I went to a party last night out in the desert. There isnt a whole lot to do out here and beyond this little range of mountains is this flat area surrounded by mountains, looks kinda like a dry lakebed. It tends to be a gathering point for people. And last night there was a party there, several hundred people and a REALLY big stereo system. It was fun, but about two hours after I got there, the cops show up.
They start rousting people and telling us all we need to leave. I dont know why, we werent disturbing anyone, we were MILES from anything that even resembled a house.
There were 4 cars at first but more and more cars started showing up untill we had about 20 cops there. No one really left, no one WANTED to. The cops started to go into the crowd, pushing people away and telling them to go home. People started getting angry, partly because we were being told to leave, and also because the cops were basically grabbing people and THROWING them back away from the crowd. I realize that that wasnt really out of line for the cops, considering there were a good 2-300 people there and they didnt have much protection if we turned violent.
The last straw came when one of the cops turned on his siren to try and disperse us. That didnt really work, the crowd rushed his car and basically smashed it up. Windshield, sirens, mirrors, all of it kinda disapeared.
One of the cops reached into his own car and yanked his shotgun out, that was pretty much when people decided bailing was a good idea. I certainly did, it was exciting but I have no desire to end up with a hole in my chest, even though the shells were probably Less Than Lethal, I didnt want to take that chance and a whole lot of other people decided they didnt want to ither.
Everyboddy basically scattered, but not before smashing up a couple more cruisers.
My question, is why do people in large groups tend to resent authority so much? I realize there was a certain ammount of groupthink going on and that people in groups tend to be braver than a single person, but I mean these cops had thier hands on thier guns and we rushed thier cars and basically destroyed 5 cruisers.
They start rousting people and telling us all we need to leave. I dont know why, we werent disturbing anyone, we were MILES from anything that even resembled a house.
There were 4 cars at first but more and more cars started showing up untill we had about 20 cops there. No one really left, no one WANTED to. The cops started to go into the crowd, pushing people away and telling them to go home. People started getting angry, partly because we were being told to leave, and also because the cops were basically grabbing people and THROWING them back away from the crowd. I realize that that wasnt really out of line for the cops, considering there were a good 2-300 people there and they didnt have much protection if we turned violent.
The last straw came when one of the cops turned on his siren to try and disperse us. That didnt really work, the crowd rushed his car and basically smashed it up. Windshield, sirens, mirrors, all of it kinda disapeared.
One of the cops reached into his own car and yanked his shotgun out, that was pretty much when people decided bailing was a good idea. I certainly did, it was exciting but I have no desire to end up with a hole in my chest, even though the shells were probably Less Than Lethal, I didnt want to take that chance and a whole lot of other people decided they didnt want to ither.
Everyboddy basically scattered, but not before smashing up a couple more cruisers.
My question, is why do people in large groups tend to resent authority so much? I realize there was a certain ammount of groupthink going on and that people in groups tend to be braver than a single person, but I mean these cops had thier hands on thier guns and we rushed thier cars and basically destroyed 5 cruisers.
