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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Badnarik Radio show on the Rainbow Gathering / Police Incident
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Alex Jones welcomes Rob Savoy of the Rainbow Family.
| Alex welcomes Rob Savoy of the Rainbow Family. The Rainbow Family are a loosely affiliated group of individuals committed to principles of non-violence and non-hierarchical egalitarianism who meet in a forest each year. During this year's meeting, feds arrested five members of the group for the crime of having an "unregistered gathering". | |
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ROB'S INTERVIEW STARTS AT THE 2HRS AND 33 MIN. MARK.
or Download SHOW Torrent here.
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Rainbow Family / Police Incident 2008 Videos
WelcomeHome.org - Rainbow Family / Police Incident 2008 Extended Video
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See Older post HERE .
ACTION ALERT: Forest Service Called a "Rogue Agency"
Few post from alt.gathering.rainbow
There was no bullshit "throwing rocks and sticks" at Kiddie Village
4 Rainbow members plead guilty to misdemeanors
Eyes On Account
incident at kiddie village////rainbow
bobs response to news of attack in kiddie village
Rainbow Family should follow federal rules
How Do We Protect Ourselves From This?
By Dojo Rat(Dojo Rat)
Family Traveling To Rainbow Gathering (DR)-
While the Police become increasingly more militarized,
The military is increasingly becoming a domestic police force.
Dojo Rat - http://dojorat.blogspot.com/
ACTION ALERT: Forest Service Exposed as a Rogue Agency
By Colorado Legal Eagles(SF Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay))
Attendees at the annual Rainbow Gathering have once again been the target of brutal law enforcement tactics this past week as they gathered in the Bridger National Forest in southwestern Wyoming. T
Indybay newswire - http://www.indybay.org
WyOming Pictures 2008 - Neo McKennedy's Photostream
Some really cool pictures from various perspectives
rainbow Family Police Incident 2008 KIDDIE VILLAGE WYOMING FOREST POLICE FEDS FEDERAL PEPPER SPRAY BULLETS ADAP2K
Thursday, July 10, 2008
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Rainbow Family Gathering Clash on WTPRN Radio
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Tune in tonight at ( 9 -11 pm Eastern time) to
The Rule Of Law Randy Kelton & Deborah Stevens
For coverage of the Rainbow Family Gathering Clash
with the Forest Svc. Police in Wyoming 2008.
Tune in tonight at ( 9 -11 pm Eastern time) to
The Rule Of Law Randy Kelton & Deborah Stevens
For coverage of the Rainbow Family Gathering Clash
with the Forest Svc. Police in Wyoming 2008.
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I've created a Rainbow Gathering Legal Database HERE for those interested
in legal issues surrounding the Gathering. I will be adding databases
that contain legal info about the Gatherings. Any suggestions or links
will be appreciated. love, blue
Hello, I'm a reporter with the Associated Press in Cheyenne. I'm trying
to reach people who were present at the Forest Service arrest of members
of the Rainbow Family on July 3. If you or anyone you know was there,
and saw what happened, please have them call me as soon as possible:
Ben Neary, Reporter, The Associated Press
1-800-442-2451.
SEND EYEWITNESS REPORTS TO ACLU
AND LEGAL EAGLES.
512-485-9010
If you miss the show the archive
will be posted here. 2008
I've created a Rainbow Gathering Legal Database HERE for those interested
in legal issues surrounding the Gathering. I will be adding databases
that contain legal info about the Gatherings. Any suggestions or links
will be appreciated. love, blue
Hello, I'm a reporter with the Associated Press in Cheyenne. I'm trying
to reach people who were present at the Forest Service arrest of members
of the Rainbow Family on July 3. If you or anyone you know was there,
and saw what happened, please have them call me as soon as possible:
Ben Neary, Reporter, The Associated Press
1-800-442-2451.
SEND EYEWITNESS REPORTS TO ACLU
AND LEGAL EAGLES.
ACTION ALERT!!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
VIDEO ADDED HERE!
Rainbows, Forest Service trade accusations
Arson suspected in Gathering Fire
Rainbows, Forest Service trade accusations
Arson suspected in Gathering Fire
Fire breaks out near a Rainbow Family campsite
Jul 10 08 - 10:26 AM
Pinedale – A fire was reported near the Bear Trap Meadows on the border between the Bureau of Land Management Land and the Bridger-Teton National Forest. The fire has been named the Gathering 2 Fire and has burned approximately 3/4ths of an acre of dead trees that have fallen. The fire is located about 31 miles southeast of Boulder, Wyoming near the Dutch Joe Guard Station. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Pinedale – A fire was reported near the Bear Trap Meadows on the border between the Bureau of Land Management Land and the Bridger-Teton National Forest. The fire has been named the Gathering 2 Fire and has burned approximately 3/4ths of an acre of dead trees that have fallen. The fire is located about 31 miles southeast of Boulder, Wyoming near the Dutch Joe Guard Station. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Several Interagency firefighters are responding to the area. A Type I helicopter, which is a specialized helicopter for combating forest fires, has been ordered for this incident. Currently, the fire appears to be moving in an easterly direction. As a precautionary measure, the Bridger-Teton is ordering the evacuation of two peripheral camps associated with the Rainbow Family Gathering.
The annual Rainbow Gathering was held in the Dutch Joe area of the Bridger-Teton National Forest last week. Some of the camps associated with the Rainbow Gathering that was held in that vicinity of the Forest, have not yet been vacated.
New Video, Rainbow Gathering Wyoming Forest service/ Police Clash
MORE VIDEO ADDED HERE!
If you were a witness to the incident, the Wyoming ACLU would like to
talk to you SOON. Their contact info is on their website:
http://www.aclu-wy.org/
Please also post your testimony here too,
Colorado Legal Eagles: Defending liberty and justice since 1991.
ACLU, is OK, but we need back ups!
or email me (adap2k AT gmail. com) ...Thanks, James
Older post HERE .
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Police Violence at the Wyoming Rainbow Gathering - firsthand account
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MORE testimony @ wyominggathering.blogspot.com
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If you were a witness to the incident, the Wyoming ACLU would like to
talk to you SOON. Their contact info is on their website:
http://www.aclu-wy.org/
Please also post your testimony here too,
Colorado Legal Eagles: Defending liberty and justice since 1991.
ACLU, is OK, but we need back ups!
or email me (adap2k AT gmail. com) ...Thanks, James
Older post HERE .
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I was witness to the pepper bullet incident at Kid Village and I am
still outraged!!!!! The man they arrested was smoking out the kitchens
and was caught with a considerable amount of pot. I agree it was poor
judgement to "hide out" at Kiddie Village when you're being followed
by the feds, but Kiddie Village is (or suppose to be) a sanctuary. I
watched a group of federal thugs invade a kitchen where there are
women and children and brutally exercised their authority by firing
their weapons into the crowd.
The cops were awful this year and I'm just glad their irresponsible
actions didn't cause violence against them to flare up.
We need to ban the L.E.O. from the gatherings fore the sake of our
children.
namaste;
bodhi
http://psychedelictourist.blogspot.com
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I have detailed what I witnessed and have have provided links to the
information that I have found about the July 3, 2008 encounter with
LEO's in kiddie village on my blog.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=32694...
If you have located any additional video of that event on the web I
encourage you to post the links there.
Thanks,
Weather
Police Violence at the Wyoming Rainbow Gathering - firsthand account
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Tune in to We the People Radio Network, the Rule of Law show with Deborah Stevens, http://www.wtprn.com/listen.shtml, this Thursday (7/10/08) at 8 p.m. CST. She will be discussing this incident and how they intend to proceed in bringing the LEO's to justice. Deborah was at the Rainbow Gathering so she has some very valuable insight into this incident. Tune in - it's a great show!
More video:
main meadow 4th of July afternoon
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MIKEWORKMAN
Bullshit is right!!! I was at the time of the incident in the main meadow, gathering with the family. All of the sudden people start yelling FIRE FIRE so me and many others raced toward kiddy village with buckets in hand. The fire we saw however was that of complete chaos. Forest Rangers were firing a wave of pepper spray paintballs into a crowd of helpless women and children. Never once where there any sticks or rocks thrown at the rangers the entire time this occured. slowly we pushed them back away from kiddy village, away from the children and families; all the while taking a senseless and painful beating. Both myself and my dog were shot repeatedly during this peace push to protect the FAMILY.This incident was really the only one to occur for the last three weeks of the RAINBOW and was provoked by these "Peace Officers". But as it stands it is an issue of controling what they just can't and racist values tained into our federal employees. We are too different and therefore a threat. I was shot ten times, six of which were in the back. Where is the truth? Justice for Rainbow!!! HTML
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Yes..there was a response force of 60 confirmed armed officers with dogs and riot gear that stormed the gathering. Then suspiciously 3 EXPERTLY placed confirmed arson forest fires started amid all of this chaos, far from easy to get to. I participated in extinguishing the fires and personally think the incidents are related becuase of the timing and level of precision in placement..The fires were being doused by barefoot hippys that had to run through a mile of steep hills and deep, dangerous bogs and requiring scaling a barbed wire fence with 5 gallon bucket fulls of water just as darkness set in. The few of us that could respond got very lucky a FULL evac didn't happen...
Please come over and comment when you get a chance, all my love to you!
Rainbow Tribe attacked at annual Gathering of the Tribe
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Tazers and rubber bullets for pacifists. This is how we celebrate Independence Day? With thugs bullying hippies?
America is dead. -
REVOLUTION is the Solution!!!
"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.... And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson, in letter to William S. Smith, 1787 -
Those who give up essential liberties for temporary security deserve neither. And now the thugs attack pacifists ?
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- Rainbow Gathering Police Presence
- The police presence at the Rainbow Gathering this year was quite unsettling. There is always some type of police presence near the Gathering and sometimes within the Gathering, but this year seemed to be heavy on that presence (at least ...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Fear and Terror at the Gathering
We are here and alive near Yellowstone National Park today.We fled the Rainbow Gathering yesterday afternoon.
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Monday, July 7, 2008
Forest Svc May BAN future Rainbow Gatherings
By BEN NEARY , Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A U.S. Forest Service official says the agency must consider banning the Rainbow Family from its land after a confrontation led to the arrest of at least eight people in Wyoming.
John Twiss, director of Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations in Washington, D.C., said Monday that he was among the officers who responded last week when Rainbow Family members threw sticks and rocks at federal officers.
The Forest Service says the episode started when officers tried to arrest a member of the Rainbow Family, a group of hippie types and eccentrics who camp on public land every year.
About 7,000 people turned out for this year's event, held on Forest Service land near Big Sandy in western Wyoming. ADAP2K
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A U.S. Forest Service official says the agency must consider banning the Rainbow Family from its land after a confrontation led to the arrest of at least eight people in Wyoming.
John Twiss, director of Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations in Washington, D.C., said Monday that he was among the officers who responded last week when Rainbow Family members threw sticks and rocks at federal officers.
The Forest Service says the episode started when officers tried to arrest a member of the Rainbow Family, a group of hippie types and eccentrics who camp on public land every year.
About 7,000 people turned out for this year's event, held on Forest Service land near Big Sandy in western Wyoming. ADAP2K
Police Attack Kiddie Village, Rainbow Gathering '08, clip1
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Digg: We were attending the 2008 Gathering in Wyoming - staying in Kiddie Village. During the pre-dinner prayer circle I noticed Sheriffs sprinkled through the woods between us and dinner. They arrested a mother and attempted to take custody of a child. We reacted nonviolently however this was what happened. More to come later - Shot by Linnea ...
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Digg: We were attending the 2008 Gathering in Wyoming - staying in Kiddie Village. During the pre-dinner prayer circle I noticed Sheriffs sprinkled through the woods between us and dinner. They arrested a mother and attempted to take custody of a child. We reacted nonviolently however this was what happened. More to come later - Shot by Linnea ...
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Congressman Subpoenaed For 9/11 Trial
July 7, 2008Attorneys for al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui have subpoenaed Pennsylvania Congressman Curt Weldon to testify at a trial that will determine whether Moussaoui should be executed. The defense is seeking Weldon's testimony to try and show that the government knew more about the September 11, 2001, attacks than Moussaoui did. It's a key point the jury will be asked to address at the death penalty trial that begins next week with jury selection. Weldon, a Republican, received the subpoena last week. It seeks testimony about issues related to Able Danger, a secret pre-9/11 intelligence operation conducted by the Department of Defense. Full Story
ALEX JONES COVERS RAINBOW FAMILY GATHERING 2008
At the very end of this mp3.
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Sunday, July 6, 2008
AUDIO: Rainbow Family attacked by FEDS. Pepper sprayed, Rubber bullets
Police Fire Pepper Spray Into Crowd In Attempt To Start Riot
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Saturday, July 5, 2008
Arrest leads to Rainbow riot
Arrest leads to Rainbow riot
VIDEO ADDED HERE!
By TOM MORTON
Star-Tribune staff writer Saturday, July 05, 2008
[oas:casperstartribune.net/news/wyoming:Middle1]
U.S. Forest Service officers pointed weapons at children and fired rubber bullets and pepper spray balls at Rainbow Family members while making arrests Thursday evening, according to witnesses.
"They were so violent, like dogs," Robert Parker told reporter Deborah Stevens of the libertarian-oriented, Round Rock, Texas-based We the People Radio Network [www.wtprn.com] after the incident.
"People yelled at them, 'You're shooting children,'" Parker said during an interview on the network's "Rule of Law Show."
About 7,000 people have arrived at the gathering near Big Sandy in the Wind River Mountains for the annual Gathering of the Tribes, a seven-day event of fellowship, partying including illicit drug use, praying, and living on the land.
They camp on Forest Service land around the country every year, but the Rainbow family's nonhierarchical methods -- no one can speak for the Rainbows, much less sign a land use permit -- often have stymied their relationships.
But rarely do the tensions escalate into violence.
The Forest Service's Incident Command Team in Rock Springs issued a press release Friday morning, saying officers were patrolling the main meadow of the gathering Thursday evening when they contacted a man who fled and was later caught. Another Rainbow was detained for physically interfering.
Officers began to leave the area with the subjects and were circled by Rainbow participants, according to the news release from Rita Vollmer of the Incident Command Team.
Ten officers were escorting the detained subjects when about 400 Rainbows surrounded the squad, and more officers were requested, according to the news release.
"The mob began to advance, throwing sticks and rocks at the officers. Crowd control tactics were used to keep moving through the group of Rainbows," the news release said.
Other law enforcement agencies were called to the scene, the news release said.
Officers made five arrests; one officer suffered minor injuries and was cleared by a local hospital; and a government vehicle sustained damage, the news release said.
"This lawless behavior is unacceptable and we will not tolerate it," said John Twiss, Forest Service director of law enforcement. "The safety of our employees, public and Rainbow participants is our number one priority, and we will continue to protect everyone on the national forest."
Vollmer of the Forest Service Incident Management Team did not return calls requesting comment Friday.
Rainbow Family members' accounts told a different story.
One member who identified himself only as "Ryan" told Stevens he was with his two children in his tent at the Rainbows' Kid Village north of the main meadow where the major prayer circles and dinners are held.
One of the 10 officers pointed a pepper spray gun at him and his children, he said. His girlfriend was using the latrine outside when four officers came to her and asked if she was smoking marijuana.
The officers then ran through the Kid Village and through its kitchen, and chaos erupted, he said.
Other witnesses recounted seeing about 10 officers of the Forest Service's incident command team drag an older man from the woods near the Kid Village, according to interviews by Stevens.
A woman in the village told the officers to take their guns out of the Kid Village. An officer threw that woman to the ground and pulled her head back by her hair while she was being handcuffed, one Rainbow named Rick told Stevens.
"I got out and yelled, 'what the f--- are you doing?'" Rick said. "That got it started."
The officers backed up in a defensive position, and some used their Tasers on Rainbows, he said.
Rainbows called for their crisis management team, and Rainbow family elders urged the crowd to remain calm, he said. However, the crowd kept moving, and the Forest Service officers began randomly spraying the crowd with pepper spray bullets.
The officers, with their two suspects in custody, found an exit trail from the main meadow, and the peacekeepers urged the crowd to let them go, he said.
"These people deliberately, for hours, were aggressively working the camp over and working the people over," Ryan said. "They chose the kiddie village -- the one place, the kids, to take their stand and create a riot, and I bought into it. ... They were looking for an excuse to do some damage to us."
Ryan's partner, Feather, told Stevens she was pepper-sprayed, and saw another Rainbow with welts all over his body.
Feather also recounted seeing a couple with a young child and an infant who had just emerged from the woods and didn't know what was happening.
The couple asked the officers what was going on, and the officers pointed their guns at the children. The officers walked away, but one turned around and pointed his rifle at the baby, she told Stevens.
Robert Kinn of Afton told the Casper Star-Tribune in an interview Friday that he and his family had been camping and drove to Big Sandy because they'd never been to a gathering.
Forest Service officers gave Kinn a citation and a $175 ticket for allowing someone to ride on his vehicle's trailer, and said the officers weren't polite. "I was scared, was harassed."
Kinn and his family went to the main circle for dinner, when they heard people yelling about needing help to put out a fire in the Kid Village.
About 10 minutes later, people came back to tell the main circle the fire was over, and the crowd resumed eating, he said.
One of the senior Rainbows gathered the crowd and explained the clash with the Forest Service, and another man showed where rubber bullets hit him in the stomach, Kinn said.
Kinn and his family drove home that night, he said.
Reach Tom Morton at (307) 266-0616, or at Tom.Morton@trib.com
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VIDEO ADDED HERE!
By TOM MORTON
Star-Tribune staff writer Saturday, July 05, 2008
[oas:casperstartribune.net/news/wyoming:Middle1]
U.S. Forest Service officers pointed weapons at children and fired rubber bullets and pepper spray balls at Rainbow Family members while making arrests Thursday evening, according to witnesses.
"They were so violent, like dogs," Robert Parker told reporter Deborah Stevens of the libertarian-oriented, Round Rock, Texas-based We the People Radio Network [www.wtprn.com] after the incident.
"People yelled at them, 'You're shooting children,'" Parker said during an interview on the network's "Rule of Law Show."
About 7,000 people have arrived at the gathering near Big Sandy in the Wind River Mountains for the annual Gathering of the Tribes, a seven-day event of fellowship, partying including illicit drug use, praying, and living on the land.
They camp on Forest Service land around the country every year, but the Rainbow family's nonhierarchical methods -- no one can speak for the Rainbows, much less sign a land use permit -- often have stymied their relationships.
But rarely do the tensions escalate into violence.
The Forest Service's Incident Command Team in Rock Springs issued a press release Friday morning, saying officers were patrolling the main meadow of the gathering Thursday evening when they contacted a man who fled and was later caught. Another Rainbow was detained for physically interfering.
Officers began to leave the area with the subjects and were circled by Rainbow participants, according to the news release from Rita Vollmer of the Incident Command Team.
Ten officers were escorting the detained subjects when about 400 Rainbows surrounded the squad, and more officers were requested, according to the news release.
"The mob began to advance, throwing sticks and rocks at the officers. Crowd control tactics were used to keep moving through the group of Rainbows," the news release said.
Other law enforcement agencies were called to the scene, the news release said.
Officers made five arrests; one officer suffered minor injuries and was cleared by a local hospital; and a government vehicle sustained damage, the news release said.
"This lawless behavior is unacceptable and we will not tolerate it," said John Twiss, Forest Service director of law enforcement. "The safety of our employees, public and Rainbow participants is our number one priority, and we will continue to protect everyone on the national forest."
Vollmer of the Forest Service Incident Management Team did not return calls requesting comment Friday.
Rainbow Family members' accounts told a different story.
One member who identified himself only as "Ryan" told Stevens he was with his two children in his tent at the Rainbows' Kid Village north of the main meadow where the major prayer circles and dinners are held.
One of the 10 officers pointed a pepper spray gun at him and his children, he said. His girlfriend was using the latrine outside when four officers came to her and asked if she was smoking marijuana.
The officers then ran through the Kid Village and through its kitchen, and chaos erupted, he said.
Other witnesses recounted seeing about 10 officers of the Forest Service's incident command team drag an older man from the woods near the Kid Village, according to interviews by Stevens.
A woman in the village told the officers to take their guns out of the Kid Village. An officer threw that woman to the ground and pulled her head back by her hair while she was being handcuffed, one Rainbow named Rick told Stevens.
"I got out and yelled, 'what the f--- are you doing?'" Rick said. "That got it started."
The officers backed up in a defensive position, and some used their Tasers on Rainbows, he said.
Rainbows called for their crisis management team, and Rainbow family elders urged the crowd to remain calm, he said. However, the crowd kept moving, and the Forest Service officers began randomly spraying the crowd with pepper spray bullets.
The officers, with their two suspects in custody, found an exit trail from the main meadow, and the peacekeepers urged the crowd to let them go, he said.
"These people deliberately, for hours, were aggressively working the camp over and working the people over," Ryan said. "They chose the kiddie village -- the one place, the kids, to take their stand and create a riot, and I bought into it. ... They were looking for an excuse to do some damage to us."
Ryan's partner, Feather, told Stevens she was pepper-sprayed, and saw another Rainbow with welts all over his body.
Feather also recounted seeing a couple with a young child and an infant who had just emerged from the woods and didn't know what was happening.
The couple asked the officers what was going on, and the officers pointed their guns at the children. The officers walked away, but one turned around and pointed his rifle at the baby, she told Stevens.
Robert Kinn of Afton told the Casper Star-Tribune in an interview Friday that he and his family had been camping and drove to Big Sandy because they'd never been to a gathering.
Forest Service officers gave Kinn a citation and a $175 ticket for allowing someone to ride on his vehicle's trailer, and said the officers weren't polite. "I was scared, was harassed."
Kinn and his family went to the main circle for dinner, when they heard people yelling about needing help to put out a fire in the Kid Village.
About 10 minutes later, people came back to tell the main circle the fire was over, and the crowd resumed eating, he said.
One of the senior Rainbows gathered the crowd and explained the clash with the Forest Service, and another man showed where rubber bullets hit him in the stomach, Kinn said.
Kinn and his family drove home that night, he said.
Reach Tom Morton at (307) 266-0616, or at Tom.Morton@trib.com
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Forest Service, Rainbow members tangle again
VIDEO ADDED HERE!
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - An arrest has turned into a confrontation at a gathering of the so-called Rainbow Family near Big Sandy, Wyoming.
The U.S. Forest Service says when its officers took someone into custody, about 400 other people at the gathering circled them and began to interfere physically. They reportedly threw sticks and rocks. The Forest Service says other officers arrived and used a pepper solution to control the crowd.
Five members of the group were arrested, and one officer was slightly hurt.
The Rainbow Family is a loose affiliation of eccentrics, young people, and hippie types who choose a forest each year to hold a weeklong national gathering. About 7,000 are at this year's in Wyoming.
Group members and federal officers have clashed repeatedly in years past.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - An arrest has turned into a confrontation at a gathering of the so-called Rainbow Family near Big Sandy, Wyoming.
The U.S. Forest Service says when its officers took someone into custody, about 400 other people at the gathering circled them and began to interfere physically. They reportedly threw sticks and rocks. The Forest Service says other officers arrived and used a pepper solution to control the crowd.
Five members of the group were arrested, and one officer was slightly hurt.
The Rainbow Family is a loose affiliation of eccentrics, young people, and hippie types who choose a forest each year to hold a weeklong national gathering. About 7,000 are at this year's in Wyoming.
Group members and federal officers have clashed repeatedly in years past.
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100 from Rainbow Family made appearances at a temporary federal court
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Rainbows appear in court
By TOM MORTON - Casper Star-Tribune - 07/05/08
FARSON, Wyo. — More than 100 participants in the annual Rainbow Family of Living Light “Gathering of the Tribes” near Big Sandy made appearances at a temporary federal court at the fire station here this week.
The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management had issued numerous citations and warnings, ranging from traffic violations to drug possession, during the week before the event semi-officially began Tuesday.
Chief U.S. District Judge William Downes signed the unusual order to create the temporary courtroom because the closest federal courtrooms to the gathering are in Green River, Lander and Jackson, he said Thursday.
Farson was chosen because it is close to the gathering and because it imposed the least inconvenience to law enforcement and the Rainbow gathering participants, Downes said. “We sent the magistrate judges to them.”
This marked the first time in Downes’ nine-year tenure that he has signed an order to create a temporary court, he said. “But it was clearly appropriate here.”
The court will remain as long as Rainbow gathering participants are in the area, he said.
About 40 participants appeared in court on Wednesday, and an unknown number appeared on Thursday, according to the clerk of federal court in Casper. One defendant on Wednesday apparently got out of hand and was subdued with a Taser, she said.
On Tuesday, about 70 participants appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Marty of Green River.
One group of about a dozen defendants included a family with two children and a mother nursing an infant.
None of the defendants was in custody.
Seated behind the cited Rainbows were at least two dozen U.S. Forest Service and other law enforcement officers.
The Forest Service had assembled an incident management team of more than 40 officers from across the country, plus police dogs and administrative personnel, agency spokeswoman Rita Vollmer said before the gathering began. Vollmer did not respond to requests for comment on Thursday.
Those cited by the Forest Service and other agencies had been charged with Class B misdemeanors, which are punishable by up to a $5,000 fine and/or six months in jail, Marty told the court.
The U.S. attorney’s office did not recommend any jail sentences for any of the charges, she added.
Several defendants had been arrested for minor traffic violations, including lack of proof of insurance, expired registration, failure to use a turn signal, and parking five feet away from a posted area.
Based on the recommendations of U.S. Attorney Jim Anderson, Marty fined most of these defendants minor amounts such as $20, plus $25 in court costs and $10 for the victims’ compensation fund.
Marty dismissed the citation of a Colorado man whose vehicle had one of his two rear license plate bulbs burn out during his 700-mile trip to the gathering.
Jim Anderson told the court most drug charges he would prosecute were related to marijuana possession, and he would recommend fines of $250.
However, one defendant who possessed multiple drugs and fireworks received a fine of $400.
Like other Rainbow Family events, the courtroom scenes took on their own surreal flavor.
The defendant with the $400 fine shook the hand of an officer before she left the building.
Other defendants mouthed, “We love you,” to the officers.
One officer gave a toy badge to a child of one of the defendants.
Another officer recorded the courtroom with a video camera. Recording and other electronic devices are forbidden in federal courtrooms unless a judge authorizes their use, Downes said.
Outside the fire station, Forest Service officers took their police dogs around vehicles to sniff for drugs.
U.S. marshals brought out a case of bottled water for the defendants lined up at the tent where security personnel conducted searches.
There, too, Rainbows made nice with the government.
One Rainbow asked a marshal how he kept a straight face.
“I’m smiling on the inside,” he responded.
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Rainbows appear in court
By TOM MORTON - Casper Star-Tribune - 07/05/08
FARSON, Wyo. — More than 100 participants in the annual Rainbow Family of Living Light “Gathering of the Tribes” near Big Sandy made appearances at a temporary federal court at the fire station here this week.
The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management had issued numerous citations and warnings, ranging from traffic violations to drug possession, during the week before the event semi-officially began Tuesday.
Chief U.S. District Judge William Downes signed the unusual order to create the temporary courtroom because the closest federal courtrooms to the gathering are in Green River, Lander and Jackson, he said Thursday.
Farson was chosen because it is close to the gathering and because it imposed the least inconvenience to law enforcement and the Rainbow gathering participants, Downes said. “We sent the magistrate judges to them.”
This marked the first time in Downes’ nine-year tenure that he has signed an order to create a temporary court, he said. “But it was clearly appropriate here.”
The court will remain as long as Rainbow gathering participants are in the area, he said.
About 40 participants appeared in court on Wednesday, and an unknown number appeared on Thursday, according to the clerk of federal court in Casper. One defendant on Wednesday apparently got out of hand and was subdued with a Taser, she said.
On Tuesday, about 70 participants appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Marty of Green River.
One group of about a dozen defendants included a family with two children and a mother nursing an infant.
None of the defendants was in custody.
Seated behind the cited Rainbows were at least two dozen U.S. Forest Service and other law enforcement officers.
The Forest Service had assembled an incident management team of more than 40 officers from across the country, plus police dogs and administrative personnel, agency spokeswoman Rita Vollmer said before the gathering began. Vollmer did not respond to requests for comment on Thursday.
Those cited by the Forest Service and other agencies had been charged with Class B misdemeanors, which are punishable by up to a $5,000 fine and/or six months in jail, Marty told the court.
The U.S. attorney’s office did not recommend any jail sentences for any of the charges, she added.
Several defendants had been arrested for minor traffic violations, including lack of proof of insurance, expired registration, failure to use a turn signal, and parking five feet away from a posted area.
Based on the recommendations of U.S. Attorney Jim Anderson, Marty fined most of these defendants minor amounts such as $20, plus $25 in court costs and $10 for the victims’ compensation fund.
Marty dismissed the citation of a Colorado man whose vehicle had one of his two rear license plate bulbs burn out during his 700-mile trip to the gathering.
Jim Anderson told the court most drug charges he would prosecute were related to marijuana possession, and he would recommend fines of $250.
However, one defendant who possessed multiple drugs and fireworks received a fine of $400.
Like other Rainbow Family events, the courtroom scenes took on their own surreal flavor.
The defendant with the $400 fine shook the hand of an officer before she left the building.
Other defendants mouthed, “We love you,” to the officers.
One officer gave a toy badge to a child of one of the defendants.
Another officer recorded the courtroom with a video camera. Recording and other electronic devices are forbidden in federal courtrooms unless a judge authorizes their use, Downes said.
Outside the fire station, Forest Service officers took their police dogs around vehicles to sniff for drugs.
U.S. marshals brought out a case of bottled water for the defendants lined up at the tent where security personnel conducted searches.
There, too, Rainbows made nice with the government.
One Rainbow asked a marshal how he kept a straight face.
“I’m smiling on the inside,” he responded.
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Friday, July 4, 2008
Breaking Video : PROTESTERS Call Bush War Criminal !!!
Bush heckled during July 4 speech
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/04/bush-heckled-during-july-4-speech
(CNN) — It's The Fourth of July, but not everyone was in a festive mood when President Bush delivered a speech Thursday at Thomas Jefferson's famous home, Monticello.
The President, who was talking part in Monticello's annual naturalization ceremony, was interrupted several times by protesters.
"War criminal!" one protester repeatedly yelled as she was escorted out by Secret Service members.
"He has brought fascism to this shore," another man yelled.
The president did not appear to acknowledge the protesters.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/04/bush-heckled-during-july-4-speech
(CNN) — It's The Fourth of July, but not everyone was in a festive mood when President Bush delivered a speech Thursday at Thomas Jefferson's famous home, Monticello.
The President, who was talking part in Monticello's annual naturalization ceremony, was interrupted several times by protesters.
"War criminal!" one protester repeatedly yelled as she was escorted out by Secret Service members.
"He has brought fascism to this shore," another man yelled.
The president did not appear to acknowledge the protesters.
RAINBOW FAMILY MEDIA FROM YAHOO
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Play Five members of the Rainbow Family, a group of thousands of hippie-like people, were arrested after a confrontation with federal officers.
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Rainbow Gathering: Forest Service Incident Management Team Encounters Interference
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by Forest Service media release
July 4, 2008
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Friday, July 4, 10:51 AM, Media Release from the Rita Vollmer, Intermountain Region Regional Office Public Affairs Specialist for the Forest Service, Office: (801) 625-5153, Cell: (801) 791-2390. Forest Service media release of July 3, 2008 incident at Rainbow Gathering at Dutch Joe/Big Sandy in Wyoming.
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Rock Springs, Wyoming (July 4, 2008) — Forest Service officers were patrolling the main meadow area of the National Rainbow Family Gathering yesterday evening. The officers made contact with a subject that would not cooperate and fled. The subject was apprehended; once detained other Rainbow participants began to interfere with the situation.
Officers began to leave the Gathering site with the subject and were circled by more Rainbow participants that began to physically interfere. Another participant was detained for physical interference.
Ten officers were escorting the detained subjects when about 400 Rainbows surrounded the squad trying to leave. More officers were requested to assist in the main meadow area. The mob began to advance, throwing sticks and rocks at the officers. Crowd control tactics were used to keep moving through the group of Rainbows.
"This lawless behavior is unacceptable and we will not tolerate it," Forest Service Director of Law Enforcement, John Twiss, said. "The safety of our employees, public and Rainbow participants is our number one priority and we will continue to protect everyone on the National Forest."
A total of five arrests were made in relation to this incident. One officer suffered minor injuries and was cleared by the local hospital. A government vehicle also incurred damage during the incident.
Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming Highway Patrol and Sublette County, Fremont County, and Sweetwater County Sheriff Offices all responded to the Forest Service officers during the incident.
"The Forest Service Incident Management Team appreciates all of the help and assistance from the agencies coordinating with us during this incident," Incident Commander, Gene Smithson said. "It is important that we continue to work together."
Approximately 7,000 Rainbow participants have congregated in the Big Sandy area.
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by Forest Service media release
July 4, 2008
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Friday, July 4, 10:51 AM, Media Release from the Rita Vollmer, Intermountain Region Regional Office Public Affairs Specialist for the Forest Service, Office: (801) 625-5153, Cell: (801) 791-2390. Forest Service media release of July 3, 2008 incident at Rainbow Gathering at Dutch Joe/Big Sandy in Wyoming.
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Rock Springs, Wyoming (July 4, 2008) — Forest Service officers were patrolling the main meadow area of the National Rainbow Family Gathering yesterday evening. The officers made contact with a subject that would not cooperate and fled. The subject was apprehended; once detained other Rainbow participants began to interfere with the situation.
Officers began to leave the Gathering site with the subject and were circled by more Rainbow participants that began to physically interfere. Another participant was detained for physical interference.
Ten officers were escorting the detained subjects when about 400 Rainbows surrounded the squad trying to leave. More officers were requested to assist in the main meadow area. The mob began to advance, throwing sticks and rocks at the officers. Crowd control tactics were used to keep moving through the group of Rainbows.
"This lawless behavior is unacceptable and we will not tolerate it," Forest Service Director of Law Enforcement, John Twiss, said. "The safety of our employees, public and Rainbow participants is our number one priority and we will continue to protect everyone on the National Forest."
A total of five arrests were made in relation to this incident. One officer suffered minor injuries and was cleared by the local hospital. A government vehicle also incurred damage during the incident.
Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming Highway Patrol and Sublette County, Fremont County, and Sweetwater County Sheriff Offices all responded to the Forest Service officers during the incident.
"The Forest Service Incident Management Team appreciates all of the help and assistance from the agencies coordinating with us during this incident," Incident Commander, Gene Smithson said. "It is important that we continue to work together."
Approximately 7,000 Rainbow participants have congregated in the Big Sandy area.
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Rainbow Family attacked by FEDS. Pepper sprayed, Rubber bullets,
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Rainbow Family have been gathering every 4th of July since 1972.
The unofficial Rainbow Family Web Site.
http://www.welcomehome.org
The forest service bought 700 tasers and told them before hand they will use them!!>
AUDIO: Rainbow Family attacked by FEDS. Pepper sprayed, Rubber bullets
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Rainbow Family have been gathering every 4th of July since 1972.
The unofficial Rainbow Family Web Site.
http://www.welcomehome.org
The forest service bought 700 tasers and told them before hand they will use them!!>
AUDIO: Rainbow Family attacked by FEDS. Pepper sprayed, Rubber bullets
Wittiness say there are military style men there marching in
formations of four.
All cars are being searched on the way in. Many are being cited for
minor vehicle equipment infractions and tickets being levied.
Video of the scene is going to be put out.
Sources:
July 3rd radio show
http://mp3.wtprn.com/Kelton08.html
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Special court set up for Rainbow Gathering
AP - FARSON, WYOMING - A special federal court has been set up in the
Farson Fire Hall to handle minor cases arising from the Rainbow Family
gathering in southwest Wyoming.
The court was scheduled to hear some 70 cases Tuesday. Officials say
the court will handle cases involving misdemeanor offenses of U.S.
Forest Service regulations, such as traffic violations and minor drug
possession.
Federal officials prepare for Rainbow Family
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032192/posts
Senator Barrasso slammed the U.S. Department of Agriculture, calling
the Forest Service’s management of this year’s Rainbow Family
gathering totally unacceptable.
http://www.littlechicagoreview.com/pages/full_story?page_label=home&w...
Local reaction mixed on Rainbow Gathering
http://www.pinedaleroundup.com/V2_news_articles.php?heading=0&story_i...
The unofficial Rainbow Family Web Site.
http://www.welcomehome.org
RAINBOW WYOMING 2008
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http://wyominggathering.blogspot.com/
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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This is all a bullshit story made up by the police. I was there when this happened. The police fired shots at a safe haven for kids called Kiddy Village. They first tried to arrest a woman for no reason. When she resisted, the police tackled her. That is when us Rainbows started calling for help, and the police fired on us with pepper spray filled paintballs. The police then fired shots and hit a child, before turning to fire upon another man carrying a child on his back. The man went down and the child fell. How the police turned this around to say that we were throwing rocks at them is astonishing when I personally witnessed no rocks or sticks being thrown. However I did see armed police officers firing at unarmed citizens.