ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
can't believe this shit is STILL happening 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jan/08/police-accused-discriminating-urban-music?CMP=twt_fd

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jan/08/police-accused-discriminating-urban-music?CMP=twt_fd
fuck you form 696At a recent major urban event at a mainstream live venue, organisers say that police insisted on searching 18 performers for weapons before they went on stage, as well as a group of young people on work experience organised by a charity.
The Metropolitan police's risk assessment of live urban music gigs is based on the ethnicity of the audience and artists, according to industry figures. Police can ask for strict safety measures to be put in place on the basis of this risk assessment, and can cancel gigs at short notice.
At the event, police told organisers they had intelligence about an artist on the bill, but would not specify which one, saying they all needed to be searched. An airport-style scanner was used to check the artists and anyone else involved in the gig each time they entered the venue,


