In the Altamont/Stones event, if it were not for the Hells Angels it could have been much worse.
They black guy the Angels stabbed and killed had pull a hand gun and was close to the front of the stage. This was after he had attempted to get on the stage with the Stones and was thrown back into the crowd. Witnesses reported the suspect was seemed wasted and or was enraged.
If it were not for the Angles, that guy could have dropped a lot of people. Btw, the Angel who stabbed the suspect, was acquitted.
did not know that thanks for the info.
That's probably all true. Brandishing a gun at a concert is considered to be a threat of deadly force, and the use of deadly force on the Angels' part was certainly justified.
Still, in retrospect, I'm pretty sure the Stones should have hired security services that got paid in money, not cases of beer.