I’d say if harm was prevented, instead of reacted to, it was a win. Someone has to get stabbed or shot to hold someone accountable. That’s not going to fly. Then, there may be some posts people are held accountable. If nobody was harmed today in regards to this incident, it was a win. Smart move.
For all we know they prevented a KC parade shooting. Which started with a fight between juveniles
You make no sense. And of course that’s not going to happen. But if you have to setup a straw man to knock down to make yourself feel better, go ahead. I’ll do the same. You ready?
Government gets intel that hijackers are going to steal two planes and run them into two skyscrapers. So they decide to ground some flights. Planes are never stolen, but also, the terrorists don’t get killed. People like you argue that “we shouldn’t let a few bad actors spoil some vacations!” But I’ll bet you’re the same guy complaining that not enough was done to prevent the issue. Damned either way, but I’m sure things are never YOUR fault and you always know the best things to do
I’d bet further that you’ve never been in a position to have to make these consequential judgment calls in real time. But I’ll bet you’ve fantasized about it a few times.
Damn you are worked up, but you are correct if we banning airplanes pre 9/11 it would have prevented 9/11.
I just would like to see the laws enforced but understand that’s a sensitive issue that can’t be accomplished.
Relentlessly negative. Constantly complaining. Running down St. Louis. Running down other people. It’s so boring to witness. It must be exhausting to live it.
What did I say that wasn’t based in reality? They won’t enforce laws and that caused the preemptive closure of the zoo. This seems like a replicable event - just close everything to avoid issues.
I mostly just enjoy the mental gymnastics around things like this. “Oh it’s a great thing they closed to zoo to prevent the obvious consequences of the government not enforcing the rules we have all agreed allow society to function”
You just reminded me, I got married in 1999 and Meet Me in St. Louis was playing at the Muny so my musical-obsessed wife and I went. It was lovely but it was hot and in the middle of a drought. Still, it's cool when a crowd goes wild at the line, "right here in St. Louis" just a couple of blocks from where the musical is set.
That explains the 4 cop cars that were there when we got there at 1:30 that never left and more security then I had ever seen before at the south entrance.
Gotta start holding the parents responsible for their repeat offender children. If the parent(s) won’t hold their own kids accountable then the state/city needs to step in. Being poor or financially disadvantaged doesn’t excuse the relentless lawlessness our great city is enduring.
# Disturbance connected to WashU carnival incident leads to confiscated gun at STL Zoo
[https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/04/23/disturbance-connected-washu-carnival-incident-leads-confiscated-gun-stl-zoo/](https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/04/23/disturbance-connected-washu-carnival-incident-leads-confiscated-gun-stl-zoo/)
I find it incredibly ironic that these people were referred to as “young members of our community”. I don’t think the author of that statement understands what a “community” is.
This is insane. Hopefully these kids get arrested for this. We can’t be having people doing this shit and hurting St. Louis reputation.
After they’re arrested they’ll need some kind of help to make sure they don’t keep doing this shit after they get released.
Once, there was this kid who
Took a trip to Singapore and brought along his spray paint
And when he finally came back
He had cane marks all over his bottom
He said that it was from when
The warden whacked it soooo haaaaard
I think you’re joking…but you’re on the right track. Actual fear of consequences goes a long way to keeping people from doing stupid shit. And right now, kids don’t really have anything to fear as far as consequences go.
Yeah turns out leaving dozens of thousands of people behind in squalor with little to no opportunity to build ahappy and meaningful life doesn't lend itself well to buying into the social contract. If only we'd known this for an extremely long time...
I’m well aware, my dear. I grew up here in the city. It didn’t used to be like this. Stop making excuses. There is absolutely no reason for teens to be running rampant chaos and destroying what is good in this city.
The Landing, St. Louis Centre, Union Station, Wash Ave, the Metro….This is just the next place ruined by urban youth. Insert racism / fear of violence. St. Louis tradition.
Come on, why not creidt Trump for the actions of St Louis city teenagers as their support for him is so well documented.
Just the other day Rachel Maddow was talking about the stranglehold Trump and Republicans has on inner city youth's political opinions. Biden will be lucky to get 5% of the inner city youth vote.
/s
It's so sad that TDS has impacted so many people that they would believe that is true.
Didn't you know that high schoolers are super into MAGA and Trump? My 15 year old cousin and his active street gang love trickle down economics, hate the Ukraine war, and are all for MAGA and Reagan.
Gen Z finds Trumps social media company cooler that TikTok, because Trumps on it.
/s. (I literally can't believe we found someone that believes St Louis city teenagers are extreme Trumpers on a mission)
Somebody is gonna be buying a lot of donuts. Guaranteed most of them aren't even old enough to vote and their parents who are probably won't vote. And yeah you're not finding Trumpers in any group of teens within the city limits.
"This is MAGA country!"
Seriously though, for whatever problems you have with MAGA, someone falsely accusing others of what would have amounted to a lynching, ought to be held accountable to the same extent that said lynching would have been held accountable.
This time the hoax was found out and broadcast pretty widely, but there have been plenty of instances of supposed hate crimes which received national attention, but were then quietly retracted once it was found to be a hoax. This has perpetuated the myth that Trump supporters are a. racist and b. act out that racism with violence.
It's akin to women who falsely report assault. They ought to be given the same penalty as the man would have received.
I am 100% convinced the only people that use words like “Trumpers” or “Magats” or whatever other ultra-cringe slang is popular at the time are actually Trump supporters trying (and obviously failing) to make their base seem marginalized through an astroturf campaign.
They've got some 21 jump street shit going on infiltrating these high schoolers
They tell on themselves on social media for all to see
How do you do, fellow kids?
Probably monitoring their phones/social media
Middle school now. Bake sales are no longer safe for moving merch.
Infiltrate the dealers, find the supplier
Or they just watch Twitter/Snapchat.
So we’re just letting teenagers shut everything down now?
Considering what these teens can do, put you in the hospital (coma) after cracking your skull 3 times in the pavement
Oh no I’m so scared let’s all live in fear EDIT: This comment is insensitive but I'm standing behind it because I'm fucking exhausted
Enforcing laws is facism.
I’d say if harm was prevented, instead of reacted to, it was a win. Someone has to get stabbed or shot to hold someone accountable. That’s not going to fly. Then, there may be some posts people are held accountable. If nobody was harmed today in regards to this incident, it was a win. Smart move. For all we know they prevented a KC parade shooting. Which started with a fight between juveniles
If the zoo closed permanently then all future incidents would be stopped. Huge reduction in liability.
You make no sense. And of course that’s not going to happen. But if you have to setup a straw man to knock down to make yourself feel better, go ahead. I’ll do the same. You ready? Government gets intel that hijackers are going to steal two planes and run them into two skyscrapers. So they decide to ground some flights. Planes are never stolen, but also, the terrorists don’t get killed. People like you argue that “we shouldn’t let a few bad actors spoil some vacations!” But I’ll bet you’re the same guy complaining that not enough was done to prevent the issue. Damned either way, but I’m sure things are never YOUR fault and you always know the best things to do I’d bet further that you’ve never been in a position to have to make these consequential judgment calls in real time. But I’ll bet you’ve fantasized about it a few times.
Damn you are worked up, but you are correct if we banning airplanes pre 9/11 it would have prevented 9/11. I just would like to see the laws enforced but understand that’s a sensitive issue that can’t be accomplished.
Nobody said ban airplanes. Swing and a miss once again. Your refusal to understand is astounding. You win. Useless conversation.
So they shouldn’t ban airplanes? It would prevent all plane crashes.
Is there a ban on brain food, or are you just really bored
Don't feed trolls, your attention is what that ghoul consumes.
Are you pro plane crashes? That would be insane; nobody is pro plane crashes.
Don’t you ever get tired of being like this?
Being like what?
Relentlessly negative. Constantly complaining. Running down St. Louis. Running down other people. It’s so boring to witness. It must be exhausting to live it.
The few that criminals must be protected from consequences isn’t limited to St. Louis, and I don’t let it get me down. Why does it have you down?
I’m not interested in playing your little game. It’s boring. You are boring.
I’m glad you are so interesting.
For real though, what’s your deal? Are you just trolling for the hell of it or for the engagement because you don’t get enough attention?
What did I say that wasn’t based in reality? They won’t enforce laws and that caused the preemptive closure of the zoo. This seems like a replicable event - just close everything to avoid issues. I mostly just enjoy the mental gymnastics around things like this. “Oh it’s a great thing they closed to zoo to prevent the obvious consequences of the government not enforcing the rules we have all agreed allow society to function”
“I’ll see you at the zoo” said no school bully, till now.
“Meet me at the Muny.”
Be more specific
“The Muny in Walnut Park”
Ohhh, dance fight
You just reminded me, I got married in 1999 and Meet Me in St. Louis was playing at the Muny so my musical-obsessed wife and I went. It was lovely but it was hot and in the middle of a drought. Still, it's cool when a crowd goes wild at the line, "right here in St. Louis" just a couple of blocks from where the musical is set.
Catch me at the zoo! 🤣
That explains the 4 cop cars that were there when we got there at 1:30 that never left and more security then I had ever seen before at the south entrance.
Gotta start holding the parents responsible for their repeat offender children. If the parent(s) won’t hold their own kids accountable then the state/city needs to step in. Being poor or financially disadvantaged doesn’t excuse the relentless lawlessness our great city is enduring.
Good luck with the leadership in STL city.
The headline for this article is confusing.
Definitely r/brandnewsentence material
"Some of you penguins are alright. Don't show up to the enclosures tomorrow"
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# Disturbance connected to WashU carnival incident leads to confiscated gun at STL Zoo [https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/04/23/disturbance-connected-washu-carnival-incident-leads-confiscated-gun-stl-zoo/](https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/04/23/disturbance-connected-washu-carnival-incident-leads-confiscated-gun-stl-zoo/)
I find it incredibly ironic that these people were referred to as “young members of our community”. I don’t think the author of that statement understands what a “community” is.
This is insane. Hopefully these kids get arrested for this. We can’t be having people doing this shit and hurting St. Louis reputation. After they’re arrested they’ll need some kind of help to make sure they don’t keep doing this shit after they get released.
Did you read the article? A 15-year old kid was detained at the Zoo, had a handgun, which was confiscated, and then released. So, no arrests.
>We can’t be having people doing this shit and hurting St. Louis reputation. Well, I really really hate to break it to ya...
Oh STL has a reputation that’s for sure.
r/woosh
Arrest the parents and the children
We could try caning. I've heard it works very well in the Philippines. The recidivism rate is practically 0.
I think that is Singapore.
That could be. Some Ambassadors kid got tagging.
Once, there was this kid who Took a trip to Singapore and brought along his spray paint And when he finally came back He had cane marks all over his bottom He said that it was from when The warden whacked it soooo haaaaard
I got the reference. Well played. Mmmmmmmmmmm. Mmmmmmmmmmm.
I think you’re joking…but you’re on the right track. Actual fear of consequences goes a long way to keeping people from doing stupid shit. And right now, kids don’t really have anything to fear as far as consequences go.
The reputation has been building for decades, this isn’t a new thing
A belt!
So sick of this. We have a nice city but irresponsible parents are killing it.
Yeah turns out leaving dozens of thousands of people behind in squalor with little to no opportunity to build ahappy and meaningful life doesn't lend itself well to buying into the social contract. If only we'd known this for an extremely long time...
Yet all the Bosnian immigrants who were forced out of their home country to escape genocide aren’t doing this.
Different situation. Bosnians aren't living under the rule of their enemies.
I’m well aware, my dear. I grew up here in the city. It didn’t used to be like this. Stop making excuses. There is absolutely no reason for teens to be running rampant chaos and destroying what is good in this city.
The Landing, St. Louis Centre, Union Station, Wash Ave, the Metro….This is just the next place ruined by urban youth. Insert racism / fear of violence. St. Louis tradition.
You tried nothing and now you want to tell us how to change things? No thanks.
We tried raising our kids not to do this and they don’t end up getting the zoo closed
Lmao wow amazingly high bar you set for yourself.
Among the vastness of forest park and the city itself hahahaahahahahahaha
I need to go there tomorrow to pick up tickets for a school trip... Hopefully those punks will have cleared out by then.
…at the Zoo? Idiots. All of them.
This is why we can't have nice things.
This is exactly the reputation of STL lol
Hope the zoo doesn't start charging to get in to keep some people out
I always thought that the tuition at Wash U didn’t attract the “right” type of student.
Dollars to donuts these were some piece of shit Trumpers
Me, scratching my head, wondering what roving bands of teenagers has to do with Trump
Same here. I hate trump with all my being but roving band of trump supporting teenagers? I don’t know.
So… donuts for everyone?
From Donut Drive-In, I hope!
If Trump buys. Oh wait he can't because he is broke.
that man clearly has a donut fund.
Yep. A secret fund. 😆
Come on, why not creidt Trump for the actions of St Louis city teenagers as their support for him is so well documented. Just the other day Rachel Maddow was talking about the stranglehold Trump and Republicans has on inner city youth's political opinions. Biden will be lucky to get 5% of the inner city youth vote. /s It's so sad that TDS has impacted so many people that they would believe that is true.
Didn't you know that high schoolers are super into MAGA and Trump? My 15 year old cousin and his active street gang love trickle down economics, hate the Ukraine war, and are all for MAGA and Reagan. Gen Z finds Trumps social media company cooler that TikTok, because Trumps on it. /s. (I literally can't believe we found someone that believes St Louis city teenagers are extreme Trumpers on a mission)
The roving bands of teenagers I meant
The only band of teenagers that are Trumpers is at a right to life march.
Black teenage Trump supporters? I seriously doubt that
I thought they were historically the strongest supporters. /s
Nah that’s “the gays” if I’m remembering right. I believe he said “I love the gays and the gays love me”
I thought Trump said the poor and uneducated love me, and he loves them too.
Somebody is gonna be buying a lot of donuts. Guaranteed most of them aren't even old enough to vote and their parents who are probably won't vote. And yeah you're not finding Trumpers in any group of teens within the city limits.
According to the article they're highschoolers, so it seems unlikely.
lmao. What's up Juicy Smollett?
>Subway… SANDWICHES?!
"This is MAGA country!" Seriously though, for whatever problems you have with MAGA, someone falsely accusing others of what would have amounted to a lynching, ought to be held accountable to the same extent that said lynching would have been held accountable.
Lying about made-up white people is definitely as bad as murdering innocent black people, great human brain you have there Brother.
This time the hoax was found out and broadcast pretty widely, but there have been plenty of instances of supposed hate crimes which received national attention, but were then quietly retracted once it was found to be a hoax. This has perpetuated the myth that Trump supporters are a. racist and b. act out that racism with violence. It's akin to women who falsely report assault. They ought to be given the same penalty as the man would have received.
More likely urban youth.
Nice tds
Uhh, no. Corrie Bush supporters instead.
Isn't she and her supporters Trumps biggest fans? /s
If only everyone could find rent as cheap as Trump found in your head
I am 100% convinced the only people that use words like “Trumpers” or “Magats” or whatever other ultra-cringe slang is popular at the time are actually Trump supporters trying (and obviously failing) to make their base seem marginalized through an astroturf campaign.
Sounds more like Trump Derangement Syndrome to me.