Showdown At The Electric Daisy Carnival Premiere

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Credit: Jay L. Clendenin of Los Angeles Times

Showdown At The Electric Daisy Carnival Premiere

Staff

FINGERS ARE POINTING BETWEEN LOS ANGELES COPS AND MEMBERS OF THE CROWD THAT AMASSED WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THE PREMIERE OF Electric Daisy Carnival Experience.

The premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre drew a crowd turning out to catch DJ Kaskade “play a surprise set” an hour before the film showed. But Kaskade,’s flatbed truck was mobbed and his street show never happened. Then police in riot gear showed up and the crowd grew agitated, according to one witness. “They taunted police and flashed peace signs,” the Times reports. “A few crowd members taunted the police by “planking” in the middle of Hollywood.” (Look for those photos to surface on the web in seconds.)

“Yeah, we shut the street down, but we were only there to see Kaskade and check out the show,” Nina Lopez told the Los Angeles Times.” That’s it.” She called the crowd ” completely peaceful.”

But LAPD Sgt. Omar Cedre saw things differently: “You have a lot of good people here mixed in with some bad ones, and this is what you get,” Sgt. Cedre said.”

People, can’t we all get along?

Oh, check out the super bad ass photo above shot by Jay L. Clendenin for the Los Angeles Times who beautifully captures the faceoff above. Well played, sir, and you will win many awards for this.