Police Investigate Shooting at Lansing Night Spot
- Posted By: : I dont think we can blame Verg or the Police. It's the responsibility of the owner and the people that frequent that establishment. I know from living and growing up in the South Lansing area, this has always been a problem. I say....SHUT IT DOWN! Blame the irresponsible people that can not control themselves, not the Mayor or Police!!!! Take responsiblity in your own actions!!!!!
- Posted By: Jake: You know it is easy to sit back and say close the club down you don't have any money invested,I do not think this type of crowd would be bad if the bar would bar them for life if they started a fight.I know it is hard to tell who's who because they all look the same start taking pictures of every one that goes into the club give them a membership card with photo no one gets in unless they have a membership,and if they start any kind of problems pull thier membership.To me this would be a start. There are a lot of good people out there that don't deserve to get punished for the actions of a few.The mayor and the little beady eyed city attorney need to think about the other club owners thoughts on this, the council is more like do what I say council rather do for the people.
- Posted By: Sandi: i have spent my share of time going to the bars, however, the Venue is a crime not a bar. They were supose to hire additional security. With all the unemployment why didn't they have at least 2 or 3 guys out there patroling the parking lot at 2 a.m.? They know exactly what their patrons are like. They should have had patrols outside weeks ago. I think the Venue should be closed down, and I like the idea of a good samaritan law,if you see a crime and don't report it, you can go to jail. Lots of people had their pictures on the video lately.
Anyone who goes to a bar like the Venue and thinks even one fight in the parking lot is OK has a problem, and should stay away from the bars. This constant fighting is outragous. What are we waiting for? Someone to be killed?
- Posted By: : The city can pass a good samaritan law in which a person can serve two days in jail for not reporting a crime. It might scare some of these people into witnessing.
- Posted By: sick and tired: put em back on the boat
- Posted By: LegallyRad: Between venue and x-cel the cops are driving like a tennis match from north to south. Everytime there is an incident at a hip-hop club they should have to serve 3 weekends playing nothing but classic rock, country and bluegrass.
- Posted By: Gus: Doesn't surprise me that the Lansing Police couldnt find a suspect or a victim without some outside help. With the leadership that they have with Virg "Little Man" Bernero and Mark "I am an IDIOT" Alley, it is a wonder that they can find their car keys. As for the VENUE, the violence at that location hasn't changed since the city shut down the last night club that was there. Great job Lansing!
- Posted By: concerned: They need to shut down the Venue. Obviously the crowd that is drawn to the Venue is the same that use to frequent the Temple CLub and the LA globe. Unfortunately people do not know how to act and trouble follows these type of establishments. It is waste of resources. SHUT IT DOWN
- Posted By: Chris: I've been to probably close to 100 heavy metal concerts and clubs/events over the years, never a shooting. Their is a completely different mind set with this Venue crowd and the mentality and music it supports.
- Posted By: Concerned Citizen: This is the 3rd shooting at this club since it opened earlier this year. Since South Lansing and Holt is not known for this type of behavior, I can only surmise that the people that frequent this establishment are the problem. I think the time has come to close this place down and keep these hoodlums out out of our community!
- Posted By: Frustrated!!!: I have been a patron of the Venue since it first opened and the "stories" that the MEDIA is hyping up is just that STORIES!!!! Readers need to learn to differentiate the facts from myths...I also attended the party this past saturday night and there were not "several" fights as the NEWS 10 has advised us!!! Heck they weren't even there, but I guess you gotta keep your job somehow!!! I am so so tired of the media making a mountain out of a molehill...and furthermore, from what we could see the perpetrator was directly in front of the police...so you do the math!!! It appears to me that the Venue security do their job to get the patrons out safely, and then it would also appear to me that the police department would attempt to be "proactive" opposed to "reactive"...I have witnessed them sit across the street at Lowe's and do "absolutely nothing" to assist the Venue security when "occurences" do happen in the parking lot of Mark Realty...not the parking lot of the Venue Live!!!!
- Posted By: Tracy: How much violent crime has to happen at this club in order to shut it down? I understand it's someone's business and source of income, but come on... there's got to be some responsibility taken by the owner to protect the public and law-abiding patrons. I'm sure the owner is aware of the riff-raff coming in; use your right as the owner to deny service.
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The animal cruelty laws need to be updated now! To let such an abuser loose with just a slap on the wrist is encouragement to ALL abusers that they can do whatever they want and not pay for it. All animals should be given a basic right to be treated humanely. And when that right is knowingly violated, the abuser should serve hard time and severe fines; as if they had victimized a fellow human.
This man would do the same thing to a hungry human. Let this man starve for awhile, see what its like.
I think a good punishment would be working at an animal shelter and cleaning out all the cages everyday for a year during the day and 6 months in jail. If the cages are not cleaned properly he would be charged with a second offense of animal cruelty and would then spend an additional 2 years in jail.
I am always so sad to read stories like this, thankfully the animal is alive and taken away from the situation in this case.... I just hope that these horrible stories start waking people up to the fact that Michigan needs firmer animal cruelty laws and harsher animal cruelty punishments.
This guy guy should be shot. But why waste the price of a bullit??
Abusing animals is a sign of deeper emotional issues. Anyone who would do this to a cat because it got on the counter needs not a cat, but a bottle of medication. It would be nice to see this idiot who decided to kill a cat, probably in front of his children no less do some hard time for it.
This man needs to have his back broken in two...but a man like that probably doesn't have a spine. I love cats, and the thought of that happening to one of mine makes me ill. He deserves A LOT of jail time or imprisonment.
I think this guy needs to spend some serious time in jail with "Bubba'. Let 'Bubba' toss him around for a while.
Well the way I see it, what ever happened to the cat needs to happen to him. If the cat has a broken back then he deserves one and if it has a broken leg he deserves one. No animal deserves to be treated like this and the person that has done this needs some serious thought about this and a good punishment done to them.
I believe there ought to be strictor animal cruelty laws! Until there are some consequences to the idiots that would do such a thing(this is how serial killers start out)this behavior is tolerated in the eyes of the law. How sad!
I can only pray that this man gets what he deserves, if the poor cat had been fed properly it would not have been on the counter looking for food. This jerk is just a coward who can only attack a small animal because a man his own size would have beaten him to a pulp. People like him should be forbidden by the courts to EVER own another pet, plus be sentanced to about 5 years behind bars, then he MIGHT learn not to pick on the next poor hungry kitty, child, or what ever has the poor judgement to eat his food.
What the hell is this guy thinking of?
I truly hope this man does not and never will have children! Abusing an animal is just a small step from abusing a child. I also hope any other animals have been removed from the home.
THAT "WASTE OF SKIN" NEEDS TO BE THROWN, HAVE HIS BACK & LEG BROKEN THEN THROWN INTO THE TRASH, LEFT FOR DEAD. THAT WOULD BE JUSTICE SERVED...
Is there really a need to get that upset for an animal eating you food. I am a cat lover and that just breaks my heart. That guy needs some anger management treatment.