Miami lawyer tweets an offer for pro bono legal services to people arrested for nonviolent crimes at Ultra Music Festival

By John Vibes

MIAMI (INTELLIHUB) — The mainstream media paints a picture that counter culture music festivals are dangerous places, however these large events are safer than most mainstream music or sporting events.

The most dangerous thing about going to a music festival is actually dealing the police shakedown that you will inevitably run into.

At large events it is common for hundreds of people to get arrested for a variety of nonviolent crimes. In Miami this past weekend, at one of the country’s largest EDM events, Ultra Music Festival, there were dozens of arrests every day of the week surrounding the event.

Most of the arrests were initiated by illegitimate searches and targeted profiling of young festival attendees. The vast majority of these charges involved the possession of small amounts of drugs.

To help these young victims of the drug war, one local lawyer has offered free legal services to those who were arrested at Ultra this year.

The front page of Miami Lawyer Chad Piotrowski’s Twitter account shows a message that says “Former Miami Prosecutor. Current Criminal Defense Attorney. Get into trouble at Ultra? Tweet me for a free criminal defense!“

Explaining his offer in an interview with Crossfade, Piotrowski said:

“The reason I wanted to do it was I realized this crowd comes down to Miami, a lot of them are young, they aren’t the age of majority yet, they don’t always make the best decisions, and they have the rest of their lives in front of them,” Piotrowski said. “So really what I was looking to do is help these kids out.”

“I’ve had past Ultra cases where I assisted college or high school students who were arrested for drugs or something of a similar nature, and I was able to save their future.” He added. “It’s just a shame to go down to Ultra and have something happen that will affect the rest of their lives. If I can help somebody, especially from the younger crowd, it’s my way of giving back.”

Chad can be reached (@ChadPiotrowski) on Twitter, at (facebook.com/cplaw) on Facebook, and 305-461-1116 by phone.

Writer Bio:

John Vibes is an investigative journalist, staff writer and editor for Intellihub News, where this article originally appeared. He is also the author of a 65 chapter Book entitled “Alchemy of the Timeless Renaissance” and is an artist with an established record label. You can find him on his Facebook. Pick up your own copy of his book today at THIS LINK!

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