The Magee Police Department issued the following statement.
Dear businesses, citizens and visitors of Magee,
If you weren’t raised to conduct yourself properly in public, Magee will be the place to remind you how to behave. The recent fights at the Sportsplex and at GW and Joe’s are unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Let me be direct. This is not about race. It’s not Black, White, or Hispanic culture. It’s hood culture, and we are not going to entertain it here.
If you cannot act right, I suggest you stay home or visit a city that allows that kind of behavior. In Magee, if you fight, you will be arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Establishments that repeatedly attract this kind of crowd or fail to maintain order risk being shut down. No business is exempt.
Let this be a warning. If your establishment continues to draw violent or disruptive individuals, you are gambling with your livelihood. Protect your business by protecting your environment.
Anyone caught fighting at the Sportsplex will face a one year ban. If the fight happens at a business, it is up to that establishment to take a stand and keep those individuals out.
Some folks don’t believe fat meat is greasy until you show them just how greasy it really is.
Chief Denis J. Borges
Magee Police Department
Kingfish note: Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker issued a similar statement after violence marred Independence Day celebrations:
Hattiesburg, it goes without saying, but I’ll say it: It wasn’t our best weekend. We are fortunate that no one lost their life.
While HPD is doing its part to investigate and hold those responsible for some incredibly reckless and dangerous decisions this weekend, there are a few things I need from you.
We will always endeavor to provide more programming opportunities for all ages as a local government, and our Parks team continues to provide more and more (current available programming is at an all time high). However, the City can’t (and shouldn’t) supervise every young person 24 hours a day. That responsibility starts at home. Know where your kids are. Know who they’re with. Know what they’re doing.
Secondly, to our adults…think about what you’re doing. Poor choices made in seconds can change lives forever. Consider the consequences of your decision before you start arguing with someone over a girl. Think about who might be injured if you decide to start racing your car on a street. Question the wisdom of firing a few rounds in the air. Think through a decision to take aim and shoot fireworks at someone’s house or apartment. Think about where you are hanging out, and don’t put yourself in situations where you might be caught up in other people’s bad behavior. Consider that other people are around you, and they have rights too. Consider that your own family would like you to come home safe, too. Think.
Finally, if you know something, say something. 601-582-STOP is our Crimestoppers line. Yes, we want to find and prosecute those responsible for crimes over the weekend. However, we also want to know where potential problems might be festering.
I know most people in this community care deeply about where we live. Many of the individuals behind this weekend’s trouble aren’t even from Hattiesburg, but we are, and we deserve better.
With a few weeks of summer remaining before school starts, let’s do better. There’s no reason that someone should be injured or worse because a few people made reckless decisions.
Let’s have a better week.
22 comments:
good for them. Stop the crap before it gets out of hand.
The Sportplex fracas I am told involved a white middle-aged woman who engaged the female coach when it was learned she embezzled money that was for the team's baseball trip. Dennis is doing a great job.
I saw this on WLBT's Facebook page and the comments were absolutely ridiculous comparing the word "Hood" to klan hoods. There were other comments regarding racism and the very same people will be wondering where law enforcement is when needed.
@4:23, I like the word "Fracas"! I wish it were used more in our vocabulary.
"This is not about race. It’s not Black, White, or Hispanic culture. It’s hood culture, and we are not going to entertain it here."
No one is saying it so I'm going to. This isn't going away, I don't care how many statements you make, people you arrest, etc. The generation of the violent people involved, whether it's fighting, shooting, etc., were not taught consequences, they were not taught how to communicate their emotions, they were not taught how to respect anyone, nor themselves and they do not care. It's happening everywhere. Period.
Toby Barker is a miracle worker and would make a hell of a Governor.
Hitting "LIKE" button twice.
Talk is cheap. Wait until we see the results.
I love it! If you don’t know how to go out and enjoy yourself stay the hell in your neighborhood! We don’t want you around our families! This is not about race it’s how you conduct yourself in public.Enough, Enough
PS
Don’t not bring that nonsense to Collins either our Covington and Smith County DA’s will make an example of your ignorant ass.
And yes Toby Barker and Chief of Police Hardy Sims of Hattiesburg are kickasses!
Toby Barker is mild mannered but no weenie!
We just want to go out, have fun and be safe! Thanks Chief for having the big ones to say so in print! All cities need to do the same, enough of this nonsense ENOUGH!
And thanks Kingfish for reporting it!
Thanks Chief, now the Judges need to be held accountable.
I think the whole "tolerance" movement needs to be reigned in. I remember the Baltimore Mayor instructing the LEOs to allow protestors to express themselves and that "we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well." Hattiesburg nor Magee are Baltimore and leadership matters.
A community without good judges is like a 3-wheeled wagon on Bonanza. Ben can buy pots and pans, Little Joe can skin a deer but Hop Sing cannot get to the store for vegetables.
The judicial branch is one leg of the stool. If it don't work right, Hoss gonna bust his ass when he sits on it.
"If you cannot act right, stay home or visit a city that allows that kind of behavior". So the Chief was really saying: take this crap to Jackson and keep it out of Magee.
I like fracus, jackassery and balderdash.
I'd be willing to bet that all the ones repeating the same talking points are in fact the hoodrats that would be affected by said policy. You know the dindu nuffins stick together. Meanwhile the rest of us are truly fatigued.
Cogitating on this jackassery, I was struck by the thought that maybe it is a very small % of kids that do this here,there, and everywhere. Maybe the same for big crime actors. Over, and over again. We must restart immediate lock ups. Crime stats while shine.
Seriously, I think public caning would be a useful deterrent and a fair punishment for upsetting the peace and dignity of our public spaces.
@6:22. This times ten although selfishly I would hate for Hattiesburg to lose him. Hattiesburg had been known and recognized as one of America’s best small cities for 50 years until Dupree got elected. An unrepentant race hustler, he spent his tenure hoodifying and ghetto-fying that once great city. Now he didn’t destroy it like a Jackson, but things got worse and he had minimal accomplishments. At best, it was stagnant. He did decades of damage in just a few terms. Fast forward to 2016, Toby is elected, and immediately and rapidly Hattiesburg improves and has been on fire ever since.
Cleveland P.D. and Bolivar County S.O., just a few days ago, busted up a huge mobile-party situation and stopped a virtual overtaking of the city by behavioral thugs.
Folks are coming out of the social media woodwork to thank both agencies for getting a handle on that town's culture (if you will).
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