“If cops so feared the event they could have closed it without owners consent”
You have got to be kidding.
The outcry over that action would be monumental here on FR.
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I can only speak from experience
As many here know I own a chain of washes
In Lebanon tn they have a thuggish mostly “wiggers” event called Slammin and Jammin Which I despised
Thugs armed. A dogfight on my property etc
They washed a lot but took over at dark
The cops shut them down
I prefer that I lobbied for it
Me by myself and a mere shadow of my youthful sportiness with 9 dependants or armed cops with law on their side
I think I posted it here actually
No one howled how on earth with all that well heeled law around that it was all on the owner to stop the event