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  1. Jan 2022
  2. Nov 2021
    1. Shortly after the 9 a.m. start of the November 5 festival, spectators had already breached the main gate, the handwritten logs obtained by CNN on Friday show.

      More people got in then the people that bought tickets

    1. Before Scott took to the stage, local news teams filmed fans bursting through gates and bypassing security checkpoints.

      That is why it was probably more then the estimated number because people stormed in.

    2. In 2015, he was charged with disorderly conduct after encouraging fans in Chicago to ignore security and rush the stage.

      He is known for not paying attention to what his fans are saying.

    3. "Who asked you to stop? Y'all know what y'all came to do - chase me, let's go."

      People only say stop because someone needs help not just to say it. He should have paid better attention.

    4. "Any time I could make out anything that's going on, I just stopped the show and helped them get the help they need," he said. "I could just never imagine the severity of the situation."

      But were people telling him what was actually going on? So that he could decide to end the show or not

    1. “They’re trying to blame drugs. And I will level with you, I don’t think this was caused by drug use,” Eskins said. “Could it have been a contributing factor? Sure. Will they find drugs in the bodies of those passed away? Maybe. But people were getting suffocated. People were getting trampled. A lot of these trauma-based injuries. One dude had his face smashed in. He was bleeding from his nose, face, and mouth. Which I guess drugs can cause, but so can getting trampled.”

      Blame can not be put on the victims because they were just trying to have fun and it did not contribute to their death.

    2. During a news conference on Saturday, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said that one security officer was given Narcan and revived after being “pricked” by something that medical staff said was consistent with a needle.

      Even the workers weren't safe.

    3. Harris, who has shot music festivals over the past 12 years, added of the Astroworld crowd, “They were the most aggressive fans I’ve ever seen at a festival.”

      She has 12 years of experience and felt unsafe hear which says something

    4. I had texted my photo editor at 9:30 and basically told her I wasn’t coming back for the second day because I didn’t feel there were too many safety concerns while I was there.”

      There were concerns all day and people just as photographers that should be kept safe and have their own private spaces, were worried about their security.

    5. inform the cameraperson that people needed help

      did the cameraperson not care or where they not able to do anything about the problem because they could not contact security.

    6. Someone then crowd-surfed Eskins to a security guard while she was still unconscious; she came to in what she believed to be a VIP area that was filling up with unconscious festival-goers.

      Did they not have spaces for emergencies? OR had it overflowed and they had to use VIP spaces for the injured?

    7. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said on Saturday that 528 police officers were working at the festival and 755 private security officers provided by Astroworld organizers Live Nation were also in attendance.

      Were they posted in places people could easily find them?

    8. “I turned to pick him up, and I could hear him screaming for help. The music hadn’t started yet. And then the crowd just moved me, and I saw a wave of people just walk over him.”

      Did people not see others on the floor or did the chooses to ignore those on the floor?

    9. “The crowd was moving so violently that people fell on top of us, and when they fell, people fell on top of them. There was layers and layers and layers of people falling,”

      People on the bottom getting suffocated and people on top getting stepped on.

    1. security officer who told police that he felt a prick in his neck during the chaos and lost consciousness while being examined by first responders.

      could have been given drugs on accident or purpose.

    2. He said some people tried to help those who were passed out on the ground, while other concertgoers seemed to ignore them and continued watching the show.

      did people just not care?

    3. “Everyone was passing out around you, and everyone was trying to help each other. But you just couldn’t move. You couldn’t do anything. You can’t even pick your arms up,”

      so crowded

    4. “It may well be that this tragedy is the result of unpredictable events, of circumstances coming together that couldn’t possibly have been avoided,” said Judge Lina Hidalgo, Harris County’s top elected official. “But until we determine that, I will ask the tough questions.”

      They say it could have been things that couldn't be avoided but they could have been avoided by being more careful and aware.

    5. Ms. Goods said she was so desperate to get out that she bit a man on the shoulder to get him to move.

      People were scared and did what they had to to get out but it could have caused more damage.

    1. The show continues moments later.Again, Scott calls on the audience to make the "earth quake,"

      he already acknowledged people were getting hurt but wasn't doing anything to prevent it or to change.

    2. "We need somebody to help, somebody passed out right here. ... Don't touch him, don't touch him, everybody just back up. Security, somebody help, jump in real quick,"

      example of him actually helping

    3. : "There's an ambulance in the ... whoah whoah,"

      He saw what was happening but did not try to help. He acknowledges but keeps moving. Doesn't tell people to move or anything.

    1. Houston officials did not immediately release the victims’ names or the cause of death, but family and friends began to name their loved ones.

      why did they not want to release the names?

    2. “I picked him up. People were stepping on him. People were like stomping, and I picked his head up and I looked at his eyes, and his eyes were just white, rolled back to the back of his head,” he said.

      People ignored injured not just Travis

    3. “never seen a time with more challenges facing citizens of all ages, to include a global pandemic and social tension throughout the nation.”

      There were many different kinds of concerns when it came to the concert.

    4. The chief of the Houston Police personally visited Travis Scott

      He was visited by law enforcement to talk about the event because they were already worried about having to many people at the concert.

  3. Oct 2021
    1. “It should have been a simple thing. Turns out, we now know that they had a list they could have just handed over. Instead they played a game.”

      Politics almost always make things more difficult then they need to because they want to remain in power and try to stomp the voice of the people more and more.

    2. Demonstrators used those numbers to identify officers they felt were using unnecessary force.

      This necessity to use these numbers to find the people who are being to violent or scary is what makes it scary. It shouldn't need to happen and it wouldn't happen if police officers were just there to help not to create violence.

    3. Portland police officers began concealing their names and badge numbers in June 2020 while responding to protests, citing worries over officers’ privacy and safety.

      They are worried about the police officers, who have the weapons and protection, but what about the protestors who have come to protest the right for people of color to live and not be treated differently. What about the protestors who got injuries or ended up in hospitals. Thinking about the police officers should show the how people are prioritizing them and how they are scared of protestors who have not done anything.

    4. 2020 social justice protests.

      The 2020 protests were huge in Portland and got a lot of attention. It was scary and horrible to watch because there was so much violence that summer.

    1. More than half of the residents living in the San Francisco Bay Area say they are considering moving out of the area permanently,

      The amount of people in the bay area is very high so if half the population is thinking about leaving, what will happen to the city life, economy, etc., in the city?

    1. The Zodiac Killer, who was never caught, gained notoriety by writing letters to police and local media boasting of the killings up until 1974. Claiming to have killed as many as 37 people, he also wrote some letters in code and included bloody bits of clothing to use as proof of the acts.

      He is known for his coded letters that have not been decoded to this day. But one of the biggest questions is why did he stop?

    2. RPD public information officer Ryan Railsback said the Zodiac Killer is definitely not the person responsible for the death of Bates.

      How do they know it wasn't the zodiac killer.

    3. The Case Breakers also said in the release that the man is responsible for the 1966 killing of Cheri Jo Bates in Riverside County, California.

      Not one of the victims that he has been connected with before. New victim that was apparently connected to him.

    4. The Zodiac Killer is believed to be responsible for at least five murders in Northern California from 1968 to 1969.

      Suspected to have killed more and he claimed to have killed over 30 women.

    5. They named the man in the release, saying they believe he passed away in 2018. Read More

      It is going to be hard to officially accept this theory if he cant be interrogated

    6. Law enforcement agencies said they are still investigating the Zodiac Killer

      News came out that the zodiac killer was caught but the FBI and other law enforcement agencies are still investigating and have not accepted the claim.