Party Police Vs Acid House Ravers
“I think we soon realized that they were no great threat to us in terms of overt violence.
When we stopped them on the motorways they would get their portable radio out, and they’d all dance ‘round the car for half an hour.” (The Cluster Mag)
Infamous Kent Police commander Ken Tappenden (chief of the anti-rave Pay Party Unit (PPU) recalls cracking down on the M25 free parties which attracted tens of thousands of revellers in the UK in during the late 80s and early 90s.