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At least ten Gathering of the Juggalos attendees were arrested before the festival even started

by Tyler Munro

My first hands on experience with juggalo culture was a terrifying one. After stumbling into a bar during what I would soon be told was a “Juggalo Christmas party,” I spent the next hour watching a short, middle-aged man decked out in leather—pants, jacket, doo-rag but no shirt—stapling five dollar bills, rolling around in glass and finally having an audience member nail his member to a piece of plywood.

Whoop, whoop, though, right?

My point is you can’t put anything past those down with the clown, and reports earlier this week out of Illinois prove this with the Village Voice noting that at least ten Gathering of the Juggalos attendees were arrested a day before the festival even started.

As you’d expect, some had to do with drugs, though some were simple driving offences. One guy might actually be extradited, since he owes a bunch of unpaid child support. There were no weapons arrests. None were reported as violent, but it’s probably a good indication of what’s to come.

In all of this, Sheriff Joyce Cullison put it best—”Imagine what tomorrow’s going to be when it opens.”

In this case, tomorrow was yesterday, so we’ll leave the officers with one last thought: good luck, dudes. You’re going to need it. Most juggalos are harmless, but as with anything, you put a few bad apples in a big crowd and you’ll see what happens.