Condemn Utah County Law Enforcement Practices

[dapimpstress]

"To: Utah County, UT


Dear Utah County, Utah:

During your raid on citizens attending a music party in August 2005, police used extreme methods of clearing the event which include: beatings of unarmed and non-resisting citizens, the presence of fully automatic arms to clear a peaceful non-violent music event, and the use of tear gas to clear a peaceful non-violent music event.

We condemn your actions of violence, police brutality, and possible civil liberties violations against United States Citizens.

Sincerely, The Undersigned "

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PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION SO THIS KIND OF INJUSTICE AND BRUTALITY NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

http://www.petitiononline.com/utahlaw/petition.html

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It takes barely any time at all, it makes a difference. do it.

Repost anywhere you can.

[dapimpstress]

Come on kids. Its a moment of your time and will make a difference for our futures.

If you care about the beats, if you care about the kids, if you care at all, your name should be on this petition.

[rawb]

Originally Posted by Ashes

Come on kids. Its a moment of your time and will make a difference for our futures.

'let's not bust up this rave... i can't deal with another one of those hella harsh online petitions'

[sNyx]

No it will make a difference for your future. I do not believe Canada is very strongly tied to US laws on these type matters.. I'll sign anyway =)

[b0ld]

Signed!

[dapimpstress]

Originally Posted by rawb

'let's not bust up this rave... i can't deal with another one of those hella harsh online petitions'

It's not an only an online petition bro. It's to aid firstly, in writing the senators of Utah, as well as the sherrif's dept. This petition is secondly, to support the law suit currently going on.

You don't need to post here, if you don't care. Thanks.

This is important, this is about human rights.

[dapimpstress]

Originally Posted by sNyx™

No it will make a difference for your future. I do not believe Canada is very strongly tied to US laws on these type matters.. I'll sign anyway =)

Thanks myles, and though you do not nessecarily hold strong ties to our lawmaking, your signature still counts. It still shows that there are more people who believe what happened was inexplicably wrong, and that's the whole idea.

[dapimpstress]

BAHbump

[mapleleaf4ever]

At least CS Tear Gas smells like Cherries.

Seriously, it does.

[dapimpstress]

Originally Posted by mapleleaf4ever

At least CS Tear Gas smells like Cherries.

Seriously, it does.

Yes, take a deeeeep refreshing breath of cherry scent. And then get ready cuz ur eyes bout to BURN.

[mapleleaf4ever]

^ If you close your eyes and put a rag or shirt over your Nose you'll be fine. As long as it doesn't touch the mucus membranes in your Nose.

(It was a mistake on a Night Operation how we discovered these things)

[dapimpstress]

I'll keep that in mind. Hopefully won't need that info, but yeah.

[matéo]

Who Gives A Fuck?

[sidekick]

are online petitions really that impressive? i don't think they are taken seriously.

[dapimpstress]

Originally Posted by matéo

Who Gives A Fuck?

I see you were owned by the caps filter.

I'll tell you who SHOULD give a fuck. Anyone who's ever gone to parties.

Can you even imagine, going to a show, only to get brutally beaten by cops in swat gear? with billy clubs, and automatic weapons? we're talking ak-47's.

NO PEACEFUL NON-VIOLENT GROUP, ravers or not, should be "taken down" by fuckers with ak's.

you obviously didn't see the video. it looks liek a fucking WAR zone for real.

[rawb]

if you read it, it's pretty obvious its as far away from an actual legal petition as you can get.

[(val)Liam]

signed... anywhere can be a "drug environment"...

[Felix]

dunno if it will make any difference in the long run since it IS an online petition but I signed anyways

and if I was at that party,,,still think that woulda kicked ass. HUGE rush!

[matéo]

fuck why don't you put all this effort into fighting something good. I understand its all about human rights and shit but theres countless women, blacks, and gay people out there who you can be signing petetions for. Ravers are the scum of the earth why fight for their equality. Noone should be out at 4am permit or not especially mormans!

[Grapes]

^ How surprisingly right wing of you.

Signed.

Basically, I don't know if it's going to hold any legal sway or not, but Ashes seems to think it will, I have respect for her, and it took approximately 5 seconds of my time.

The rest of you seem spending 100 times more effort trying to explain your way OUT of signing.

And you're not coming off particularly well in the process.

[Grapes]

I love the "There are better things to be fighting for" argument. You know, if I took all of the world's problems, listed them, and tried to sort that list of problems in order, from "least important to combat" to "most important to combat", I would spend the rest of my years debating with myself over the order of that list.

This is a valid cause. While there probably WAS plenty of illegal activity going on at that event, there is NO EXCUSE for the way they handled the raid. Look at how Vancouver police will handle a similar situation. They show up, walk around, tell the promoter to shut it down, and tell everyone to leave. Ravers bitch, then go home or wherever. The end. Amazing that this can be accomplished without attack dogs, automatic weapons, and a massive excess of screaming and threats.

It's a valid cause. Sign it. If you refuse to sign because you know of another cause that you think is FAAAR more flipping crucial, go start a thread about it, and stay the fuck out of this one.

[robyn]

Clearly the most pressing human rights issue of the moment!

[Grapes]

Like I JUST SAID, it's not a contest! A valid issue is a valid issue. Particularly when you're being asked to put 5 seconds and $0 dollars into it.

[robyn]

Sorry, Dave! I missed you second rant. If you can disprove the inanity of online petitions, then yes I'll sign!

[matéo]

signed.

let me know if it makes a difference or affects anyone here.