NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) sent a SWAT team to a bar Friday afternoon “after more than two years” of answering calls “concerning fights, assaults and shootings” at the business.
See, this is the problem with militarizing the police! Barney Fife ain't in their playbook. Next we will pre-emptively bomb meth labs with the national guards F 15s. I mean, its not like they've ever killed anyone no-knocking on the wrong house at 3 am before...
Sending in the "twat" team in broad daylight sends a message to all the bad guys. So thinks the "twat" team handlers. Plus, "twat" teams are very expensive and you got-ta jump on anything that might justifies there reason for being. I'm 'a just saying.... Swat teams are like firemen, totally worthless, until you need them. Then they are the best thing in the world!
Parents in Uvalde might disagree with your last statement. As well as countless innocent people who've been swatted and killed by nervous fingered cops on the swat team.
There's a reason for SWAT teams - hostage rescue, on those rare occasions when thugs can't be reasoned with and they _have_ to handle it bloody. But I doubt there's enough of those incidents in the entire 50 states to keep two teams busy, and now every city has one, and many federal departments have several - possibly including the Dept. of Education!
And so the police chiefs keep finding other things to use their SWAT teams for, including arresting people for an office betting pool. And because there are all those fools running around with heavy weapons, at least one person was negligently shot dead for gambling. Worse, the SWAT teams lose their edge doing jobs that Joe Friday and Bill Gannon could easily have handled themselves, and they make mistakes that can be fatal when dealing with an actually armed and dangerous suspect.
Can't fool these law enforcement hombres. The swat team was called in because they thought the bar, which recently ordered an unusual large amount of Bud Lite cans, was the source of the Pentagon's leaked documents.
There was an old Hotel way back in the woods that had a hell of a bar. It was a thriving lumberjack town at one time and was near deserted. The Hotel still operated and man they brought in some great bands back in the sixties. It was rough and tough. I've pulled in and on more than one occasion saw fights on the huge second story porch. Twice I saw men get tagged and over the rail they went bouncing off the cars parked below. There were always fights in the bar or in the dance hall. I loved that place.
Jeez, leave the place alone. Your "more active" bar customers need a place to go and relax. I can guarantee you they would not be welcome at most places in town where dudes with man buns and the like prefer to chase each other, and where underdressed groups of "ladies night" feminists, lesbians and and white male haters gather to laugh too loud and show off their latest cameltoe revealing Yoga pants.
I've been in my fair share of dive bars like that. Fight your way in AND out. There used to be a lot of them around, seem to be going away these days. There used to be a local free newspaper that would have an article every couple years of the areas best dive bars. I would go thru the list and if there were any I hadn't been to, within a couple weeks I would stop in. Some, back in the 80's, were dirt floor beer joints. Why dirt? Didn't have to wash the blood off the floor, just rake it under.
The Southern Comfort in Modesto there on Crow's Landing Road on the outskirts of Modesto used to spread sawdust on the floor Friday and Saturday nights for the blood and the beer. The band stage was behind chicken wire to protect the band from thrown bottles.
One of the more notorious ones in downtown Atl was Annie's, nicknamed Shotgun Annie's due to her keeping a shotgun under the bar in case things got too far out of hand.
Only dive I've been in where there was actual blood on the ceiling.
When I traveled for work, I would always try to find some dive in the local area. Unsurprisingly they are everywhere and sometimes where you wouldn't expect them. Outskirts of upscale neighborhoods, 100 yards from state capitol buildings, even within spitting distance of a police station.
My brother is a drummer and several decades ago he was playing with a country band that played little dives occasionally. He kept a K-Bar in his drum hardware case. He told me they went to one place outside of Nashville and it had chickenwire in front of the stage. He decided that it would be best to find better venues to play in. wildbill
See, this is the problem with militarizing the police! Barney Fife ain't in their playbook. Next we will pre-emptively bomb meth labs with the national guards F 15s. I mean, its not like they've ever killed anyone no-knocking on the wrong house at 3 am before...
ReplyDeleteUsing SWAT to shut down a rowdy bar is an indicator that you may not actually need the SWAT team.
ReplyDeleteSending in the "twat" team in broad daylight sends a message to all the bad guys. So thinks the "twat" team handlers. Plus, "twat" teams are very expensive and you got-ta jump on anything that might justifies there reason for being. I'm 'a just saying.... Swat teams are like firemen, totally worthless, until you need them. Then they are the best thing in the world!
ReplyDeleteParents in Uvalde might disagree with your last statement. As well as countless innocent people who've been swatted and killed by nervous fingered cops on the swat team.
DeleteI have never seen a reason for swat teams.
DeleteThere's a reason for SWAT teams - hostage rescue, on those rare occasions when thugs can't be reasoned with and they _have_ to handle it bloody. But I doubt there's enough of those incidents in the entire 50 states to keep two teams busy, and now every city has one, and many federal departments have several - possibly including the Dept. of Education!
DeleteAnd so the police chiefs keep finding other things to use their SWAT teams for, including arresting people for an office betting pool. And because there are all those fools running around with heavy weapons, at least one person was negligently shot dead for gambling. Worse, the SWAT teams lose their edge doing jobs that Joe Friday and Bill Gannon could easily have handled themselves, and they make mistakes that can be fatal when dealing with an actually armed and dangerous suspect.
Can't fool these law enforcement hombres. The swat team was called in because they thought the bar, which recently ordered an unusual large amount of Bud Lite cans, was the source of the Pentagon's leaked documents.
ReplyDeleteThere was an old Hotel way back in the woods that had a hell of a bar. It was a thriving lumberjack town at one time and was near deserted. The Hotel still operated and man they brought in some great bands back in the sixties. It was rough and tough. I've pulled in and on more than one occasion saw fights on the huge second story porch. Twice I saw men get tagged and over the rail they went bouncing off the cars parked below. There were always fights in the bar or in the dance hall. I loved that place.
ReplyDeleteJeez, leave the place alone. Your "more active" bar customers need a place to go and relax. I can guarantee you they would not be welcome at most places in town where dudes with man buns and the like prefer to chase each other, and where underdressed groups of "ladies night" feminists, lesbians and and white male haters gather to laugh too loud and show off their latest cameltoe revealing Yoga pants.
ReplyDeleteI've been in my fair share of dive bars like that. Fight your way in AND out. There used to be a lot of them around, seem to be going away these days. There used to be a local free newspaper that would have an article every couple years of the areas best dive bars. I would go thru the list and if there were any I hadn't been to, within a couple weeks I would stop in. Some, back in the 80's, were dirt floor beer joints. Why dirt? Didn't have to wash the blood off the floor, just rake it under.
ReplyDeleteGood times.
The Southern Comfort in Modesto there on Crow's Landing Road on the outskirts of Modesto used to spread sawdust on the floor Friday and Saturday nights for the blood and the beer. The band stage was behind chicken wire to protect the band from thrown bottles.
DeleteOne of the more notorious ones in downtown Atl was Annie's, nicknamed Shotgun Annie's due to her keeping a shotgun under the bar in case things got too far out of hand.
DeleteOnly dive I've been in where there was actual blood on the ceiling.
When I traveled for work, I would always try to find some dive in the local area. Unsurprisingly they are everywhere and sometimes where you wouldn't expect them. Outskirts of upscale neighborhoods, 100 yards from state capitol buildings, even within spitting distance of a police station.
Ha! I used to know a Shotgun Annie back in the '80s.
DeleteSounds like the kind of place where they search you for a gun or knife, if you don't have one the loan you one so everyone is more or less equal
ReplyDeleteSteve L.
My brother is a drummer and several decades ago he was playing with a country band that played little dives occasionally. He kept a K-Bar in his drum hardware case. He told me they went to one place outside of Nashville and it had chickenwire in front of the stage. He decided that it would be best to find better venues to play in.
ReplyDeletewildbill