A disturbing story of how Utah police stormed a legal rave party in Salt Lake City with no warning. The comparison made is to other high-energy events with large crowds and potential drug use, like NASCAR races and other types of concerts. It sounds like the concert organizers did everything right here, including hiring security to maintain order and search patrons, having ambulance crews at the party, and having representatives from DanceSafe on hand to verify that things were going well. At any large-scale gathering there will be some drug use, perhaps a bit of violence, people getting drunk, people being disorderly. So why storm a rave with helicopters, tear gas, and guns drawn when you wouldn’t do the same for any other event? The answer is probably a simple one — they don’t like those kinds of parties in Utah.