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| Huge 400-man riot erupts after skate-park party is canceled |
| 2024-05-21 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] … at the last minute and organizers call on friends to meet there and rampage anyway. A 400-man riot broke out at a Florida skate park after the venue canceled a planned after party at the last minute. The large brawl erupted Saturday night in the parking lot at Astro Skate in the Tampa Bay Metropolitan area after frustrated party organizers put out a call online encouraging people to 'riot' and 'confront law enforcement' at the skate park. The rampage saw more than 400 people, both children and adults, fighting, stealing and causing damage to local businesses. One group of rioters caused $500 worth of damage to a convenience store and another beat a juvenile before throwing him through a glass window at a nearby barber shop. Twenty-three youths and six adults were arrested in the violent outbreak, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has confirmed. Authorities were called to Astro Skate in Brandon, about 13 miles from Tampa, around 9.20pm Saturday after an off-duty deputy reported a large crowd fighting in the parking lot. Investigators say the fight broke out after Astro Skate canceled a planned after party because the event hosts failed to hire an off-duty deputy to monitor the event, as per company policy. Although the skate park refunded their money, the party-goers were seemingly angry and took to social media asking people to meet at the business and riot. When deputies arrived at the scene, approximately 400 to 500 people were fighting and causing disturbances in the Astro Skate parking lot and at nearby businesses. Deputies issued multiple warnings informing the crowd that they trespassing and needed to leave, but the group carried on the rampage. Smaller groups broke away from the large fight and targeted nearby businesses. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 Reminds me of The Great Outdoor Fight from the old Achewood comic. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-05-21 14:01 |
| #5 I'll go with Park monitored the reservation, saw that the number of attendees was going to go past occupancy and safety, saw that beefs were already going, and said nah. Get the feeling one of the few diverse people there was thrown through the window? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-05-21 13:32 |
| #4 I suspect The Furies. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-05-21 13:11 |
| #3 Canceling an event at the last minute because of "security" issues is a time honored campus technique for shutting down, ie censoring, speakers who the delicate snowflake ears can't handle. If the off duty guy saw stuff that put up a red flag for him, so be it. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-05-21 12:58 |
| #2 I blame what appears to be a total lack of diversity. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-05-21 12:55 |
| #1 Something is rotten in Rotterdam. From another article: after an off-duty deputy reported a “large crowd”. From this article: Fight occurred because... canceled a planned after party because the event hosts failed to hire an off-duty deputy. Seems like the Deputy who they were going to hire was there, and for whatever reasons declined the gig, and then called in backup b/c of a large unruly crowd getting pissed off that the event was canceled b/c of the deputy declined to provide the security - which had to be last minute b/c #1 the deputy was onsite, #2 the party go'ers never got a cancelation notice. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-05-21 12:48 |