Rumor has it that the guys who beat up the victim were gang members. They weren’t merely Dodger fans wearing Dodger gear who decided to beat up someone in Giants attire.
Rumor also has it that there has been lots of trouble with gangs at Dodger Stadium in recent years. For some reason, these youth gangs want to go to the ballgame. Unfortunately, gangs create a hostile environment wherever they go, and that’s a part of this story which isn’t being reported.
Anyone who has been to a Dodger game in recent years knows that the stadium is infested with these troublemakers. And there have been previous incidents where fans have been attacked in the parking lot.
Bratton's a good man, but unless Dodger stadium brings in uniformed LAPD officers, it won't make a bit of difference.
The gang bangers don't have any fear of the Security Guards that they employ now, but they will to an LAPD officer who is wielding a batton.
I think that the damage has already been done. Many fans have already said that it's just not worth risking their life over going to a baseball game...
Those aren’t rumors, and they aren’t “youth gangs”.
The gangbangers infesting Dodger Stadium are hard adult parolees from prison. They are shave headed heavily tattooed thugs who like violence. In the La Raza world gangs are multi-generational. Going to prison is regarded like going to grad school.