its a lot more complicated than just a sudden babylon crackdown.
Horsey gap got rinsed in ’06 and ’07 and so did loads of other places across East Anglia. This started around 2003 onwards when the cops didn’t go in as heavy.
The level of force used is exactly the same used everywhere else in the South by the time locals get pissed off with raves. They now go in heavier here than in other areas because people are stubborn. its not as if the feds haven’t warned everyone since the winter!
The farmers and Forestry may have put up with it a few years back but they kept getting targeted in the same areas. and yes people do clear up but its not good enough because last tunes is sometimes around 20:00 on Sunday so its getting dark and everyone is too knackered.
And yes the feds do exaggerate the problem the image a lot of youths give out about the rave scene (not just in Norfolk) doesn’t help
Theres social network sites with loads of youths bragging about how much drugs they took or even sold.
There’s youths of 16-18 who have never had a steady job bragging about how they spent a grand on tunes and sound equipment
Theres also kids in Norwich trying to behave like London “gangsta yout” when the whole country is fucked off with the way some cities have been surrendered to gang culture.
Now I know its often all talk but olds and coppers tend not to be able to work out if theses youths are bluffing or not, plus a lot of people from these ends are from London originally and come here to get away from the problems.
OK this happened “back in the day” (and I don’t mean that long ago) but no one bragged on line as we knew that there was a society out there what doesn’t agree with the things we do and they have power.
Cops aren’t daft and they know people “know their rights” these days so if they are prepared to show themselves on telly throwing their weight around or making harsh statements they already have evidence on people.. they use forensic accountants to “follow the money” and they know there is a shitload of drugs being served up because of the rave scene.
also too many young people are fucking up on ketamine and other drugs due to the party scene
you can only get away with activism when you have the public behind you.
For instance many people tolerate a protest at Sizewell or Lakenheath (even if they don’t take part) because nuclear waste and war is bad stuff, but to many normal people a rave has stopped being “harmless fun” and is now seen as anti social behaviour or even organised crime.
