Nobody knows whether a tweet is accurate or exaggerated, but this scene had tons of witnesses and obviously in a 3000 people venue there can be many sections at a time that would not be aware of anything happening in a different section.
But given that the whole thing started right in the front, there were many witnesses who reported that the disciplinary removal from the theater was unwarranted and the reports from there were not discounted by anyone. The only part where things could have been exaggerated was in what happened AFTER he had been removed, simply because there were not many further witnesses.
The fact that a police investigation was started is though a pretty good indication that things were not exactly clear cut and SOP.
Here are some tweets from that night:
Guy who was taken out at winstar was at barriers in front of stage with crowd packed in behind him. Cop said move back…cont…
cont…guy couldn’t, cop gets angry, grabs guy, drags him through crowd through exit doors. guys wife follows, 3 more cops show up, cont…
cont..cops throw guy on ground, cuff him, then drag him outside, won’t let wife follow. Guy was never belligerent, calmy questioning cont…
cont… cops eventually let him up, uncuffed him and let he and his wife come back in.
Cheryl Hartfield bitsytx @monteriffic u were great nite! But my friend was taken down & cuffed by redneck cop 4 no reason. Luv u, hate these aholes. FU OKLA
Eleaire hippiebert The best part was when the big security guy grabbed the 70+ year old woman (dancing up a storm) by the arm and dragged her to sit down.
And here is Adam's tweet:
@winstarworld while you have been very gracious to us backstage, please advise your security staff to chill on (cont)
tl.gd/5vu6fk And here is Winstar's response that evening:
What WinStar said:
lightloveadam We have a standard no picture clause posted for the protection of the artists.
@adamlambert concert goers,I was not able to attend concert tonight, but I have been on the phone with security to understand the situation.
@adamlambert I have been speaking to security about about your concerns regarding this evening.
There are policies in place so far as photography & standing on chairs, as well as rushing the stage, in place to protect people
The incident was handled by police, not WinStar secuirty. There were no arrests though 1 man was held for 10 min after patron complaints.
WinStar consistently reviews security and safety procedures and we will be reviewing this event.
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Bottom-line:
We can only hope that this review actually happened and that things are a bit more mellow the second time around. But I am certainly surprised that Adam's management chose to go back there with a concert. I suppose it is what they have to do to avoid the inflated arena/ concert hall prices charged in the DFW area itself. Sadz.
