Party Vibe

the cops actually offered it to charity organisations but they didn’t want it :you_crazy

bear in mind though that there are probably people here what would try to rob it back from the youth club and break a few windows for good measure, or if they saw it in use at a licensed club would target that club for “working with the feds”, and I don’t even mean the original owners of the kit but angry youths taking matters into their own hands..

I expected there would be conditions against its resale, as the cops aren’t daft either, they know a fair few people involved in the rave scene tend to work for such charities and the stuff would thus have found its way back to the party network. Also for aforementioned reasons it could be a “security risk” for charitys what took it…

also round here the youth projects often deal with the effects of problematic drug use and they are seeing youths and families suffering (plus they are backed by conservative christian types) so why would they want to encourage this culture?

as far as they (and the rest of the public) are concerned that kit was bought with drugs money (whether or not this is strictly true) and used for criminal purposes. There are plenty of farmers and locals who would have trashed it given half a chance -so many locals complain that they can’t themselves go in mob handed to stop raves (although it woudl be unsafe for them to do so as ravers would fight back and locals don’t have the training that OB do – I expect people would get seriously hurt or even killed).

This is also an area where ravers have trashed farms and industrial property (often through stupidity but there is sometimes an element of malice in this) and police cars (often as reprisals for being nicked for drugs dealing) so its simply seen as a tit for tat action.

I guessed as such but many a true word is said in jest (I have some experience of how the EA voluntary sector works as they work closely with my own employers)

TBH I did raise a chuckle at Southcavers comments and nearly posted a “naaarfolk” style joke in response…

but had it been your rig (even in others hands) or belonging to anyone else what posts / lurks on here (and whose to say it doesn’t?) I doubt people would be laughing and joking so much….

The only consolation I can see is that this “kit and caboodle” was vastly overvalued (same as drugs are), but I know loads of better stuff has got taken off certain people and I can sadly see that sharing the same fate

there is a big emotional fallout every time a party gets busted in this manner and although some crews do bring it on themselves a lot of less dysfunctional crews have also been caught up in the recent zero tolerance policy

in some cases its not just a load of faceless electronic equipment what is being destroyed but peoples long term friendships…

also I’ve been informed by certain reliable local sources (not cops but people who used to do parties) that the OB in both counties are even preparing (doing riot training etc) to have to shut down or disperse even a legal event if it kicks off due to feelings running high at the moment, they know full well what they have done won’t win them any popularity contests…