I don't know. Private meeting, not public. This is what I typically hear in the streets and no one has to be angry. This is very common street talk for my area. This speak emerged with rap. Common sentiments spoken as well. Southside; is this surprising to you or are you pulling our legs ?
Well I promoted my share of Frat Parties when I was in school. One difference was we hired our own off-duty officers. Normally paid them an agreed $35 /hr, and if we did good $-wise & there were no major incidents, we gave them $50/hr when we counted the $$ at the end. There was never a guarantee that there would be no fights, but we had good events for the most part.
I don't think it is surprising, more appalling than anything else. I guess I am wrong for expecting more.
I also must admit that I have been involved ina couple of fights in parties when I was in college. The best thing I learned from those experiences was that all if not most fights are preventable, and most if not all are over something stupid, i.e. "that's my girl" or " you stepped on my foot".
End of the day, I just wish that people would lay aside the notion that young black folks can't do anything without there being something negative resulting from it. His comment about getting 2000 whites together & not having an issue was really some over the top B.S. They have similar stuff go on as well. And then for the officer to be like fu*k my school (PVU). NOt knocking cops or anything but, you don't necessarily have to have a college degree to be one. I know plenty that do, but I also know plenty that don't. Sounds like he may have a chip on his should when it comes to the school or maybe his lack of an education. Don't know the guy. Heck, maybe he just found out some kid from PV was screwing his wife, I don't know.
Regardless, I just say that if I see a problem in my commmunity then I am gonna do something to make it better. That is why I mentor to 14-16 yr olds at my church. I am trying to be part of the solution & not the problem. I don't go around telling they aren't shid & that they won't amount to shid, oh, & that the world owes them something because they black. I speak against all of that dumb shid. I try to make them be accountable for their actions and/or lack there of.
I made my share of mistakes when I was younger. Now that I am older, I try to make a difference with the kids. This officer could have taken that same energy & tried to help the promoters seek recourse with club management or at least be senstive to the fact that they had just lost their investment. He still got paid that night.
But calling the party attendees a bunch of trilfing ni**as & cursing the university really made a bad situation just a little worse.
I am passionate about this one because it hits close to home for me.