billiejoe

ok folks... something fucked up happened to me this weekend
i went to go see andrew w.k. play friday night at the El Rey theatre in los angeles on wilshire. i was there with my boyfriend, matt, and a bunch of friends... we all love the dub k hardcore... as you can imagine, when he started playing the crowd got all crazy-like... my bf lost his glasses in the excitement, so he went off to stand to the side. a security guard then picks on him and is like, u can't stand here, blah blah blah (even though he was NOT in the aisle or anything, he was behing the line or whatever...) so he's like why not? i lost my glasses can i just stand here? and the guard is like, no! so my bf is pissy, but like whatever, and just goes back out to try to find his glasses at least, and as he goes, he flips off the security gaurd. (ooh-ahh) Security guard then proceeds to grab him and drag him out violently (matt ended up with nasty bruises on both arms as a result of this) So, i go out after to look for him... and sure enough, i find him outside, on the other side of the rope... he is not being allowed back in... so... i'm fucking pissed because he didn't do ANYTHING... and im pretty drunk cause we were good kids and got our sober straightedge friend to be our designated driver, so its all good... so im so pissed at this injustice.. u know, we bought our tickets, we just came to see one of our favorite performers, we just want to watch the damn show... and i do NOT appreciate the way my boy has just been treated... so... i did do something dumb... i was like, matt, which one of these guys dragged you out here..?? and he's like i dont know... and then this one security guard jackass comes over and just starts being mouthy to us, and he's like ya, we did it... i did it, we kicked him out... And i swung, and punched the guy. I know that was wrong... but seriously... i was a drunk pissed off girl who took a hit at a security guard... if u look at me, you will see that i really can't cause a whole lot of damage, pissed off or not.. and though i know it was wrong for me to hit that guy... i DO NOT deserve the treatment i deserevd as a result... the guy i hit and 3 of his security guard buddies proceeded to grapple me, and pin me down to the concrete... i had four big guys on top of me, holding me down... but they were not just holding... they had my arms twisted out above me and they kept twisting HARD... i was SCREAMING in pain for them to let me up, and they would just twist harder.. i would scream that i couldnt breathe, and they would just yell, you can fucking breathe, and press my face to the ground... instead of getting me up, and maybe cuffing me or something and taking me to some room to wait for the cops they called to show up... they just kept me down on the ground twisting my arms, despite my screams of pain and cries for help... it felt like forever, but seriously, they MUST have had me pinned down that way for at least like 25 minutes... i could hear the dub k playing his entire set inside... it was fucking ridiculous... finally cops came and i was taken to a police station on venice and la brea... the security guard i had hit had put me under a citizen's arrest (the best he could do being a security gaurd and all) so now i have a court date june 2nd... while im a bit nervous about that, im prepared to deal with the judicial consequenses of my one stupid move... however the treatment i received from the el rey security guards is appalling and unacceptable... ive been told that i can put a citizen's arrest right back at the guy for what he did to me, so i am looking into that... but i'm mostly trying to get the word out about how innappropriatly and barbarically i was treated.. i will never go back to the el rey... neither will my friends or bf... i'd like everyone to boycott the el rey, and there grrrrl-beating security system... after relaying the story to another friend who wasnt at this show... i heard of a similar story that happened to one of her friends bf's... who also got beat up by el rey security guards... i went to the dr. the next day to get checked out... i have lots of gnarly bruises on my arms and legs and soreness n stiffness.. and the dr. took x-rays of my wrists and neck cause they hurt so much, and it turns out my wrist is sprained... my face also looks fucked up, its all red and spotty.. because i bunch of my capillaries broke, as a result of lack of oxygen... i told those fuckers i couldn't breathe!!! anyway, i know i did something stupid, but these are trained proffesionsals here (supposedly) and they should not be assaulting and treating people this way.... please dont go to the el rey anymore... tell yer friends, spread the word... thanks for listening friends...
much luv to all... xo.