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Utah Rave Ends in Tears (pg. 7)
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| Dancing*Queen |
Here is what the mayor had to say
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| quote: | Rave Party
Utah County Sheriff's Office shuts down Rave Party in Spanish Fork Canyon.
During the summer of 2005 the Utah County Sheriff's Office has seen an increase in the number of large Rave parties that have occurred within Utah County. Approximately four weeks ago the Sheriff's Office became aware of another possible Rave party that was to occur somewhere in Utah County on August 20, 2005.
Tickets were sold through a Salt Lake vendor, Uprock, for $20.00. Tickets could be bought in advance and directions to the exact location of the Rave would be provided on the day of the event.
Utah County mass gathering ordinance prohibits the gathering of two hundred and fifty or more persons without a permit, bond, and Utah County Commission approval.
Research was conducted and no mass gathering permit had been obtained for this incident. However, a health department permit had been obtained and EMS personnel were contracted to be on scene for first aide.
From several previous experiences with Rave parties of this size, a large amount of drug use and underage consumption of alcohol occur. In addition reports of sexual assaults, overdoses, firearm violations, vehicle burglaries, and numerous individuals drive from the party under the influence of alcohol and or drugs.
Utah County Sheriff's Office Detectives interviewed several females that had attended a prior rave party in the Utah county area in the past month that had been sexual assaulted. These females stated that the combination of drugs and alcohol made them fear for their safety due to the groping and sexual assaults that occurred during the Rave party. In the last year alone one near fatal shooting was investigated by Utah County Sheriff's Office at a similar party.
Around noon on Saturday, August 20th, the Sheriff's office learned that the Rave Party was to take place in the Diamond Fork area located in Spanish Fork canyon at the Child's ranch. At that point it was again verified that the Utah County Commissioner's office had no knowledge of this nor had a permit been obtained.
Utah County Major Crimes was contacted to assist with undercover surveillance. Both local and state SWAT teams were called in to control the crowds ( Utah County Metro SWAT, Utah Department of Corrections out of Salt Lake and Gunnison, Department of Public Safety and their helicopter and Provo SWAT) approximately 90 law enforcement personnel combined.
At 9 pm the Rave party began and by 10 pm Major Crimes observed numerous illegal activities. Which included illegal use of drugs, distribution of drugs, and underage consumption of alcohol.
It was verified that more than 250 individuals were at the party, in violation or county statutes and by 11:30 pm law enforcement personnel moved in to curtail and disburse the party. During this process at least 60 arrests were made for weapons offenses, DUI, illegal underage consumption of alcohol, possession of marijuana, possession of cocaine, possession of methamphetamine, possession of ecstasy, distribution of ecstasy, resisting arrest, assault on a police officer, and disorderly conduct.
A safety sweep was conducted after the crowd was ordered to disburse and numerous narcotic items were located scattered on the ground which included: cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana, mushrooms, alcohol and large amounts of drug paraphernalia.
A 17 year old female from West Jordan, found by officers, had overdosed on ecstasy. She was treated and released to her parents.
Several local teenagers from Spanish Fork, Springville, Provo, and Payson were identified at the party by officers. As well as, numerous individuals out of the Salt Lake and Davis County area.
Parents need to be aware of the type of illegal activities that occurs at these type of gathering. Sexual assaults, rapes, overdoses, drugs, alcohol abuse, thefts, and firearms violations. The sale of drugs at these parties is so prevalent that at this particular Rave party drugs were offered to a local off duty emergency medical service personnel who were contracted to be there. In addition two security personnel hired by the promoter were arrested for possession of cocaine and ecstasy |
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| jon jon |
rapes and firearm violations! lol
I'm shocked ravers and terrorists weren't linked in that statement. |
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| feems |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
I stopped being surprised when I read the word UTAH. |
lol yeah .. isnt that a super conservative mormon state.
read some more testimonials .. very sad if the police didnt read them there rights would all charges be dropped in regards to those who were arrested?
what I dont understand is why they wasted tax payers money with all the backup did they really need a swat team ? couldnt they put the money to better use like in the shaking healthcare system or social services which have been underfunded ?
YAY 4 CANADA |
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| Wurm |
That seals the deal...
I'll go to WEMF next year just to prove a point. |
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| dEsidEL |
| quote: | Originally posted by jon jon
This post is dedicated to Emery, who continually points out the scene in America growing at leaps and bounds whilst Toronto remains stagnant. Yeah, well not in Utah mate.
News Story about Incident (link)
Video From Party (link)
Post from partier at the event:
Posted by 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 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 BULL!
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. |
blah.. UTAH !
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| Vivid Boy |
| i just watched the photoage. pfft pansies. no offence but i saqw ppl getting arrested not beat down. ive seen cops beat down ppl and that was no beat down |
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| skillton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vivid Boy
i just watched the photoage. pfft pansies. no offence but i saqw ppl getting arrested not beat down. ive seen cops beat down ppl and that was no beat down |
Yea but how many other people that are not in that vid got arrested/beat down? |
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| DigiNut |
Appalling read, for sure. I don't doubt that there are two sides to the story, although there's precious little that could ever justify that kind of action.
That being said, I fail to see what justification there is for framing this as something that's representative of Americans or Republicans in general. And I certainly don't see why the Americans in this thread feel the need to defend themselves with silly platitudes about how they're "not all Republicans" and "look how close the election was". Is there any evidence whatsoever that George Bush or the Republican party were behind this incident?
You should all be proud of your country and not let hippie liberals try to intimidate you into apologizing for your fellow countrymen and women on the basis of this kind of an incident. One of the great things about your country is that people there are actually feeling this issue and making their voices heard. Hell, they're already filing lawsuits! I think there is no question that these crooked cops will pay, at least to some measurable extent, for what they perpetrated.
Does anybody protest this in Canada? No, we sit here and occasionally bitch amongst ourselves. Oh, and we wait until it happens to someone else and then use it to kick them while they're down and make ourselves feel better about our own country. |
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| VERTiG0 |
Provo SWAT.
'Nuff said right there. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Wurm
That seals the deal...
I'll go to WEMF next year just to prove a point. |
too bad orangeville ran them out of town...
dont think we are much better with tolerance. |
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| The Highroller |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
too bad orangeville ran them out of town...
dont think we are much better with tolerance. |
I'm sorry, are you trying to equate police brutality with a town boycotting an event? :rolleyes: |
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Originally posted by The Highroller
I'm sorry, are you trying to equate police brutality with a town boycotting an event? :rolleyes: |
Well actually...just to play the devil's advocate here...the person being brutalized, we don't really know what they did to desrve it right...according to that video the SWAT guys simply shut down the music and every thing was nice and peaceful up to that one violent incident.
The fact that they sent a SWAT team IS funny and definitely exagerated but I wouldn't go all out on the whole police brutality thing. |
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