"Mob of teens" attack people in Louisville

[avboiler11]

Downtown assaults by group of teens probed

It started with a 61 year old man getting beaten on the Big Four pedestrian bridge, in front of his wife and two grandchildren, without any bystanders having the balls to step in.

Then the attacks continued.

I have a LTCH but don't carry all that often...but my wife and I take our kids to Big Four regularly and will do so even more once the Jeff side opens.

I will be carrying from now on.

May the next time a pack of "youths" in this area picks a target for a random beatdown, they choose someone equipped and willing to not be a victim.

 

[printcraft]

Me, I wouldn't worry about it.

I've heard right here on INGO that this doesn't happen. It's just media hype.

 

[churchmouse]

I hear violent crime is decreasing......

Use purple where needed.

 

[churchmouse]

Me, I wouldn't worry about it.

I've heard right here on INGO that this doesn't happen. It's just media hype.

Yup....country folk and gated community types....heads in the sand.

No knock on anyone and where they live. Just pushing for a reality check.

 

[9mmfan]

Me, I wouldn't worry about it.

I've heard right here on INGO that this doesn't happen. It's just media hype.

Never has a more true statement every been posted on INGO!

 

[atvdave]

What time did the Louisville, St. Louis game get over last night? It seems a growing trend for teens & young adults to take to the streets and vandalize/riot after a win.

 

[churchmouse]

What time did the Louisville, St. Louis game get over last night? It seems a growing trend for teens & young adults to take to the streets and vandalize/riot after a win.

Always a good reason to beat up on the old and weak.

 

[nakinate]

If you're an armed bystander, how do you approach the situation?

 

[TTravis]

One of these days they are going to pick on the wrong person and all Hell will break loose.

 

[rockhopper46038]

That is a shame. I really enjoy visiting Louisville. I'm always armed when I go, though.

 

[avboiler11]

If you're an armed bystander, how do you approach the situation?

Draw down and tell them to get the F off the person whose ass they are kicking.

KRS 503.070 is supportive of this.

 

[nakinate]

Draw down and tell them to get the F off the person whose ass they are kicking.

KRS 503.070 is supportive of this.

Excuse my ignorance. What is KRS 503.070?

 

[atvdave]

Excuse my ignorance. What is KRS 503.070?

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/Statutes/statute.aspx?id=19672

 

[nakinate]

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/Statutes/statute.aspx?id=19672

I suspected as much. Thanks for the link.

 

[rockhopper46038]

For the lawyers amongst us (real or internet), how do you think the phrase "the defendant has no duty to retreat if the defendant is a place that they have a right to be" plays out if one were to take one's firearm into a bar that does not derive more than 50% of their revenue from the sale of food and were to witness or be the subject of an attack that would otherwise make responding by force legal under the Kentucky statute? This is asked in light of the current Kentucky statute that does not allow one to carry a firearm into a bar. Would that no longer be a place that the defendant has a legal right to be? If so, does the right to apply force (deadly or otherwise) called out in the above sections still apply, even if the "stand your ground" aspect doesn't?

 

[GIJEW]

What time did the Louisville, St. Louis game get over last night? It seems a growing trend for teens & young adults to take to the streets and vandalize/riot after a win.

win, lose, whatever..."man we need to wait to game day??!!"

 

[ghostdncr]

If you're an armed bystander, how do you approach the situation?

Per the KRS so kindly posted by avboiler, give one command to lay down and if they don't, smoke 'em. I think Louisville may need to lean a little more toward war zone before we see a marked improvement in this type of thing. LMPD is either dramatically understaffed (not likely, based on all the speedtraps they operate) or just aren't in a hurry to respond. I've been involved in a couple of armed conflicts since moving here and they would've arrived after the pizza each time.

Kentucky overall is a pretty rough state for criminals. It's not too difficult to get yourself shot down here, especially in the rural areas, but the urban areas seem mostly populated by leftist elites in the 'burbs and gangbangers in the inner city. Thug life vs. denial tends to make for an ugly situation but the cultured and educated deniers can't seem to wrap their heads around that. Now, let a few of these roaming mobs get shot up by a random bystander or two and word will get back to the neighborhood...

 

[atvdave]

win, lose, whatever..."man we need to wait to game day??!!"

Louisville / St. Louis played yesterday................ I only said the above as after a world series game I had a large rock bashed into the side of my truck/window, other's in close neighborhoods had similar damage. Nothing was stolen from the vehicles, and that was many years ago. Today the kids are getting much more violent.

 

[bigelowe]

my wife and I went out to dinner with another couple last night. my buddy and I were both CC'ing.both our wives both knew this, and shook their heads, as we asked each other which pistol the other was carrying. I will make sure they both hear this story.

 

[littletommy]

I look for crime to skyrocket in downtown Jeffersonville when the big four bridge open in a few weeks. If I lived in that area, I'd be moving. The Jeffersonville know it alls are expecting a mass of diners and shoppers to hit their downtown, I'm thinking they'll see something a little different.