[Trailerpark Badass]

There was a story here this year about the NAACP complaining about MB PD directing the traffic in a 23-mile one-way, no-exit loop.

I laughed, because that is what the (all black) Atlanta city govt did to get rid of Freaknik back in the 90’s. They closed off highway exits to major surface streets, and dispersed visiting motorists onto secondary streets that didn’t lead directly to any of the hot gathering spots. This was before auto nav systems, of course, lol. Guess map reading is a white thing.

[mrsmel]

LOL. I’d read that Freaknik finally got shut down-if what we experienced here was bad, that must have been a nightmare. It finally just kind of petered out here, because they didn’t get the big backlash they were looking for-everyone just pretty much stayed home after the first year (the worst year), the police were vigilant but not oppressive about towing cars, etc, and we just showed that we didn’t give a damn, that we’d endure until they left, and they always have to leave. So, not being some young people’s hotspot exactly, they just stayed away in larger and larger numbers every year until now it’s more like a local family reunion, though a large one, than some wild party. Don’t give them the attention, they look elsewhere.

[boop]

IIRC, during the Circle City Classic in Indy several years ago, the downtown mall, Circle Centre had some stores that stayed closed during the event.

They were tired of the incessant shoplifting and mayhem.

Of COURSE they were accused of racism.

But what would you do if you owned a store, and KNEW you'd lose money to theft?

The store owners were left with a lose-lose situation.