Arizona is awash in crystal methamphetamine, a highly addictive stimulant that makes the weak strong, the lazy motivated, the fat thin, the trivial profound. Abuse it enough, and it can also make you psychotic.
Jonathan McNamara
Several officers from the Phoenix Police Department stand in front of UM Gallery on Friday evening.
Things got a little crazier than usual during First Friday in downtown Phoenix this past weekend after Phoenix police officers raided UM Gallery (the Fifth Street art space run by local hip-hop promoters Universatile Music) on charges of serving beer and wine without a permit.
The incident started just after 10 p.m. when about a half-dozen officers shut down the gallery'