Athens Police Crackdown at Widespread Panic Show

[axwell21]

Meth!? Keep it classy wsp fans

[dphunk87]

wsp sux

[jonws64]

Not one Athens Police Officer in that video...

[maxwasadog]

Widespread Panic ruins lives

[gmsmgb]

@drscrad

I field tested the meth and sent it to the crime lab and it tested positive for meth. Maybe the video didn't capture the color well.

[drscrad]

Haha!! The drug problems other venues have had.. Panic cannot play in my hometown anymore because of the amount of drug busts that occurred at the last show here in 2005, and it was one of my top 5 all time shows.

[bubbadrummer]

fuck this man, panic fans never hurt anyone its just bullshit my hotel room got raided in Alpharetta, GA, i was so pissed fuck cops

[treygolf66]

What a fucking joke. Lets not worry about the people getting raped and murdered all day long, because that takes to much effort. Lets pull over 100 cars on the way to a widespread panic concert and find a few ounces of pot, and call it a good day. Fuck these ignorant ass pigs. There lives are 100% meaningless. DID YOU BECOME A COP TO ARREST KIDS GOING TO A CONCERT??? This is why I hate America.

[drscrad]

@treygolf66

Not the reason i hate America, but definitely the reason I hate most cops throughout the South through the Bible-belt, and especially where I live, which I consider to be the belt-buckle of the Bible-belt. Where I live is in the tri-metro area right besides Hinds County (Jackson, MS) in a county called Rankin aka Stankin' Rankin.. We have about 40,000 people in my town with 17 cops on each 8 shift, 63 UC cars, and my town's police station has a DEA branch inside of it. :-/

[07tbest]

"drugs of course" fuck tha police

[weswsp01]

this is bullshit..... We got word that Widespread Painc was coming in town..... WTF..... I bet they would NEVER do this for a rap concert....... I would much rather have a few fans in the crowd with some pot than some punks and wiggers in the crowd with guns..... just sayin

[Discokid715]

This is just a way for the cops to make money off of Panic fans. The entire city where Panic is playing makes a fortune when they come to town. Panic fans are trying to fix the economy by traveling and spending money out of town. I work my ass off everyday to save money to go to shows. (Work to Panic) =)

[poma54564]

it's not a war against drugs, it's a war against personal freedoms.

[reciporkate]

jesus did you see that gun in the last shot?! What the fuck is that for?

[Uberdemon76]

Crisco

[sdljets]

Fucking PIGS!

[BamaGetaway1013]

fuck georgia and their crooked ass cops

way worse than here in bama, except pelham of course

safety check =illegal stop and seizure

[drscrad]

@BamaGetaway1013

Agreed.. I live about 90-100 miles west of Pelham in Jackson, MS. I saw WSP at Oak Mountain two or three times when Houser was still gracing us with his presence, and the only place near Pelham or B'ham that I can compare cops to being as bad or gung-ho is in Jackson and/or Orange Beach at the Wharf, or as I like to call it, Satan's Asshole.

[rasecane]

DECRIMINALIZE ALL DRUGS!

[2204Alpha]

non of the cops in these videos are even Athens cops. These are cops in another county about 25 miles away.

[gmsmgb]

Here's some news for you guys. We didn't arrest a single person going to the show. I'm the one with the laser at the beginning. we got a lot of meth from a dude that went through. That's the bag of powder looking stuff. the machine gun was because there was a drive by down the road and they came through, you're welcome. I don't hate spread heads, maybe meth heads. I have been friends with JB and Todd since 1988. Peace and be safe. Panic, I will remember you forever RIP my brother.

[drscrad]

@gmsmgb

Um.. That bag of powder must have been meth made with gasoline or something. Not saying I do the drug, but I have seen it and I have seen many different forms of it, and never have I seen anything that someone was calling "meth", "crank", "speed", or even "mali" that remotely resembled that. However, the one thing that I do like about your comment is the fact that you gave a shout out to Houser. That's respect, but other than that, you guys need a crash course in drug spotting.

[beholdfateknocks]

this video almost rejuvenated my faith in god and the police...thank god someone is doing something about all these people(quasi-people) going to see this godawful band. every little thing helps.

[brooksramsey1]

yo man dont knock it til you try it first....... ps- go fuck yourself

[beholdfateknocks]

@brooksramsey1 i've tried it multiple times. played it in my old band at my rhythm guitarists request. he was always listening to it, and i with him. i gave it a good long shot. p.s. you can go fuck yourself too! :)

[dal6464]

I'm assuming your a Metallica fan? Take off your graphic T and come see Panic. You will never be a hardass loser again.

[beholdfateknocks]

@dal6464 i used to be one, no mas. but that was def a safe assumption on your part. albeit incorrect, it was safe. looking for a band that doesnt play to or for a demographic. i'm sure that wasn't panic's intention, but it's sure as shit all they've done. jerry and the allman's took a dump, voila! it was done before (and a lot better might i add)and now you guys are acting like these people actually did something when, in fact, it's just another derivative athens band. no more, no less

[drscrad]

@beholdfateknocks

I disagree with you, my man. Yes, the type of improv music has been done before, however, the southern whiskey blues incorporated with jam band mentality and ways of writing music are way different than the Dead or ABB. Jerry was a pioneer in the aspect that he basically started a movement which is still going on today.. However, whenever it comes to the style that Spread has, do not ever say Houser and Co. is just another Athens band. R.E.M. is, but I disagree about WSP.

[123daydream321]

this is the second post ive seen you on saying ignorant things about your hate for panic, what is wrong with you

[75starsuck]

haha,fuck those southern ass backwards police!

I just moved to ATL from Philly,and can't stand the HUGE police force down here!They go out of there way to fuck with us.Go find some real criminals,nobody at Panic is causing any trouble...the police are the problem!!

[rosswsp]

fuck the police

[Noodlebass]

pigs

[fa4rm2er0]

if you fail in life. flunk out of school. etc.... you can still join the police force. i have met some nice cops. but in general, fuck 'em all.

[zheadmon]

go get another doughnut fat boy. You can't stomp us out like roaches, there are millions of us, wookies and all.

[awgstwest]

I don't know that "rock" at 1:01 dosen't look like any ecstacy I have ever seen, but I don't claim to have seen it all. Good luck and God bless if you are going to travel on this path.

[smitryan]

That's coke

[420everyday88]

those god damn cops!

[dgalyas]

I do believe that this is from Panic in yhe Streets. Maybe?

[mofish20]

thank god those potheads are off the streets. the horror!

[hannahm320]

last time they go there/

[smitryan]

The "methamphetemines" these pig's are talking about are actually ecstacy pills. Sounds more sexy to say meth, but Panic fans are not meth heads, pigs/DEA place E under the meth catagory because it carries a harsher punishment. Bunk ecstacy can contain small ammounts of meth though. Propoganda at it's finest. I don't do E anymore by the way and AM NOT ENDORSING ECSTACY USE.

[ThizzFaceOffNike]

probably some bunk/fake molly lol

[drscrad]

@smitryan You're basically right, however, they call it meth 1) it has a worse connotation on it than does ecstasy, which usually makes even the straight and narrow think of being in bliss.. Saying meth makes people think of people on the Faces of Meth commercials and what not 2) Ecstasy is classified as methamphetamine because it is. MDMA = Methylenedioxy[b]methamphetami­ne[/b]

[drscrad]

Also, I have heard of friends and tour buddies getting charged with possession of methamphetamine whenever they would get caught with DMT.. Of course, it wouldn't stand up in court because it wouldn't test positive for it, but they'd still have to bond out and what not, therefore, giving the local and state governments just that much more money and giving us that much more hell just because they can. But let them do their thing and everyone else just try and steer clear.

[awgstwest]

Don't get me wrong I'm not a big fan of cops but I don't mind at all when people who use methamphetemines get busted. Tweekers suck always have always will. Cops using these tactics is nothing new, anyone remember The Grateful Dead? It's totally OK with me to take dope, but remember not everyone thinks so, if we are going to do whatever we want, we have to be responsible for the consiquences, and sleep in the bed we make, and oh yeah doing the speed limit and having a driver's licence helps.

[yonderstring]

fucking bullshit... go bust the crack dealers downtown you fucking fucks

[thegratefulweb]

those cops are a bunch of sallys

[Sauce75]

is this considered discrimination?

[jab2787]

fuck pigs! Spreadheads never cause any trouble except maybe play our music too loud...

[jro421]

Bastards!

[wpanic05]

thats alright, theres always a spot in hell for cops

[AmericanhistoryX84]

Fucking redneck police state. If that baby huey jughead assclown only knew how people see him. They're all a bunch of pussies who are afraid of going after the real criminals. You know god forbid they could get hurt. So they go after marijuana smokers to make themselvs look like their actually worth what the taxpayers pay them. FUCK THE POLICE.

[drscrad]

@AmericanhistoryX84

I agree.. It's kinda ironic, because I'm sure he's a fundamentalist Christian, and further, if you're arresting people for possession of marijuana, a plant that your prophet used for purposes other than smoking it to get high, although he did eat it, so that's basically a form of blasphemy upon his own religion because you're basically saying that your god made a mistake

[pipinios1972]

einai ntropi

[wilk343]

this is fucking ridiculous..i hate cops

[widespreadpanc]

fucking pigs

[mandaleico]

Those are not Athens police. Athens police are Clarke County... not Arcade.

[AofD]

I made it through the Arcade road blocks, so fuck off Arcade police department.

[zheadmon]

go get some Bar-ba-q fatboy, you can't stomp us out and you can't make us run. I made it in and out of your sonar nets to the show.

[TheWrekkedTrain]

hahahahaha, suck it hippies!

[onearmsteve33]

why does the guy at the end have a freakin machine gun?! wtf

[zheadmon]

he must have a very small, small dick.

[trickye999]

go away you fat piggies

[puptentaclezappa]

Why cant people just mind their own god damned business?

[drscrad]

@puptentaclezappa Haha.. sounds like we have ourselves a member of the Bell family on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to what they're doing.

[tieyourshoes]

any one else find it ironic the police chief's last name is Bell?

[InThisCatapult]

Is it legal for them to say they are targeting Widespread Panic fans? Sounds like profiling to me.

[zheadmon]

Guess I'l have to activate my counter intell skills to slip by those wascaly wabbits with my stash.... Z head mon will not bow to the GA pigs..

[mrecint]

I swear the reporter says 'legal' drugs...

[drscrad]

@mrecint I swear I thought I heard the same thing.

[wakajawaka45]

that's what those spredheads deserve, steel bracelets and tall boys! hooooooweeeeee~!

[misterbriggs894]

what a bunch of bitch ass lames, i'll bet they fucked with anyone with long hair

[panicnerd]

Nigger lovers