Philipsburg:--The show organized by Andrew Dick on Friday night February 13th 2010 was not properly organized said police spokesman Ricardo Henson. Henson said from the inception police were having problems with Dick since the lighting was not very good. Henson said police almost stopped the show because of the poor lightening but Dick managed to fix the problem so the promoter was able to start his show. However, during the show the misconduct, vulgarity and misbehavior by the patrons caused police to stop the show a bit early. Andrew Dick had a permit from 18.00 p.m. to 01.00 .am. After warning Mr. Dick several times of the bad image his show had and also the misconduct of the those present, shortly after some of them present started pushing and fighting on the dance floor.Henson said it was clear to the officers that they could not allow such misconduct to take place and they immediately stopped the show. Henson said when the show was stopped Andrew Dick expressed his displeasure about the actions police took. The police spokesman who is currently off island on family business said he received a video the very next day displaying all that Mr. Dick was warned about during the show.
The police spokesman said police also found some weapons that were hidden and to be used after the show. He said police also recovered some other weapons that were hidden in the vicinity of the University all of which were confiscated. Henson further explained that police received information that persons who attended the Andrew Dick show were planning to fight after the show.
