MICH. POLICE RAID STAGED RAVE PARTY

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Police raided a rave party that was staged for an
amateur movie, making three drug-related arrests and charging the filmmaker
and two others with operating an illegal business.

Tyler Blair, an honors student at Michigan State University, said he was
trying to organize a large but well-controlled party to serve as a spoof of
rave culture for a film, "E-tards."

The title is a term for users of Ecstasy, an illicit drug that has come to
be associated with raves, the all-night parties featuring techno music and
dancing.

Blair said he tried to make sure the party Friday was within the law and
notified police beforehand about his filming plans.

But police became suspicious and raided the party, which was held at the
home of one of Blair's friends.

"I guess I gave them everything they needed to arrest us," Blair said.

Blair said neither he nor anyone who lives at the house knew the people
arrested for drug possession.