magic salamander would disapprove of such debauchery! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 10:12pm |
| Coolness: 339920 | our political system is entirely different, obviously, we're a product of the british government.. the US is a product of French government..
Our LAWS on the other hand, are whatever goes.. Marajuana.. why is it illegal again? what's that? cause the US said dirty mexicans were smoking the shit? yeah, canada totally has a reason to make it illegal.. :P Copyright laws are one step behind the US.. which is terrible to say since their copyright laws are fucked in the ass. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 10:13pm |
| Coolness: 339920 | anyway, they could have shut down this party with 6 police officers.. but they wouldn't have just reason to.. other than busting a few people for posession. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 10:37pm |
| Coolness: 685845 | Originally posted by DJNEOFORM...
Marajuana.. why is it illegal again? what's that? cause the US said dirty mexicans were smoking the shit? yeah, canada totally has a reason to make it illegal.. :P It's actually illegal because hemp was threatening the cotton industry. Hemp is made from weed, which is, well, a WEED, and doesn't need tending to like cotton plants do. Just throw a handfull of seeds in a field and a little while later if you leave it unsupervised they'll have taken it over completely. Hemp can make clothes, paper, rope, oil... It was threatening big industries at the time and a lot of jobs as well (cotton specifically, because you have to pick the cotton off the plants, whereas for hemp, you'd just really need one guy in one of those giant oldskool lawnmower style trucks plowing through and, weed being a weed, it would just grow back on it's own without any special tending) Marijuana's illegality has absolutely nothing to do with it's use as a drug. Alcohol fucks you up way more than weed does and it's legal. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Flower replied on Mon Aug 22, 2005 @ 10:46pm |
 Coolness: 40250 | This is bullshit and we do need to do something about it, becuase if we aren't active and we don't fight for our freedoms this is what can happen, it can happen here too. Everyone needs to be active and fight for justice, we need to vote, and know about the people we are voting for. |
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