Tragedy hits Backwoods Bash as news comes out of a 34 year-old attendee named Patrick Murphy died while being detained by festival security. According to Fox23, the OSBI is now involved in this investigation as more information begins to unfold about that night.
According to a report, Patrick Murphy began exhibiting erratic behavior who was then subdued and handcuffed by security. Shortly after, Murphy stopped breathing and EMT's were called to rush him to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. Backwoods Bash officials made the decision to fire the security company and made a public statement saying :
"We apologize for anyone who had a less than positive experience with
security at Backwoods this year. We have taken the necessary steps to
fire the company and will not be bringing them back next year. During
the event there were several incidents which Backwoods had to relieve
some security staff of duty due to inappropriate actions. In our
attempt to keep the event safe and secure, we failed our patrons by
hiring a company who wasn't able to perform for us. We look forward to
improving your experience by finding the right security company for next
year."
There were many complaints against the security this year showing inappropriate behavior, not to just the attendees, but the artists as well. One electronic DJ, FYER, ended up cancelling his show due to the security attacking his tour manager with a knife for reasons unknown.
This news is awful to me and makes me keep stressing how it's the job of any type of security to protect the people and keep the peace, whether it be the actual PD or just security at events. These men and women need to be trained PROPERLY and THOROUGHLY to prevent instances like this. Excessive force and use of weapons should never be the way to deal with erratic people and this could have been 100% avoided.
My deepest condolences go out to the friends and family of Patrick Murphy.
-Blaze
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