https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/12/20/gimme-shelter-the-christmas-special/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 13:44:50 -0400<![CDATA[The opening of this Reason TV clip (language warning), featuring footage of a plain-clothes DC cop packing heat at snowball fight(!), feels like the original &#8220;Back and to the Left&#8221; moment in the Maysles&#8217; Gimme Shelter, where the shot of the audience member at Altamont pointing a gun at the stage is rewound several times afterward in the editing room to show Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, and the movie audience as well what happened. Of course, one expected lunatic fans at a 1969 rock concert, complete with Hell&#8217;s Angels for security (who very likely saved Jagger&#8217;s life), not from trained &#8212; at least in theory &#8212; police officers:]]>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:44:37 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2009/12/20/gimme-shelter-the-christmas-special-n250810