The Mayor has solved the problem. It is the roving mobs of CCW holders causing all the problems
Via WDRB
After rumors of possible violence at this weekend’s Thunder Over Louisville, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer explained why more than just teens must be held accountable for any violence — including the recent mayhem at downtown.
Mayor Fischer is also discouraging anyone from carrying weapons, legally or otherwise, to Thunder Over Louisville Saturday.
He first explained his positions in a three-page letter to citizens dated today but released late Friday night. At a “Talk to Greg” forum at Valley High School Monday, Fischer answered WDRB’s questions about the accountability and police security provisions organized since late March.
“We see the kids do the behavior. But the question is: Who is behind the kid, and how are they accountable and how are they involved with that kid’s life as well?” Fischer asked.
Fischer explained why his letter to the community underlines the phrase “parents and guardians.”
He sees them also as accountable for the actions of those in the teen mob that swarmed through Waterfront Park and downtown March 22.
“Most of these kids were middle school kids. The question is, where is the parent? Where is the guardian? These kids may not have traditional family structures, but there is an adult in their lives, somewhere,” Fischer said.
The owners of Bader’s Food Mart were among people who said the “mob” violence has occurred regularly downtown, not just as captured in the Bader’s surveillance video March 22. Others offered anecdotal evidence saying the same, though metro police statistics and crime reports did not agree. The claims differ. However, Fischer’s letter calls the recent event “random violence.”
“The nature of this kind of teen episode of a couple of weeks ago, is just ‘assaulting people that they didn’t know,’ and that’s what’s made it so unusual.”
The letter outlines plans for summer jobs and community centers to open to give wayward teens things to do, but those plans come well after this Saturday’s Thunder Over Louisville.
Police talked Monday of assigning more than 1100 armed officers downtown to keep the peace, in addition to watching dozens of video camera feeds.