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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Time to get the brooms out. First stop, city hall.
You have to be kidding me??! First off how is it not the ads intention to target the very people that see it, or would they be better off installing billboards on the moon? Further, if running an ad in Detroit is targeting Detroiters, and is an issue of racism and perversity, who in the hell do you think will ever advertise anything there?? The council needs to take a long look at what they are asking for, as if Detroit needs any help in running off business of any kind.
Great comments. If a bill board had come out with some quirkey slogan from busch beer when george was in office they would all be laughing in detroit. The city council of detroit must be pretty thin skinned to let a bill board disrupt their city.
Grow up Detroit, it is not everyone else's fault that you have issuses about yourself. The ads are there to sell a product and that is all, so get a life and stop complaining.
Who cares about a stuid billboard. Michigan has bigger proplems like the jobless rate.
It is always the last ditch effort of any group of people to begin playing the race card. Perhaps if there were still kickbacks going to the city council and the mayor was allowed to act like a wild animal things would still be like they were, and no one would be complaining of racism. Really though, can you blame anyone if they are reluctant of doing anything in Detroit? In this case it isn't the "white man" trying to keep the black people down, its other black people taking advantage of the less fortunate black people. I think we have seen and it really stands out nationally. The black people who are running Detroit do not have the cities best interests at heart, just where they can get a bribe to buy more bling. Call me racist if you want, but the truth remains, when Detroit was more than one color it flourished, when it was all white it flourished, now that is is black and run by blacks it is a pit of crime and drugs.
I agree with Mary Anne. There are SO many things about Detroit that need fixing, and I'm tired of people making up other people's intentions and reading their agenda into everything. I see a billboard for beer, I think they're trying to sell beer. Not that they're intentionally trying to offend Detroit with some racist, backwoods agenda that's going to bring the whole city down in the minds of every other American who DOESN'T live in Detroit. Give me a break. You don't like the ad - don't buy the beer!
Hey, Detroit, go ahead and start denying advertisers, citizens, etc., their right to free speech! Seems like the only ones who can speak their mind sit on the City Council! If the ad reeks of resemblance to Billy Dee Williams, then let Billy Dee Williams have the last say! If you are offended by the message, then get this idea into your heads...everyone is totally offended by your message, and your actions as well!