They likely were holding drugs, and I would bet the najority of the attendees were on drugs. Raves are cesspools. If this is for real, looks like a DEA raid to me.
This was a legal gathering. There is absolutely no excuse for paramilitary action.
That's funny...I don't see the JBTs raiding a Rolling Stones conert.
Unless there's evidence to support the raid, then those arguments are legally baseless. I attended raves when I was in high school and college, and am fully aware that there are often drugs present, but I'm also aware that I attended MANY raves where no drugs were seen anywhere.
If law enforcement can raid our private property and break up a legal gathering without a warrant simply because they THINK that we MIGHT have drugs, then we may as well burn the Constitution now. I have no problem with police raiding genuine drug dens, but without investigation and a judges signed warrant there's no valid excuse for this sort of thing. If the event was making a concerted effort to remain drug free and they actually arrested the GUARDS who were searching people, then this crosses the line into pure harassment and police abuse of power.
"They likely were holding drugs, and I would bet the najority of the attendees were on drugs. Raves are cesspools."
And Rave sponsors are the gate keepers of hell. They don't care what happens or to whom as long as they sell loads of tickets and junk trinkets to the herded. I've never heard of a Rave without street drugs. Nuff said.