Wtf is going on on South St tonight?

[BarryG]

South St blocked at Broad.... Cops and crowds everywhere.

[Gladys]

"Unruly crowd" forms after 4th of July celebration | 6abc.com

instant reply from 2010?

[NE19149]

"Unruly crowd" forms after 4th of July celebration | 6abc.com

instant reply from 2010?

Oh, it's THOSE people.......... again?

[RainboTeabagger]

This what happens when you start scheduling hip-hop instead of the Goo Goo Dolls.

[SouthStMan]

It's standard crowd control practice for the police to close South Street at Broad after large free events let out (in this case the celebration on the Parkway)

[Momma Cass]

Oh, it's THOSE people.......... again?

You go that right; half of Hall and Oats doesn't count.....

[thegreattwizz]

You go that right; half of Hall and Oats doesn't count.....

I thought it was the 2/3rds of Jonas Brothers.

[goobee2]

I thought it was the 2/3rds of Jonas Brothers.

Same differece ( teehee)..

[theREALalesis]

Just wait until weekend of August 11th (Philly Greek Weekend fka "Greek Picnic")

[Momma Cass]

Just wait until weekend of August 11th (Philly Greek Weekend fka "Greek Picnic")

Why oh Why! ! ! !

[lemko]

This what happens when you start scheduling hip-hop instead of the Goo Goo Dolls.

They should start scheduling Blue Grass and Country/Western. The thuggish types avoid that stuff like the plague! Maybe we can get Barry Manilow and/or what remains of Lawrence Welk's orchestra as well?

[lemko]

Why oh Why! ! ! !

Instead of the "Greek Picnic," why not instead schedule and event similar to Comicon and call it the "Geek Picnic?" I'm sure there will be a lot less need for a police presence, unless the Alpha-Beta fraternity shows up to trash the event.

[darthsinatra]

Instead of the "Greek Picnic," why not instead schedule and event similar to Comicon and call it the "Geek Picnic?" I'm sure there will be a lot less need for a police presence, unless the Alpha-Beta fraternity shows up to trash the event.

This is why:

In a 2002 address at a convention of the NAACP, [John] Street said that “the brothers and sisters are running the city. Oh, yes. The brothers and sisters are running this city. Running it! Don’t you let nobody fool you, we are in charge of the City of Brotherly Love. We are in charge! We are in charge!”

John F. Street - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[seand]

People make too much of that quote. I don't have a beef with Street the doofus saying black folks are not just figureheads but at key posts throughout city government (which is what he meant but said incredibly stupidly). I have a beef with incompetence and corruption of any color in city government.

[darthsinatra]

Look at the numbers. Philly is like 45% African American. This festival is welcomed here for that reason and because to turn them away would be akin to saying something like "we don't want your kind here." After the "wilding" incidents in Fairmount Park several years ago as well as the alleged rapes, we had a chance, as a City, to say thanks but no thanks to the festival. But because of attitudes like Street's, the festival continues to come here every year, costing us a LOT of money and not really giving anything back.

[seand]

I don't really have a beef with "your kind" coming here when "your kind" really is college students from competitive fraternities and sorrorities. Its the uneducated hangers-on crashing the party that are the problem, at least from what I read. I.E. its the locals, the same ones that cause problems at every other event, that are the real problem. They are just looking for an excuse, one month its Mardis Gras, another its the Greek Picnic.

[darthsinatra]

I don't really have a beef with "your kind" coming here when "your kind" really is college students from competitive fraternities and sorrorities. Its the uneducated hangers-on crashing the party that are the problem, at least from what I read. I.E. its the locals, the same ones that cause problems at every other event, that are the real problem. They are just looking for an excuse, one month its Mardis Gras, another its the Greek Picnic.

I agree 100%. BUT, how do you turn the event away without appearing racist?

[seand]

I'm saying that as long as the event remains closed to actual participants and they coordinate with the city to keep its location under wraps (which I understand is how its been the last couple of years) I don't see the need to turn away tourist dollars for the behaviour of our home-grown local idiots.

[darthsinatra]

I'm saying that as long as the event remains closed to actual participants and they coordinate with the city to keep its location under wraps (which I understand is how its been the last couple of years) I don't see the need to turn away tourist dollars for the behaviour of our home-grown local idiots.

Gotcha. Good idea. And BTW I would buy VIP tickets to the Geek Festival. Might even wear a costume, who knows.

[Hospitalitygirl]

Just wait until weekend of August 11th (Philly Greek Weekend fka "Greek Picnic")

It's *this* coming weekend, not August.