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NOT the news one wants to read upon touch-down at logan airport after a red-eye flight, and the sun headline says, if not all, then quite enough: downtown melee results in 13 arrests and 3 cops injured. and here's the follow-up piece with the details.
this is exactly what the superintendent of police A YEAR AGO warned was coming, and exactly what myself and other downtown residents have been imploring the license commission to understand, and something i should hope no one feels should be downplayed or rationalized or put off to "just downtown city life".
this is a neighborhood. this is a place of business. this is where people are raising children, and sending their children to school. this is where the best and the worst of lowell all come together, and put upon each and every participant the question of who and what they are going to acquit themselves to be.
i want to know from where these 13 originated. i want to know from where these 13 emerged potentially overserved. and i want to know what each and every license commissioner and city councilor will say and do next.
detractor? anonymous pot-shotter? opinions?
edited to add link to the more complete story that has become available. the police are promising to release the names and addresses today. can't wait.
this is exactly what the superintendent of police A YEAR AGO warned was coming, and exactly what myself and other downtown residents have been imploring the license commission to understand, and something i should hope no one feels should be downplayed or rationalized or put off to "just downtown city life".
this is a neighborhood. this is a place of business. this is where people are raising children, and sending their children to school. this is where the best and the worst of lowell all come together, and put upon each and every participant the question of who and what they are going to acquit themselves to be.
i want to know from where these 13 originated. i want to know from where these 13 emerged potentially overserved. and i want to know what each and every license commissioner and city councilor will say and do next.
detractor? anonymous pot-shotter? opinions?
edited to add link to the more complete story that has become available. the police are promising to release the names and addresses today. can't wait.
posted by kad barma at 9:26 AM
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The detail that jumped out at me the most from the Sun article was the number of patrons in Fortunados. 250+ people? They HAD to have been over the legal capacity! Overcrowding + alcohol = trouble anywhere.
This is basic crowd control stuff folks. Wshat were they thinking?
Yup--that and the underage patrons inside. In my opinion this is exactly the kind of thing the license commission has the authority and the responsibility to punish. Too often in the past such went without any meaningful penalty. Here's hoping the public outcry is enough to give the commissioners the sack to act. (Or someone the sack to sack them if not).
3 under age 21 and only 14 of the 13 from lowell.
there is NO WAY the fire code capacity of that place is even close to 200. no way.
woops! that should be 4 of the 13 from lowell.
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