F YEAH / VIDEOTHING ALLEGEDLY BEATEN BY SECURITY
L.A. Weekly’s Randall Roberts reports on F Yeah’s Phil Hoelting and Sean Carlson and Videothing’s Michael Reich’s involvement in an incident with security at the Radiohead show Monday night at the Bowl:
“They beat the shit out of him in front of a cop,” says Reich, “and the cop was like, ‘What do you mean? We didn’t see that.’” He adds that despite the officers witnessing Reich get hit by a car, they did not call an ambulance or offer any support.
Carlson, who had bore the brunt of the action, was screaming for help as the guards were trying to subdue him. “The cop told me to stop crying,” he recalls. As well, Carlson’s keys and cell phone ended up on the sidewalk, and alleges that witnesses watched as security guard took them. They haven’t been returned. He was handcuffed by the security guards and led away.
That’s the last time Carlson, Reich or Hoelting have seen the videotape. Carlson was taken back onto Hollywood Bowl property, and to a security tent. Hoelting and Reich starting texting people telling them of the incident that had just unfolded.
More here. We send our best wishes to Sean, Phil and Michael and will post updates as we can get them.














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