Six Flags shooting suspect struck by bullet in tense gunfire exchange with police, as mass panic sends nearly 600 people running for cover on Georgia theme park's opening day

dm ^ | 03/03/24 | Martha Williams

[chief lee runamok]

                    
A series of brawls broke out at Georgia's Six Flags park on its 'Opening Day' that led to a tense gunfire exchange between suspects and cops.

Six Flags Over Georgia opened for the first time this year on Saturday - but what was meant to be a day of rollercoasters and fun turned into chaos and panic.

Fights broke out within the Austell park on Saturday evening, with teens running through the park and a group of males kicking one person to the ground.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I know people who live in the Washington DC area who will not go to Six Flags America, because that place draws a pretty rough crowd.

Perhaps Six Flags parks everywhere draw the same bad element?

[blackdog]

The Yogi-Boo-Boo rule.

[yawningotter]

People who live anywhere near Atlanta know to stay away from Six Flags because it is only gangsta friendly and has been that way for a long time.

[BradyLS]

Those mischiveous imps.

[devane617]

I don’t even need to look

[rhinohunter]

There goes that Christian Nationalism again...

[dfwgator]

[smokingfrog]

I don’t even need to look, do I?

[9422WMR]

They started this crap back in the 90’s/2000’s.
Dallas radio station would describe an attack or rape, and say the victim was attacked by “a male”.
Yep, that narrows it down considerably. Now we know who to be on the lookout for!!/S

[hanamizu]

How long can Six Flags over Georgia (or anywhere else)stay in business catering only to that demographic because these kinds of stories are going to keep others away.

[AnglePark]

Selim Bassoul. Heh. Name alone probably tells us all we need to know. I guess Selim wasted $5M on his Diversity and Inclusion Program. Probably should have used it to hire more security.

[noiseman]

When I was a kid, we lived about two hours north of Six Flags Over Mid-America (St. Louis). We started going there in about 1972, and it was a wonderful place with good theming, spotlessly clean, and just a great overall atmosphere. We couldn’t afford to go to Disney World, so it was the next best thing and we loved it.

While it’s been many years now since I’ve been there, I’ve kept tabs on its development since then and have been so saddened by what’s happened to it. First, over a period of years, they began to tear out rides that focused more on atmosphere and theming (such as Mississippi Adventure boat ride, Injun Joe’s Cave dark ride, Super Sports car ride, etc.), and replaced them with high-thrill roller coasters. All of the original Six Flags parks have since abandoned theming and atmosphere and just crammed the parks with as many coasters as possible. I love roller coasters, too, but theme parks are supposed to be about theming and the overall experience.

As they did this, they seemed to deprioritize marketing to families and instead went full-bore toward chasing the adrenaline junky teen market. As they did this, it led to the deterioration of theming and cleanliness in the parks. They became more like glorified carnivals and less like actual theme parks. The experience was cheapened, which didn’t seem to matter anyway to the thrill-seeking teens. That’s when Six Flags started to get its well-earned reputation as not just a lower-tier experience to the likes of Disney, but truly a second-rate park with low-end guests. And THAT led to the parks being overrun by the Trayvon Martin wannabes. Magic Mountain and Six Flags Over Georgia seem to have been particularly affected by this.

I also visited the Georgia park in the early 80s, and back then it was still a very nice experience. But apparently it’s now gone the ghetto route of most of the rest of them.

[Noumenon]

Rural white rage.

[catnipman]

apparently the six flags gate metal detection process isn’t very effective ...

[Charles Martel]

I remember when that park had a large section that was Confederate-themed. It was relatively safe back then.

[BradyLS]

I love it when a meme makes me think! :-)

[PeterPrinciple]

The amusement park faced similar issues last year on its ‘opening day’. A large group of teenagers had to be removed from the park after fighting broke out.

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It is a scheduled annual event..............

[Drew68]

apparently the six flags gate metal detection process isn’t very effective ...

I was wondering about that? Don't they have metal detectors at these places?

[PeterPrinciple]

; we want to confirm there was no shooting at our property or parking lot. This took place on South Service Road that is not owned or operated by Six Flags.

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If that was in the headlines, who would read it?

[FLT-bird]

“youths”....”teens”.......Those damn Amish are at it again.

Rumspringa is a bitch.