Yeah, Way-points.
Bar patrons packing heat tend to be transitory.
Case in point: Some years ago, um, about 16 years ago, the City of Wilkes-Barre forced the closing of a "nuisance bar" called Chu's. With that, the clientele moved to a new, nearby joint called Desi's Pizza. After Desi's was ordered to shut, the clientele moved down the street a ways, while the owners demanded remonstrance in court.
Here's a snippet of that aforementioned legal tussle...
Bar patrons packing heat tend to be transitory.
Case in point: Some years ago, um, about 16 years ago, the City of Wilkes-Barre forced the closing of a "nuisance bar" called Chu's. With that, the clientele moved to a new, nearby joint called Desi's Pizza. After Desi's was ordered to shut, the clientele moved down the street a ways, while the owners demanded remonstrance in court.
Here's a snippet of that aforementioned legal tussle...
Between
the opening of the Restaurant and March of 2000, the customers
patronizing Desi's were predominantly white. At some time in March of
2000, the City of Wilkes-Barre, its mayor (Thomas D. McGroarty) and
chief of police (Anthony J. George), and David W. Lupas, the District
Attorney of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (collectively the
“defendants”), acted in concert to bring about the closure of another
bar and restaurant called Chu's. Chu's clientele consisted primarily of
African-Americans and Latinos. After Chu's closed, many of its former
patrons became regular customers of Desi's.
The residents of
Wilkes-Barre are predominantly white. Following the closure of Chu's
and the change in the ethnic composition of Desi's clientele, people
living in the area surrounding Desi's began to complain to the
defendants about problems allegedly created by Desi's. Residents
complained that Desi's' presence increased “crime, noise[,] and other
disturbances.” App. at 39. These complaints, however, were in fact
motivated by a desire to drive African-Americans and Latinos out of
Wilkes-Barre, and the defendants shared this objective. This desire
and “public criticism” of the defendants for failing “to provide
adequate policing and law enforcement” in the city motivated the
defendants to “embark[ ] on a campaign to close down” Desi's.
So, in effect, while shuttering one bar to calm things down in one neighborhood may pacify a few angry voters, said action simply forces the bad actors to pick up their firearms and spare clips and move to yet another unsuspecting nearby beer garden.
I offer no solution, just an unwanted observation. There might not be an actual solution, just shot-up way-points.
Later
So, in effect, while shuttering one bar to calm things down in one neighborhood may pacify a few angry voters, said action simply forces the bad actors to pick up their firearms and spare clips and move to yet another unsuspecting nearby beer garden.
I offer no solution, just an unwanted observation. There might not be an actual solution, just shot-up way-points.
Later
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