Juggalos Worried About Police Presence at Music Festival

The 2014 Gathering of
the Juggalos comes to a close this Sunday in Thornville, OH,
and according to the
Village Voice, Juggalos, the fans of Detroit
horrorcore rap group Insane Clown Posse, are enjoying an
increased police presence different from years before:

Yet, this year’s security force is a departure from the past in
that it includes a small armada of uniformed police officers on
golf carts loudly labeled “SHERIFF.” Understandably, the
presence of police this year has created apprehension within the
juggalo community.

While the Gathering of the Juggalos has included drug use and
dust ups like the pelting of singer entertainer

Tila Tequilla with bottles in the past, Juggalos may be
concerned for a much bigger reason: In 2011 the
FBI classified Juggalos as a gang that could be prone to
violence and local police departments across the country have
used the classification to profile, detain, and interrogate
Juggalos who wear the Juggalo hatchet man symbol on their clothing
or proclaim themselves to be Juggalos.

Juggalos at the 2013 Gathering of the Juggalos voiced their
concerns over the classification to Reason TV in Juggalos vs. the FBI:
Why Insane Clown Posse Fans are Not a Gang:

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