drwahwah
23-Aug-05, 10:33am
This is fuken scary and insane reaction by Utah National Guard busting a leagl DnB party
Background:
Basically, this was an outdoor party on Saturday, August 20th with a pretty decent DnB lineup. Joanna (Syze) was playing, along with Knick (Evol Intent) and some others. Out of nowhere, a fucking army helicopter lands at the space and out come a ton of soldiers in camo with guns and K9 units. You can tell that at first everyone thinks it's part of the show (dudes in camo are totally jungle). Unfortunately the dudes in camo tell them they've got to shut down the party or go to jail, and start waving their not-fake-whatsoever-guns in everyone's faces. Pretty much everyone seems to comply. Those that didn't were pretty much manhandled. I've heard that even those who offered no resistance were manhandled. This is just the beginning of the footage that will hopefully trickle in, and I will try and amass all of it and share it, at least for a limited amount of time, because you can almost guarantee that the corporate media isn't touching this one with a 50 foot pole. Supposedly the SWAT team was there because the event wasn't permitted for more than 250 people. No word as to why they felt the need to use excessive force.
First Hand Accounts:
http://www.404audio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14814 (Knick's post on 404)
http://forums.utrave.org/showthread.php?t=20020 (The Utah Raves message board)
http://www.seattlednb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2840 (Joanna's post on Seattle DnB)
Click Here For Actual Video Footage From The Incident (With Audio)
http://homepage.mac.com/apexgrin/.Public/fascism.mov
http://spicealley.net/~jizosh/versus.mov
http://spicealley.net/~jizosh/versus.wmv
First hand account from Knick of 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 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.
Background:
Basically, this was an outdoor party on Saturday, August 20th with a pretty decent DnB lineup. Joanna (Syze) was playing, along with Knick (Evol Intent) and some others. Out of nowhere, a fucking army helicopter lands at the space and out come a ton of soldiers in camo with guns and K9 units. You can tell that at first everyone thinks it's part of the show (dudes in camo are totally jungle). Unfortunately the dudes in camo tell them they've got to shut down the party or go to jail, and start waving their not-fake-whatsoever-guns in everyone's faces. Pretty much everyone seems to comply. Those that didn't were pretty much manhandled. I've heard that even those who offered no resistance were manhandled. This is just the beginning of the footage that will hopefully trickle in, and I will try and amass all of it and share it, at least for a limited amount of time, because you can almost guarantee that the corporate media isn't touching this one with a 50 foot pole. Supposedly the SWAT team was there because the event wasn't permitted for more than 250 people. No word as to why they felt the need to use excessive force.
First Hand Accounts:
http://www.404audio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14814 (Knick's post on 404)
http://forums.utrave.org/showthread.php?t=20020 (The Utah Raves message board)
http://www.seattlednb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2840 (Joanna's post on Seattle DnB)
Click Here For Actual Video Footage From The Incident (With Audio)
http://homepage.mac.com/apexgrin/.Public/fascism.mov
http://spicealley.net/~jizosh/versus.mov
http://spicealley.net/~jizosh/versus.wmv
First hand account from Knick of 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 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.