[ChicagoConservative27]

You already know...

[Chewbarkah]

I wonder if someone rented the rink for a “party” then SOLD tickets (skating, food, byob) to all comers. Rink refunded the original renter. But did the renter stiff the ticket buyers, and say it was all due to racism to misdirect the crowd’s anger?

Perhaps the rink has the “off-duty deputy for security” requirement to discourage this sort of thing. Police presence is the last thing these sorts of partiers want. And what lone off-duty cop would agree to try to keep order in a crowd of 400 thugs?

[Ann Archy]

Do i REALLY need to look?

[SaxxonWoods]

Sounds like one security guard would have been dead. They needed 50.

[M Kehoe]

Pinellas Park to be exact (66th street N and 102nd ave)

5.56mm

[BigFreakinToad]

Shocked! Shocked I say!!

[T.B. Yoits]

From the article: ...the fight broke out after a planned party was canceled when the individuals hosting the private party failed to hire an off-duty deputy for the event...

Meanwhile, in other places throughout the country, some groups have parents chaperone such events and don't need to hire security.

[oil_dude]

Do I even need to look?

[AppyPappy]

Ironically, these events are well-published on social media.

[JimRed]

Investigators learned the fight broke out after a planned party was canceled when the individuals hosting the private party failed to hire an off-duty deputy for the event, which Astro Skate requires.

And their subsequent behavior PROVES the necessity of that requirement.

[ABStrauss]

The natives are restless.

Midnight basketball. Now there’s an idea.

[kenmcg]

Guess who ? What the hell is the matter with these folks that they just can’t get along.