Posted on 07/24/2017 9:38:01 AM PDT by csvset
Around one hundred people, many of them teenagers, were hospitalized for drinking too much during a concert headlined by Chance the Rapper in Connecticut Friday night.
Police said that there was "a great deal of tailgating, partying and heavy drinking" at Hot 93.7's Hot Jam Summer concert, where most of those in attendance were in their early 20s or younger, according to the Hartford Courant. The cops issued 50 underage drinking referrals, and had to call in for additional ambulances to take patients to nearby hospitals.
"Drug use [was] a concern, but not as prevalent," Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley told BuzzFeed News. "Heat also played a role—in the 90's, hot cars in hot parking lots, no shade."
The police chief tweeted that there was an "extraordinary number of EMS transports of severe [drinking]," along with vide of the event, which appears to be taking place in a shadeless parking lot. "A 'typical' concert is around 20-30 transports. 60 would be very bad. We had 70 once and 90 last night," the police chief also told the Courant. Authorities called on additional ambulance providers for help, and sent patients to hospitals in Farmington, Manchester and New Britain.
The event also featured a police unit devoted to stopping underage drinking, courtesy of an “Underage Drinking Enforcement” grant provided by the state Department of Transportation.
Most of those charged with underage drinking were issued court summonses, and are scheduled to appear in a Hartford court this week.
Was this written by a woodchuck?
original article ripped off by gothamist:
http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-hartford-hotjam-concert-drinking-0723-20170722-story.html
If you want we could have a contest for the worst
butchery of the English Language in a 300 word excerpt.
Out of the threads I’ve read today, my nominee would be this one -
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3571585/posts
You want a permit?
Here are the conditions/requirements.
Can't afford it?
Permit denied.
Any attempt to hold events without a permit will result in mass arrests, and a minimum fine or/or jail time.
LOL. That is pretty awful.
there you have it,,, modern ‘wrappers’ cant handle their partying ..
weak azz mfers
It was held at the XFinity Theatre in Hartford, which as a permanent concert hall probably does not require any permits.
Bunch of lightweights.
“Teenagers”. Do I need to look?
Not really a rap concert unless someone gets shot.
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