MUSICinTheABsTrAcT Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 website Witness: Police mistreated Rush guitarist in ruckus By JOHN HENDERSON, jfhenderson@naplesnews.com April 10, 2005 For the past year, John Cannivet said he has had to bite his tongue as he's read distorted versions of an altercation he witnessed between the lead guitarist for Rush and Collier sheriff's deputies on Dec. 31, 2003. As an employee of The Ritz-Carlton, Naples, where the fracas occurred, he hadn't been allowed to comment, even though he saw first-hand what happened in the stairwell of the hotel. But now that he no longer works for the hotel, he has this to say: Collier County sheriff's deputies went way too far. "It was extreme police brutality," said Cannivet, who was the assistant manager of stewarding until leaving that job in January. "The whole time all this was going down, I'm thinking, 'God, what did these people do? It must have been something really bad.' It just bothered me." He believes he is a neutral source, not tied to the Sheriff's Office or hotel security. When he worked at the Ritz, his office was near the stairwell. He heard a fight going on, so he went to take a look. His description of what unfolded is very different from that given by deputies. - - - Best to Alex in these matters. - MitA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfuentes Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 QUOTE (MUSICinTheABsTrAcT @ Apr 9 2005, 10:29 PM) website Witness: Police mistreated Rush guitarist in ruckus By JOHN HENDERSON, jfhenderson@naplesnews.com April 10, 2005 For the past year, John Cannivet said he has had to bite his tongue as he's read distorted versions of an altercation he witnessed between the lead guitarist for Rush and Collier sheriff's deputies on Dec. 31, 2003. As an employee of The Ritz-Carlton, Naples, where the fracas occurred, he hadn't been allowed to comment, even though he saw first-hand what happened in the stairwell of the hotel. But now that he no longer works for the hotel, he has this to say: Collier County sheriff's deputies went way too far. "It was extreme police brutality," said Cannivet, who was the assistant manager of stewarding until leaving that job in January. "The whole time all this was going down, I'm thinking, 'God, what did these people do? It must have been something really bad.' It just bothered me." He believes he is a neutral source, not tied to the Sheriff's Office or hotel security. When he worked at the Ritz, his office was near the stairwell. He heard a fight going on, so he went to take a look. His description of what unfolded is very different from that given by deputies. Hear hear for Rush fans! But seriously, this is good news. I hope that the whole fiasco is resolved and Lerxst can look back on this and laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkd Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 QUOTE (sfuentes @ Apr 10 2005, 01:31 AM) Hear hear for Rush fans! But seriously, this is good news. I hope that the whole fiasco is resolved and Lerxst can look back on this and laugh. Lerxt RULES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sawyer Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 I love reading that! Those cops are so dispicable!! I just want this whole thing settled and put behind us. Don't these people know has a record and tour to be working on in the near future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ES-335 Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Thank God a witness who isn't a cop! Thanks MiTA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 That just made my day thankyou!!!!! Go Lerxt!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Nice work, MitA...thanks for posting that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUSICinTheABsTrAcT Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 . . . glad if it lightened your day a bit folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilPeartFan2112 Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 QUOTE (D-13 @ Apr 10 2005, 10:10 AM) That just made my day thankyou!!!!! Go Lerxt!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yyzyy Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Great find MiTa...We're rooting for you Al!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpeart_gal Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 WHEW. You go get em, Lerxst!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushengal Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 This is by far the best news I've heard all day!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defrushfan01 Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Finally somebody who helps out. A witness who says their neutrual. Thank God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetmiracle Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Think of what Alex has had to go through for the last year and some months....keeping quiet about this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vital signz Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 Thanks MuSiC for the website....It sounds like Justin, even though unruly at first, was even mistreated by the employees account in tat stairwell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisibleairwaves Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 This is the only good news that I've had in a long time. With Terry Shiavo's death, the Pope's death, gas prices, TTC strike, I've really needed some good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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