Dear Friends in Pain, Chronic Illness,

Again the DEA and LE are controlling the environment,
et al "society" by prohibiting social activity or congregating
those in social events.

Meaning if you, or your kids are at a RAVE or club with
"dance music" (hey I'm also known as AnGeLinTranCe),
you could be secondarily arrested for drug possession if
others are.

Where are your constitutional rights? You tell me.
I'm shaking my head "one more time."

Peace,
Karen G.

-------Original Message-------

From: DPAlliance
Date: 03/23/05 16:43:27
To: anewplanforyou@...
Subject: New Attack on Raves and Live Music







March 23, 2005manage my subscription | text version



New Attack on Raves and Live Music
Defend Your Right to Dance!

Dear Karen,
Last year our supporters helped raise attention to an outrageous abuse of
power in Racine, Wisconsin, where hundreds of music fans were ticketed for being
in a crowded nightclub where a few people used drugs. Those ticketed had no
drugs on them. The police didn’t even have any evidence that they had ever
used
drugs. Their only “crime” was dancing at a nightclub where other people who
used drugs were arrested. Although only three drug arrests were made, police
issued citations to 445 innocent attendees with a penalty of $968 each for
being "patrons of a disorderly house." Thanks to a public outcry from people
like
you, work by the Drug Policy Alliance, and an ACLU lawsuit, the citations were
ultimately dismissed.
Now, it has happened again; this time in Flint, Michigan. On Saturday the
local police raided a popular nightclub, Club What’s Next, and ticketed music
fans who were attending a dance night known as “Getting Lucky” (the DJs
included
Halluci-Nate, Sparkimus Prime, White Rabbit, Captain Cheddar and California's
Dj Primo.) While some people were arrested for possessing or selling illegal
drugs, most people were ticketed for “frequenting a drug establishment,” a
misdemeanor offense.
Speak out against this abuse of power now.
That’s right. In Flint, Michigan (and many other cities) if you go out
dancing on a Saturday night and the police happen to arrest other people at the
club
for drugs, you could be charged with a drug crime even though you had nothing
to do with drugs. These innocent party-goers now face up to 90 days in jail
and a $500 fine. They also face a criminal record with all the legal and social
barriers that brings. Several people at the club that night told us
club-goers were also subjected to strip searches, including full cavity searches
– even
though they had nothing to do with drugs. Imagine the police walking into
your favorite bar or nightclub and making you submit to a strip search for no
reason! Imagine spending 90 days in jail or paying a $500 fine for dancing!
The raid on Club What’s Next was conducted by Flint's Special Operations and
Crime Area Target Team units, along with the Flint Area Narcotics Group and
the Genesee County Sheriff's Posse. We’re looking into whether or not federal
Byrne grant money helped finance the raids. (On a side note, any law enforcement
agency that has the word “posse” in it should be suspect).
You can send a message that this type of action is unacceptable by doing two
things:
1) Contact the Flint City Council and Mayor and let them know how
appalled you are that the city mistreats music fans and allows the police to
punish
people for the crimes of others.
2) Forward this alert to your e-mail lists and to friends and family. We
need to flood the Flint political establishment with faxes and emails.
The Drug Policy Alliance would like to give a special thanks to Will
Patterson at the Electronic Music Defense Fund (EM:DEF) for alerting us to this
scandal. He found out about the incident because one of the club-goers filed an
incident report on EM:DEF’s web site. If your rights are ever violated by the
police at a music event, you can file a similar report there. Copies of incident
reports go to EM:DEF, the ACLU, and the Drug Policy Alliance.





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Karen Hallenbeck~Sikorsky~George BS,RN,UM,QC
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"ADayWithoutPain"
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"AnAnGeLInPain"

Ya'll are special you truly are, and to be the
catalyst for this group is a miracle for I know
in my heart that God's will created this group(s)
and each of you are very very special to me, always
no matter what I AM SO PROUD to a "part of" what
this family has become..AND WILL BE!!!!
Interqual Certified
Published Psychiatric Researcher
Advocate for those in CIP, HIV, Psychologic Pain
"A Higher Power is necessary to find the ability to withstand self
destruction.."


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