This is for those of you who scoff everytime someone talks about this country turning into a fascist police state.
http://homepage.mac.com/apexgrin/.Public/fascism.mov
I know a lot of people are going to try to shut this out, pretend it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t affect them, villify ‘raves’ or demean them by saying they aren’t really an important issue. If you do, I want you to know, you are NOT a patriot, if you don’t care that you’re not, that’s cool, if you do care, you can try and convince yourself that you are, but deep down you know that you’re not. This country is meant to be free, that means free to THROW A RAVE. If you want to doubt that this party was legit and need more evidence, I point you to looking at the high production values that one can see from the stage. One does not put that much effort into an unpermitted party, trust me, I’ve thrown parties that large without a permit.
This may be an extreme, but it’s not isolated, and it’s not just happening in Utah.
And a hearty FUCK YOU to anyone that thinks that random searches on the subway are a good idea. (The only person I know who was searched is an Arab who is an honors med student, he just gives his bag to his white friend now when he enters the subway.)
These are accounts of the event:
Here is a collection of information I’ve compiled regarding the incident.
Regardless of what your opinion is, people were hurt and violated by the people who are supposed to be our protectors. That shit is not right anyway you look at it. I am seriously trembling from all the anger I have inside.
Please Re-post!
Solomon
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Please download these and save it because they will try to pull all these clips from the net.
<a href=“http://homepage.mac.com/apexgrin/.Public/fascism.mov”>Click Here For Actual Video Footage From The Incident (With Audio)</a>
<a href=“http://gruwelijk.com/~oxymoron/facism.wmv”>Click Here For Actual Video Footage From The Incident (Without Audio)</a>
<a href=“http://real.ksl.com/video/slc/0/5/502.ram”>Click Here For A Video Clip From The Local News</a> <hr> First Hand Account From Syze…
Last night was one of the worst nights of my life. I am still incredibly shaken up by what happened …enough to the point of where I’m still having problems talking about it. So I will tell you my side in a few words then link you to a more detailed version of how Knick explains it .
I was playing in Salt Lake City about 1 hour away at a massive outdoor event. 700 presold tickets, and by 11:20, there were 1400 kids there already… all in all total expected… 3 - 4k. This was an all drum and bass event, held on private land, with an amazing view of the mountains surrounding us. This event was fully contracted with the city. They had all permits, a huge insurance policy and they were paying taxes. you have to know this is because of what happened next. And in NO MEANS is this story exaggerated. word for word this is what happened.
It was 1145… I had 30 min before my set, so I was running around looking at the mountains and the people dancing, laughing , the crazy visuals they even had projecting on the mountains. I will share photos once I can see them. All of the sudden a helicopter comes in with massive spot lights …
all on the people circling everyone … and within minutes like out of some fuckin movie , soldiers with guns (fucking rifles )come in out of the grass, like some Vietnam shit. The police in full riot gear come in, big trucks …
next thing you know they are throwing tear gas at people, setting dogs on people, arresting kids. 4 big guys on one DNB fan kicking him down tying his hands … making kids sit in the dirt with their hands tied all in a line, now you must remember in this whole time NO ONE was resisting arrest or making a big deal, everyone peaceful started to walk out… but yet they were throwing tear gas… it gets worst … but what’s even more fucked up is hundreds of kids on drugs driving home on the freeway while they were just in major trauma.
I still cant even figure out what the hell happened, the promoter called me to make sure me knick and spor were ok and I broke down crying… couldn’t breath, I was freaking out … why? Is this what our fuckin country has come to … a point of someone making a fully legal show and STILL getting busted for WHAT??? What did 3000 kids on private land in the mountains near NOTHING … do to ANYONE?
The promoters have a massive lawsuit and they have so much evidence against the county that its not even funny, I will be present to testify against these fuckin pigs. And if you think this matter is a joke then all I have to say is . I didn’t believe it until I had gas thrown at me. I am going to make sure I keep you all posted on this, and let you know if there’s a way any of you can help.
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FYI for all people who where involved last night. If you where arrested by any one in the national guards (if thay where there, and that is what i
heard) please read this…
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href=“http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/comrel/factfile/Factcards/PosseComitatus.html”>Click
Here</a>
It states that united states troops can only aid(support) in local law enforcement and can not make arrests or direct participation.
I hope this helps.