SHORT TAKES : Police Veto Public Enemy Show
Police put city officials on notice that off-duty security will be hard to come by if the rap group Public Enemy is booked to play here, so the city decided against a concert by the band.
Police oppose the group because of lyrics to some of their songs, said P. D. Taylor, president of the local Fraternal Order of Police.
The police group voted last fall not to provide off-duty security if Public Enemy performed in the city.
The city decided not to book the band for a concert this summer at Myriad Convention Center, said Pat Downes, director of public facilities. Downes said the show would have been impossible without the off-duty security officers.
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