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This was a legal gathering. There is absolutely no excuse for paramilitary action.

As there is nothing to go on here other than a bulletin board posting how do you know it was legal? If there was a strong suspicion of major drug trafficking w/ violent offenders, you betcha they would send in the bad boys of the DEA.

Im willing to bet the reasons for a rave getting raided are not for loud music alone.

So the cops say there were no permits, and that they went to the event undercover and observed lawbreaking. What exactly is the objection to this on the thread here? Do we know the cops are wrong about the permit issue? No, not yet anyway! Do we believe that the police should be barred from observing a *public* gathering where there are hundreds of people in attendance? I don't! If it was my 17-year-old daughter who was attending a public, commercial event (whether held in a canyon or an arena) and the cops sent someone by to check it out, and serious lawbreaking was observed, and they shut the party down, and in the process found my daughter OD-ing, treated her and brought her safely home to her family, I'd buy the jackbooted thugs a big box of doughnuts. I would not be sitting here trashing them on-line. The bottom line here is that it was a public event and the authorities are responsible for public safety. They expected drug use (Rave! Duh!) and found it. Get off their backs.

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600157703,00.html

PROVO (AP) —

The arrests Saturday night were for weapons offenses, driving under the influence, underage drinking, drug possession and distribution, resisting arrest, assault on a police officer and disorderly conduct, Utah County sheriff's Sgt. Darren Gilbert said.

Officers found cocaine, Ecstasy, marijuana, mushrooms, alcohol and large amounts of drug paraphernalia, he said.

A 17-year-old West Jordan girl was found overdosed on Ecstasy and was treated and released to her parents, Gilbert said.

He said there were more than 250 people at the party Saturday night. That is the number for which the county requires a permit, bond and county commission approval. Gilbert said Saturday's party did not have that approval.

Gilbert said the party began about 9 p.m., and by 10 p.m., Major Crimes had spotted numerous illegal activities, including drug use and distribution and underage drinking.

The law enforcement officers moved in by 11:30 p.m. to disburse the party.