The Forest Service says the Rainbow Gathering is winding down, with about 1,000 of a crowd of 6,000 remaining on land near Fallsville in the Ozarks National Forest.

The news release gives the summary. About 1 in 15 participants got a ticket or was arrested. Selective enforcement against hippies? Sounds like it, and not just from the stats but from letters, blog comments and newspaper accounts.

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