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Friendly mod reminder, this thread is about yesterday's shooting. Not about gun control, gun laws, politics, or anything of that nature. If you need everyone to know what's wrong in this world and how you'd fix it, grab your megaphone and soapbox and take it to DC, thanks. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
I went to the Royals one in 15, that's enough for me it was just to much. To many people, can't move, everyone being a fuckin dick.
Yeah its just not fun. Went to that one too and never again. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mecca:
I went to the Royals one in 15, that's enough for me it was just to much. To many people, can't move, everyone being a fuckin dick.
yeah that was it for me as well. I really wanted to go today because of the great weather but had something I couldn't get out of. My step daughter went and she is safe but said tons of drunk rude people and she won't do that again. Glad I didn't go. [Reply]
Neither of those guys are chasing him when the video starts. I guess it's suspicious that the dude was running when no one else was. If he just walks casually be probably gets away.
Okay looks like a cop is casually chasing him for some reason, which must have alerted the bystanders.
Well no, then the cop just runs right by lol. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mr. tegu:
No idea the appeal of taking myself, much less my kids, to an overpacked event like this full of people using it as an excuse to drink excessively.
How do they even drink excessively? You can't really even move. Need to block it off. Charge for entry. Keeps scumbags away. [Reply]
Originally Posted by suzzer99:
Neither of those guys are chasing him when the video starts. I guess it's suspicious that the dude was running when no one else was. If he just walks casually be probably gets away.
That dude is a real moron, had he just walked normal no one would have noticed lol. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BIG_DADDY:
I don't make it to KC often. I was watching a cop show the other day when they said Kansas City was the meth capital of the world. That surprised me. I do agree that I think all cities are getting bad. Fortunately I am not a big parade fan so I end up avoiding all the problems.
Independence has been known as the supplier or distribution center for all of the Midwest for at least a decade. [Reply]
Originally Posted by smithandrew051:
Agree with that. Especially with kids.
It doesn’t have to be a shooting for it to be a regrettable experience.
We stopped going to the 4th of July celebration at Liberty Memorial for that very reason.
It's just a bad scene, IMO. Too much chaos.
And by the way - this is also why a downtown stadium just isn't a great idea. It sounds wonderful in theory, but the reality is you're going to have elements like this around that stadium every single night. And if the Royals ever get good again and you have 40K people streaming in and out, you're going to have problems like this pretty much every evening.
Busch Stadium in downtown STL is a fucking cesspool after games. If you're lucky you can get out before the press really starts (and maybe get on the metro and the hell out of town before there are 10,000 people there waiting for a tram). If you don't, it's a warzone.
Not my circus, not my monkeys - I'll never move back to KC. Don't miss it even a little. But if I were a resident, especially downtown or downtown adjacent, I'd have zero interest in the idea. [Reply]
