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Dev Hynes & Samantha Urbani claim they were assaulted by security after Blood Orange's Lollapalooza performance

Urbani and Hynes during Blood Orange Lollapalooza set (photo by @alwayssonny)
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Dev Hynes and Samantha Urbani are claiming the were assaulted by security guards at Lollapalooza following their Blood Orange performance at the festival on Friday (8/1). Via Hynes’ Twitter feed last night:

Both Hynes and Urbani were wearing homemade “Stop Police Brutality” t-shirts, and his bore the names of victims Eric Garner, Jordan Davis, and Trayvon Martin. Garner died July 17 after being put in a chokehold by a New York police officer and his death was officially ruled a homicide on Friday.

Last night, Urbani also tweeted that “BTW after talking w lollapalooza ppl we’ve discovered the guards who assaulted us were NOT lolla staff, but privately hired for that stage” but that tweet has since been deleted. She wrapped up her tweets with these last night:

Lollapalooza has now issued a statement:

Late Friday night, we learned of an incident involving an artist and a security guard on site. Since then, we have been in contact with those involved and the authorities, as we work together to resolve the situation. As always, our top priority is to ensure the safety of everyone at the festival.

More on this as it develops.