The "show" that was not part of the Show
Aug. 30th, 2004 10:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamaastridI contacted MDRF about the little flogging show my family witnessed out in the parking lot Sunday evening (see my first post of today). The General Manager, Jules Smith, responded to my email in a very timely manner with what number I should call from my cell in the parking lot. Because I specifically asked short of walking all the way back to the gate was there a number I could call if out in the lot. And, I just wanted to pass this information on to all of you if you notice inappropriate NON-FAMILY shows are taking place in the MDRF parking lot or other illegal activities that need police/security attention.
"The least intrusive for you would be to call the number on page 3 of the festival program, 800-296-7304 and we would initiate a radio call to security from the office. Alternatively, please do not hesitate to point out to security anything at all. .... In all probability we would utilize the police on site at that time to move out to the lot and intercede. At 7:25 PM on Sunday ... I was coming from a call at the lot privies about a potential domestic to which four deputies had responded."
So it sounds like they were tied up with a more pressing (violent) issue when the little show we saw was happening, which I totally understand the priorities.
"The least intrusive for you would be to call the number on page 3 of the festival program, 800-296-7304 and we would initiate a radio call to security from the office. Alternatively, please do not hesitate to point out to security anything at all. .... In all probability we would utilize the police on site at that time to move out to the lot and intercede. At 7:25 PM on Sunday ... I was coming from a call at the lot privies about a potential domestic to which four deputies had responded."
So it sounds like they were tied up with a more pressing (violent) issue when the little show we saw was happening, which I totally understand the priorities.
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Date: 2004-08-30 01:03 pm (UTC)Saturday right after pub sing, Desmond and I played crowd-control for a brief bit with one drunk halfway between passing out and throwing up (all the while insisting he's fine), trying to be calmed by two others who already weren't the most sober themselves. They were rather large men, such that even the security red-shirts really just held their distance and kept spectators back until (I assume, I left soon after) the sherrif's men arrived.
Personally, I still wish a (mature, older than 25) red-shirt would actually be IN the pub, or at least watching from the outside walls, during that last hour. Presence of authority alone is usually enough to restore presence of mind for most. Won't stop it all, but it may help.