MD State Police Assessment of the GD (June 1991)
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Wow, great read. The pre
Wow, great read. The pre-internet days were funny. Having never had legal trouble at a show (or none that resulted in an arrest or ticket), I think of all those poor heads who got popped just trying to share a good time with others (some of the stories are well documented, most are just kids popped with a few hits/sheets who didn't know how to keep their cool). I know by the end the feds had undercovers and surveillance following every dead show, and by the late '90's had units following Phish and Cheese too, to try to "break up" the distribution networks. Glad that they've found other priorities...
Thanks for sharing!
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my friend got popped in ATL..
my friend got popped in ATL...
i observed a large group of 30?+ "undercover" cops being briefed outside the philly spectrum. they all had hats, sun glasses, mustaches, and shitty tie dyes on.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Semolina Pilchard
At the Landover shows in
At the Landover shows in March, they seized 36,442 tabs of acid and 31.4 grams of liquid. Sadly, "a large amount, over 50%, of the LSD seized was bogus." ← That's the real crime right there.
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Touch of Grey was on 1989's
Touch of Grey was on 1989's Built to Last and Ken Kasey was a Prankster. Good stuff!
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Your tax dollar at work
Your tax dollar at work
Actually reads like a bad high school essay
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Good friend got popped at
Good friend got popped at Landover, a most peaceful guy tackled to the ground and beaten by the popo. It ended up being an uncle cid analogue but he still did some time. Terrible stuff, helped his family through some shit, left me with my current state of "old school paranoia" which ended up serving me well over the years hahahaha.
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Hey Turtle, those "undercover
Hey Turtle, those "undercover" cops were so obvious it was almost comical you could spot them from the proverbial mile away. My friend was too trusting and friendly.
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Always tell by their shoes
Always tell by their shoes
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: That’s Nancy with the laughin’ face
The FBI got in on the action
The FBI got in on the action in the late 80's and many deadheads received mandatory sentences of 10 years or more. Not good times for those caught up in operation "Dead End."
While the local police where busting people at the shows, the FBI was tracking down the big time dealers and cutting deals with them to set up the deadheads working for them. Not many of the big dealers did any time cause they helped the FBI make so many arrests.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1990/03/18/80-deadheads-arr...
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-27-mn-4359-story.html
https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/03/28/dea-targeting-deadheads-at-conce...
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The FBI tapped our phone
The FBI tapped our phone line in '92 because we knew someone who got caught up in operation Dead End. It was actually pretty funny because I called AT&T to check our phone line when I heard noise interference on the line. They came out and looked at the box and said they weren't allowed to touch the connection box cause the FEDS were using it. I really was kinda clueless and the AT&T guy had to spell it out for me. D'oh. We had a bad connection for a year or so.
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I went and visited my friend
I went and visited my friend in the slammer, picked up his car keys and drove his BOAT back to his folks house, I had to show ID to get his keys in the pokie, I wonder if my phone was tapped for a while after hearing you story Nancy. Good thing my old school awareness was on high! Still is. Love to all.
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Was there a ton of static on
Was there a ton of static on your phone line? Anyway, my guess is YES they tapped your phone if you visited them.
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6UP
6UP
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Hey man you got one of those
Hey man you got any of those units?
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I just re read the entire
I just re read the entire thing in Joe Fridays voice
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"just re read the entire
"just re read the entire thing in Joe Fridays voice"
hahahahhah awesome lens to look through!
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Just the facts, man.
Just the facts, man.
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Two-tone Dude!
Two-tone Dude!
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if I told you a 1/3 of went
if I told you a 1/3 of went down
it would burn off both of your ears
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that serouieslee reads like
that serouieslee reads like an 8th grader's book report.
embarrassing, and malevolent
that said: the highlarity escapes me not
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What motivates someone to
What motivates someone to become a NARC?
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Even better, go back and read
Even better, go back and read it in the voice of Stacey Keach's Sgt. Stedenko character from Cheech and Chong's Up In Smoke.
i bet a few of those cops got dosed.
By 1991, the parking lot was increasingly becoming a drag. A heavy paranoia vibe permeated the scene. Unless we were vending, my friends and I would look for other things to do in the towns we were visiting, and try to spend as little time in the lot as possible.
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Your favorite fictional
Your favorite fictional narcotics officer?
Notorious Norbert the Narc: You almost have to feel sorry for poor Norbert; he was thirty years ahead of his time. Norbert was one of the recurring characters in Gilbert Shelton's "Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers." His job was to bust the Freak Brothers; his tactics included but were not limited to warrantless searches. Think of Norbert as the LA Basin's version of Barney Fife.
Sergeant Stedenko: Stacy Keach's narc could have been a contender for the Narcotics Officer Hall of Fame if only he'd have quit smoking half the shit before he reported it to the evidence room.
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"Straight Arrow" - Spirit -
"Straight Arrow" - Spirit - by J. Ferguson
See him riding 'cross the plain
See how everybody fears his name
He's working for the good in the mountains and the woods
Protector of the lame, Straight Arrow is his name
Hear him give his mighty call
Straight and narrow for one and all
Working for the right in the day and the night
Friend of the insane, Straight Arrow is his name
You gotta watch out where you go
And watch out who you know
Watch what you do because Straight Arrow watches you
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Test me test me .... why don
Test me test me .... why don't you arrest me
(because you're obviously pretty clueless....?)
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A Maryland State Trooper in
A Maryland State Trooper in the 80s -- you think the mounted cops on horses outside Cap Ctr were bad....