Weekend of violence has Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce president on damage control

The State ^ | May 26, 2014 | Amanda Kelley

[Fido969]

I'm sure the violence was caused by NRA members, and rich white boys who hadn't “checked their privilege”.

[Gamecock]

The little festival is better known, and advertised as Black Bike Week.

[Gamecock]

Ping

[Farmer Dean]

The mayor’s ass should be in a sling for this.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Edge said additional law enforcement assistance should be used next year.”

So they’re gonna host Black Bike Week again? They’re fools!

[StoneWall Brigade]

Speaking as someone who lives here in Myrtle Beach things where pretty wild.

[StoneWall Brigade]

Black Bike week is backed by the NAACP.

[grania]

Having such a festival is insanity. Memorial Day Weekend is the traditional first summer weekend celebrated by families. What is Myrtle Beach thinking, allowing their resort to become family-unfriendly at that time?

I'd think it would hurt Myrtle Beach all season, when families find somewhere more pleasant to spend a day or a vacation.

[Gamecock]

I wandered through Myrtle Beach for the first time in 30 years one afternoon last summer. I will never go back.

[1Old Pro]

Like others have said, go to Hilton Head, not MB

[Blood of Tyrants]

But it is racist to point out that trouble usually follows large gatherings of blacks.

[aomagrat]

Didn’t there use to be a Harley Bike Week a week before the Black Bike Week? I read a few years ago Myrtle Beach passed some draconian laws aimed at the Harley riders and they quit coming.

[StoneWall Brigade]

Is there a South Carolina Ping List?

[elcid1970]

In order to ban the black bike week, MB banned both that & the Harley event.

FWIW, black bikers mostly ride crotch rockets.

Anyway, as noted, go to Hilton Head Island for a better locale & a much safer stay. Go in the off season when prices, weather, crowds, & traffic are much milder.

[zipper]

Links to the two most telling videos on YouTube:

Myrtle Beach deaths: Fighting, gunshots heard on Youtube video

http://socialscape.postandcourier.com/2014/05/25/myrtle-beach-deaths-youtube/

[wally_bert]

A couple years ago, I pulled a photo gig for the MB marathon. The night before, I drove the main drag and saw all the boarded up hotels.

I also dropped my speed light on some concrete. A small plastic piece broke off but the flash works solid. It is about 10 years old.

I have no real desire to go to MB. It was fun up until the late 80s or so for me.

[Gamecock]

Yup. Managed by upchuck

[StoneWall Brigade]

The Harley Riders sued the city and won.

[oh8eleven]

I read a few years ago Myrtle Beach passed some draconian laws aimed at the Harley riders and they quit coming.
I read (somewhere) that the real target of the "draconian laws" was the black bikers, but the city didn't want to take them head on for fear of lawsuits.