Current Events > Redneck Event Ends in Violence, Deaths, and Arrests

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/redneck-rave-descends-into-throat-slashing-impalements-and-mass-arrests

A massive country music festival in Kentucky this past weekend started off on rocky footing: Police found meth, marijuana, and an open bottle of alcohol in the first vehicle they stopped at a traffic checkpoint. One of the people in the car had two active warrants out for their arrest.

We were like, Well, this doesnt bode well for the weekend, Edmonson County Sheriff Shane Doyle told the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Police said that by the end of the five-day bash, dubbed the Redneck Rave, one man had been impaled, one woman had been strangled to the point of unconsciousness, and one throat had been slit. In all, Edmonson authorities arrested 14 people, and charged four dozen people from five states.

The event, organized by country rapper Justin Time, took place in Blue Holler Offroad Park and drew a crowd of tens of thousands, doubling the population of the unincorporated town of Ollie, which is so small it does not have a stoplight. Redneck Rave promoters bragged that they had sold more than 20,000 tickets. The lengthy getdown, advertised as the biggest country party youll ever go to, boasted a demolition derby, goldfish racing, and a full-scale football game as well as a series of concerts.

The details of the Redneck Raves incidents are grisly. One person slit a friends throat and remains at large, a 29-year-old man had allegedly strangled a woman until she passed out, one person lost the better part of a finger, and another was impaled when he drove a side-by-side over a 2-3 inch log that broke through the bottom of the recreational vehicle. Paramedics left the log inside him as they airlifted him to a hospital.

Justin Time, whose legal name is Justin Stowers, wrote on Facebook, This was the biggest event weve ever done and with as many people and random things that popped up unexpectedly I feel like we all handled it very well.

Doyle told the Herald-Leader last years Redneck Ravesthere were twooverwhelmed his staff. He ordered all his deputies to work mandatory overtime this year and requested assistance from the Kentucky State Police. At least one person died at the event last year. Another Redneck Rave is scheduled for October of this year.

There were so many intoxicated people, we just decided, If dispatch sends an ambulance in, were sending a deputy in with them, said Doyle.

Six of the festival-goers face felony charges, and the sheriffs office filed roughly 30 charges stemming from drug and alcohol violations.

Ugh

What exactly is goldfish racing? Some kind of rural gaming tradition?

Humble_Novice posted...

What exactly is goldfish racing? Some kind of rural game?

Probably

Throat slit? Jesus

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I have zero respect for Kentucky, except Kentucky Fried Chicken

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don't say r*dneck; it's a classist slur
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Looks like I got my answer: https://twitter.com/FedUpInMiddle/status/1407739143724093450

Philoktetes posted...

don't say r*dneck; it's a classist slur

But the event itself is officially called Redneck Rave.

I'm disappointed that I didn't know about this event. On the other hand, I don't know if someone like me would be accepted there.
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It ain't a proper hoedown if you come away from it with all your fingers.

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A redneck rave sounds like a nightmare

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Fuckin monkeys

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SSJPurple posted...

Fuckin monkeys

thats an insult to monkeys

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Philoktetes posted...

don't say r*dneck; it's a classist slur

Shut the fuck up.

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Humble_Novice posted...

redneck

https://youtu.be/X9_hR5AgioY?t=98

Trash ass thugs

God, I wish I could have been there.

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Vicious_Dios posted...

God, I wish I could have been there.

The investigation they'd do would pull up quite a few things

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Philoktetes posted...

don't say r*dneck; it's a classist slur

Unwashed hicks then

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Yep, rednecks are complete and total fuck ups

lends an understanding to why they all voted trump

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Humble_Novice posted...

But the event itself is officially called Redneck Rave.

He pulls the same dumb overly-SJW shit on another website as well, dont listen to him

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I'm guessing more than one vehicle in Kentucky has the exact topic title on a bumper sticker.
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First someone shot up the Twerk or Treat and now this?

People need to stop

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Lmao at the article starting with the drugs as if there arent a shitload of drugs at every music festival ever

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TheGoldenEel posted...

Lmao at the article starting with the drugs as if there arent a shitload of drugs at every music festival ever

But how many concerts do you know end with people getting their throats slit and having logs impaled unto them?

Humble_Novice posted...

But how many concerts do you know end with people getting their throats slit and having logs impaled unto them?

Idk I dont think three instances of violence in five days of 20,000 people partying is all that bad?

only 14 people arrested? At a music festival?

sure those couple instances are outrageous but people get up to some crazy shit at festivals

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consider that authorities have a vested interested in making events like these sound less appealing than they actually are

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