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- From: bbehlen@soda.berkeley.edu (Brian Behlendorf (Vitamin B))
- Newsgroups: alt.rave
- Subject: Police at raves (was Re: House of Euphoria, Cincinnati)
- Date: 22 Nov 1992 02:20:17 GMT
- Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
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- In article <8804@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> sho@bohr.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto) writes:
- >We walk in the door... Two cops. Walk up the stairs...
- >Another cop. Walk around the room... a cop by every door.
- >Two cops manning the bathrooms.
- >
- >Needless to say, this put a damper on the evening.
- >
- >Does it ever get this bad in other parts of the country, or
- >am I just doomed for living in the midwest? *sigh*
-
- It usually doesn't happen over here, but often times promoters will
- hire off-duty cops as security as insurance and to kiss up to the police force
- in general. However, any outdoor free rave (Golden Gate Park, some of the
- Full Moon raves, etc.) usually involves some amount of dealing with the police.
- At the last full moon rave here held in the Berkeley Marina, the cops actually
- parked their car right next to the dance floor and watched everyone dance,
- while a couple others walked around the area watching over people. It put a
- damper on the event, yes, but NO arrests were made, even though people were
- smoking MJ and doing nitrous. (And lots were X'ing, but that's not nearly so
- obvious - I was just worried about someone walking up to a policeman and
- hugging him :)
-
- Actually, the cops seemed to be halfway enjoying it - I swear at one
- point in the night I looked over at the cop sitting on the hood of his car
- parked next to the dance floor and saw his head bobbing a little. They were
- very benevolent, though it may have been mainly because it looked like we
- had our act together, and there was _very_ little alcohol there.
-
- On the other hand, over the summer there was a daytime rave at a
- waterslide park in San Jose, and there were two bikini-clad women walking
- around and asking the guys reeeeeally nicely if they could get them some X.
- Those who were able to get some for them found themselves in handcuffs
- shortly thereafter.
-
- Brian
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