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1 researchok  Sat, Jun 4, 2011 7:31:13pm

So, how long hve you been traversing minefields?
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2 What, me worry?  Sat, Jun 4, 2011 7:48:44pm

re: #1 researchok

So, how long hve you been traversing minefields?
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heh Where's the Kaboom?

It's been a hot topic around town. Is it race or not? I like to give folks the benefit of the doubt, but felt more certain it was a racial issue after reading articles, seeing that FB page and learning more facts about events.

3 researchok  Sat, Jun 4, 2011 7:58:03pm

re: #2 marjoriemoon

heh Where's the Kaboom?

It's been a hot topic around town. Is it race or not? I like to give folks the benefit of the doubt, but felt more certain it was a racial issue after reading articles, seeing that FB page and learning more facts about events.

I suspect there might be a racial angle but that may be only marginal. Also, there are a lot of diverse groups and individuals calling for the party to end.

When one of the founders stops showing, there is a problem, it seems to me.

I'll say one thing- this has the potential to really blow up.

4 What, me worry?  Sat, Jun 4, 2011 8:12:38pm

re: #3 researchok

I suspect there might be a racial angle but that may be only marginal. Also, there are a lot of diverse groups and individuals calling for the party to end.

When one of the founders stops showing, there is a problem, it seems to me.

I'll say one thing- this has the potential to really blow up.

This is true.

Campbell is a bit of an anomaly. He recently ran for Mayor, didn't win, but he's a successful business man, high school football coach and active in the community. I'm guessing getting down with 1000s of drunk 20-somethings isn't his bag anymore.

5 researchok  Sat, Jun 4, 2011 8:16:32pm

re: #4 marjoriemoon

This is true.

Campbell is a bit of an anomaly. He recently ran for Mayor, didn't win, but he's a successful business man, high school football coach and active in the community. I'm guessing getting down with 1000s of drunk 20-somethings isn't his bag anymore.

Good point, re Campbell. He does across as the responsible, role model type. He may also be using the issue to appeal to a political base down the road.

6 Randall Gross  Sun, Jun 5, 2011 6:28:06am

This is one of those things like Cruise Nights on the west coast that have morphed into new things and then morphed again. It will change, and then change again because what's in what's out constantly changes. I predict that several years from now someone will make an inspirational nostalgic movie about the scene that will become an instant classic just like American Graffiti.

7 shiplord kirel  Sun, Jun 5, 2011 8:23:21am

This Herisse guy was just one out of a quarter of a million people, and he won't be causing any more trouble, so this incident is hardly a reason to shut down the whole event. That being said, there are apparently some problems that can be, and should be, addressed.

9 What, me worry?  Sun, Jun 5, 2011 3:53:00pm

re: #8 Etaoin Shrdlu

“On Thursday, The Miami Herald spoke to the couple that saw the end of the 4 a.m. police chase on Collins Avenue, then watched and filmed from just a few feet away as a dozen officers fired their guns repeatedly into Raymond Herisse’s blue Hyundai. They say the only reason they were able to show the video to a reporter is because they hid a memory card after police allegedly pointed guns at their heads, threw them to the ground and smashed the cell phone that took the video.”

I read about that. And sadly, it's not surprising here.

I don't believe that was the video I posted though. I think it was another one. The one I posted was the first to come out and they were up in a condo or hotel.

There's an investigation going on and the police involved have been suspended until it's concluded. I believe 4 people were sprayed with gunfire. They insist it was from the policemen's bullets, but they'll have to do the forensics. There's also some question about what took them so long to find Herisse's weapon. It was first reported there was no weapon in the car. I believe they found it in the back seat? I have to go back and read.

100 bullets into a car? A bit much. But maybe he pointed a gun at them, I don't know. Not clearing the way of pedestrians when the guy stopped his car, doesn't seem right either.


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