"It just seems too suspicious for this to keep taking place."
That's what I've been thinking for years, too. However, I've been in that area (family lives in LaCrosse) and just walking along the riverbanks while you're sober is a, "sobering" experience. It would be very easy to fall in if you were that wasted.
And I agree that people will do stupid things; especially young men that feel they're invincible. I just thought the comments by the Mayor were pretty stupid.
That Mayor is a piece of work.