If You Want to be Treated Like the Police Act Like the Police
We the undersigned will not tolerate the way we have been treated at this years and previous reading festivals by Specialised Security. Festival goers are physically and verbally antagonised by specia... continue reading »
"scottish pricks"
"the bastids!"
"Saw FAR too many incidents involving the security abusing their power, for it to be a small number of the security team. Sort it out."
"im fed up with the way people are treated by security"
"Dead right, it's about time something was done. The present security only antagonise the festival goers, and put people in a resentful and violent state of mind. The situation would also be helped by laying on of more enteratinment at night, particularly "
"I have wittnessed first hand when security have attacked a teenager for pretty much nothing. This is a problem that should be looked at."
"i agree fully that the standards inside the arena were excellent, but outside they were poor, the security are not above the law."
"FIGHT THE POWER!"
"Get it sorted or there WILL be Trouble Mmmk??"
"Those guys were all wankers!"
"Stupuid security grrrr"
"This years security was a disgrace, i felt antaganised and unsafe, i was more at risk from getting abuse from the security than anyone else. Reading goers are chilled people, admitadly on the sunday night some people get out of hand, but thats "some peopl"
"I saw someone being dragged along the ground by their hair and then continually beaten as he pleaded for mercy by several so called 'Specialized Security'"
"I totally agree, respect goes both ways"
"i think that if there is going to be a drug policy at reading it really needs to focas on the a and b class drugs which i felt were not really delt with at reading 2003"
"They threatened to have sex with me (they were joking and I was in a thong but even so)"
"The way so-called 'Specialised' Security treated people at Reading this year really was uncalled for and far too over the top in my opinion, and I damn well hope they change their ways before next years' festival or Mean Fiddler using an alternative festi"
"and could secruity buck up ideas about distruibuting water to thirsty dehydrated crowd members"
"i agree on the sunday i was pushed to the ground by a violent shove to the chest just for standing with a piece of cardboard, this apparently was incieting riots and so it had to be confiscated, people were also taken away for playing limbo!"
"also save hogan"
"far worse than last year..."
"more police, less security"
"They confiscated my plastic axe as it was supposedly a dangerous weapon"
"Security definetly increased, if not caused the problems at the 'hogan' incident. must be pretty stoopid if they dont realise being violent to a crowd for no reason wont anger them. it seems being mindless must be a job requirement."
"the specialized security were crude and abusive in cases when there was no need to be and it was not right."