First, thank you for being level headed and posting a reasonable complaint to my post. I'm afraid I was a bit heated when I made the initial message and did not decide to post a non-bias report.
Then again, this is an LJ post, not a full media report. As such, expect it to have a level of my personal opinion.
That being said, the military presence can be seen from the video which is circulating around the net. Whether it is the army, guard, or simply a couple folks im Camo cannot be determined by it, but it certainly involves a level of military presence.
As for the nature of the permit, the county sheriff stated that it was an unpermited site, where as the promoter is stating that it had all of the proper permits. Until I locate a proper paper trail or the promoter releases a public press release, I'm afraid that fact has fallen into the realm of speculation.
I agree that the tear gas may have fallen privy to the forces of the rumor mill. Alas, I have read two personal accounts stating that tear gas was used. One of which is linked above. Take them with a grain of salt.
The purpose of this post is not to provide an in-depth report; I was not there personally. The purpose of this post is to make people aware of what occured in Utah this weekend.
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Date: 2005-08-22 04:26 pm (UTC)Then again, this is an LJ post, not a full media report. As such, expect it to have a level of my personal opinion.
That being said, the military presence can be seen from the video which is circulating around the net. Whether it is the army, guard, or simply a couple folks im Camo cannot be determined by it, but it certainly involves a level of military presence.
As for the nature of the permit, the county sheriff stated that it was an unpermited site, where as the promoter is stating that it had all of the proper permits. Until I locate a proper paper trail or the promoter releases a public press release, I'm afraid that fact has fallen into the realm of speculation.
I agree that the tear gas may have fallen privy to the forces of the rumor mill. Alas, I have read two personal accounts stating that tear gas was used. One of which is linked above. Take them with a grain of salt.
The purpose of this post is not to provide an in-depth report; I was not there personally. The purpose of this post is to make people aware of what occured in Utah this weekend.