THE MORNING AFTER: WESTPORT PATRONS RIDICULE LOCAL HOMELAND SECURITY CHECKLIST USE AFTER KANSAS CITY STREET VACATION CRACKDOWN DEBUT!!!
After the first night of allegedly increased security updates in Westport, the reviews from Kansas City party people are overwhelmingly unfavorable . . .
A lot of locals are calling out the so-called "street vacation" as nothing more than "security theater" which provides the feeling of improved security while doing little or nothing to achieve it.
More to the point . . .
THE WESTPORT SECURITY CRACKDOWN ANGERS KANSAS CITY PATRONS AND THREATENS TO CHASE AWAY NEW BIZ!!!
Even better or worse for the purposes of our conversation on this foolhardy effort . . .
THE WESTPORT SECURITY CRACKDOWN IS LAZY & COPIES HOMELAND SECURITY THEATER LISTS FOR ITEMS THAT PASSENGERS CAN'T TAKE ON A PLANE!!!
This screwed up tactic is taking a lot of heat via social media.
Westport has been forced to answer the criticism:
"The banned items are from Homeland Security's list. Therefore, the screeners at the airport or arena are all using the same list. It may seem funny but likely items originated from someone trying to bring those things into areas."
Via social media, a few messages to TKC and questions from better reporters, here's a look at some of the top issues from first night of the crackdown . . .
The violence continues . . .
"Hey TKC, another big fight and a lot of yelling on Mill Street last night. The "Security" is a joke."
A question of timing . . .
"So “enhanced security” doesn’t start until 11pm. So who is going to stop the active shooter who shows up at 10pm with his gun, waits till the gates close, and then shoots all the people pinned down at the gate with nowhere to run?"
Credit to KCTV5's Betsy Webster who takes this security effort apart . . .
"List of prohibited items in new @Westport_KC security plan is 19 pages long & so specific that it is almost comical: - do not bring your antlers, bear spray, cattle prods...and I'm juest doing first 3 letters of alphabet. Reply w your pick of funniest."
More social media clowning on the topic . . .
I only made it to "F" and I'm really disappointed that I can't go enjoy my favorite spots with my bowling ball, cast iron pans, bag of Kit Kats, cymbals, dry ice, extension cord, foam toy sword, and football helmet that I ALWAYS carry in bag.
Cameras are outlawed on PUBLIC streets except for security monitoring . . . Here's a pro-photog response to that . . .
"Looks like a media ban to me. Once again criminal to be a photographer."
A prediction from a frustrated patron:
"Business will continue to decline as @Westport_KC feels like they need to close themselves off from the rest of the city and stand against anything the neighborhoods around them fight for. This is only going to hurt business, not help it."
And so we ask our blog community . . .
WILL THIS EFFORT PROTECT WESTPORT OR RUIN LOCAL BIZ WITH LAUGHABLE SECURITY THEATER?!?!
You decide . . .
total nightmare from the gang who can't shoot straight. Westport is finished, this is the end of the party.
ReplyDeletehomeland security will protect Wesport? Unlikely.
Delete^^^^^^^^^^ Hey jackwagon, I've got an easy solution for you. Stay home. You'll be safer under your bed.
DeleteYeah, 'jackwagon'! It's your patriotic duty to be shot or robbed in a boring meat market!
Delete@12:43-You are nothing more that a chicken little shut-in. You know it, we all know it. You criticize everything to make yourself feel better about doing nothing, and going nowhere. 9:00 AM is right. Stay under the bed. The rest of us who matter, aren’t scared.
DeleteAww, 1:28 is triggered. You amaze us with how tough and adventurous you are, keyboard cowboy. Not to mention your vocabulary; don't pretend you're not 9:00. Now go out there and party as well as you know how, urban warrior!! Lol
Deletedood there is literally ALWAYS a fight on Mill street after closing. That is the norm and not something the security is going to do anything about. What sucks is that it's so typical. What usually happens is that somebody gets their ass kicked and then comes back with a gun. Didn't happen last night is generally a monthly occurrence. Solving THAT problem would help make Westport a lot safer.
ReplyDelete^^^^^^^ Thanks for posting. One of the few practical solutions I've seen so far. Most people have the issue all wrong and a few minor improvements could really fix things.
DeleteThe idea is to keep the customers who have money to spend. That would be the white customers, other than the fat diseased tattooed bar sluts. There is a large criminal element down there who don't have money to spend until they steal it. Everyone knows who they are, we're just not supposed to say it.
ReplyDeleteAmish
DeleteWhen the business start to go bankrupt and bars move out. Then I think they might switch course. KC needs a better alternative to westport.
ReplyDeleteThis so called security tactic isn't the answer to solving the Westport issue. In fact the whole thing is so full of ill thought out plans that it will be a nightmare to enforce and so easy to be ignored and skirted around. The answer to dealing with those who don't know how to behave in public is serving them up a good dose of real police work with prosecutions that hand out harsh convictions. The trouble makers have to know that any trouble they cause will be dealt with swiftly and severely.
ReplyDeleteThe time has come when those who want to have a nice time spending an evening out should not have to fear and be concerned with those whose only intentions are to ruin your evening. The city I know has many laws dealing with public behavior that are not enforced and should be. KCPD just needs to get mean and deal with the issue and put a stop to the minority of those who seem to always ruin things for the majority of law abiding folks.
The businesses should be jumping up and down demanding this kind of police protection because in the end once the trash has been taken out and it obvious what is and what isn't going to be tolerated they will ether behave or stay away.Then those who want to have a good time will start returning in larger numbers who are willing to spend money while enjoying themselves. That's when you have a win win for everyone.
Dave nails it! This is a bigger problem than just Westport, it's citywide and if you fix one area, trouble will just pop up in the next. What Dave is proposing would help the crime problem throughout KCMO and into surrounding cities too. Nice work.
Delete#stopandfrisk
ReplyDelete1) Close all bars at midnight except for those in the 18th & Vine District, keeping those open until 5 am.
ReplyDelete2) Open a Coroner's Sub-Station and Cold Storage facility somewhere in the "East Crossroads" area, for convenience.
3) Organize a KCPD run at about 6 am, o take out the trash and haul it to the above substation.
No need for anything else.
Westport will end up being completely bulldozed and replaced with cheaply built "Modern" big box apartments with gym, a latte shop, pickle ball court and charging luxury rents. Maybe Kelly's will be the last bar standing just for the novelty.
ReplyDeleteKCPD is going to have to recall all retired officers, put them back on duty and say okay the retirement age is now officially 90 until further notice to even start putting a dent in all the shit going on around here.
ReplyDeleteshades of mad max dystopia.
ReplyDeleteAs long as it’s homos and hoodrats who get killed outside that so called security zone there’s no problem here
ReplyDeleteWestport is on a fast track to become the same as the Plaza. A has been.
ReplyDeleteSays the geriatric shut-in who hasn’t been out of the house in decades.
DeleteBaseballs and footballs are not OK, but feel free to bring in your hockey pucks volleyballs and tennis balls.
ReplyDeleteKCMO - The Madhouse of the Midwest
ReplyDeletepretty sure i would not want to be enclosed in a gated westport. or would i.
ReplyDeletebuzzard beach is a stink ass shithole, what else you do in shit ass stinkholes besides tell shitass jokes to folks who run shit ass shitholes like the shitass shithole it is
ReplyDeletedeep cleaning speciality.
ReplyDeleteWestport has sucked for years. The party goers cause more problems after getting drunk then the coons do shooting up the damn place. I don't like driving down there in the day time.
ReplyDeleteWhen you need armed guards to go out on Saturday night and get drunk, it is a sign from God that your town is, like, OVER.
ReplyDeleteWestport is run by Bill Nigro and will always be under a dark cloud until he finally crawls back into his creepy office up in Federal Storage. That dude is vile.
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