Posted on 04/08/2013 9:24:21 PM PDT by mykroar
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two women and a teenage boy were arrested Sunday afternoon after a series of fights marred Free Day at the Kansas City Zoo.
Kansas City, Missouri Police arrested 40-year old Minnie Davidson for resisting arrest. Another woman, Drucilla Davidson, 20, and a 15-year old boy were both charged with assault on a police officer.
The largest fight took place at closing time in the parking lot near the main entrance. But Mary Summers from Independence, Mo., told FOX 4 there was also a huge brawl earlier in the day in the Africa section of the zoo.
“Somebody yelled, ‘Gun!’ and that’s when I just threw my kids underneath the bench and threw myself on top of them,” Summers said.
It began with two groups in their late teens and early twenties flashing gang signs at each other.
“One guy just swung and hit the one guy and that’s when the two groups came together and they started fighting,” Summers said.
The fights took place on one of the zoo’s busiest days of the year. More than 29,000 visitors showed up to take advantage of Free Day for Jackson and Clay County residents.
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The term "zoo day" seems very apropos!
At The Zoo
by Simon and Garfunkel
Someone told me
It’s all happening at the zoo.
I do believe it,
I do believe it’s true.
Mmmmm. Mmmmm. Whoooa. Mmmmm.
It’s a light and tumble journey
From the East Side to the park;
Just a fine and fancy ramble
To the zoo.
But you can take the crosstown bus
If it’s raining or it’s cold,
And the animals will love it
If you do.
If you do.
Something tells me
It’s all happening at the zoo.
I do believe it,
I do believe it’s true.
Mmmmm. Mmmmm. Whoooa. Mmmmm.
The monkeys stand for honesty,
Giraffes are insincere,
And the elephants are kindly but
They’re dumb.
Orangutans are skeptical
Of changes in their cages,
And the zookeeper is very fond of rum.
Zebras are reactionaries,
Antelopes are missionaries,
Pigeons plot in secrecy,
And hamsters turn on frequently.
What a gas! You gotta come and see
At the zoo.
At the zoo.
At the zoo.
At the zoo.
At the zoo.
At the zoo.
At the zoo.
At the zoo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg0IIZGdmJI
This would make for great bumper music for Feral Amish Updates!
(from the article)
The fights took place on one of the zoo’s busiest days of the year. More than 29,000 visitors showed up to take advantage of Free Day for Jackson and Clay County residents.
The zoo offers free day four times a year for those residents because voters in those two counties passed a sales tax to subsidize zoo operations.
So, in a way I am correct. Zoo welfare.
Finally.... a real reason for monkeys to throw poop at visitors.
Well.... for those who don’t pay sales tax because everything they have is stolen.... yes.
Yeah. They deserve "free" days.
After all, those sales taxes on EBT and SNAP cards are heavy lifting, man. They are really carrying the freight for us other yokels who actually get up in the morning and go to work at a job!!
The gorillas sat in their public housing, looking out with their paranoid eyes.
“One of these days, I hope National Review and Rich Lowry have the courage to apologize to John Derbyshire after firing him for his common sense essay about racial violence.”
FWIW, I cancelled my subscription to NR over that and I let them know why. I had been a subscriber for over 10 years. The response? Crickets...
I got the hint.
And that should be the last of “free” day which really isn’t free anyhow. The rest of the paying visitors cover the cost with higher admission the rest of the year...and now that cost is higher with the added cost of the disturbance.
Does no one understand that socialism does not work. Want to go to the zoo, work and save your money. Or at least save if you are on the public dole.
Wow, what a concept. They would have to be behind glass though. Think I saw somewhere that was tried and they threw feces at the people walking through.
Let me see if I am following this correctly.
Voters from 2 counties voted FOR subsidies so they get 4 free days a year.
Would think if they charged for the 4 days probably wouldn’t need the subsidy BUT the crowd that showed up probably wouldn’t be there if they had to pay anyway.
NOW, assuming the people that voted didn’t have to show ID, and if it was restricted to 2 counties doesn’t that mean that they would have to show some kind of ID to prove they lived in one of the counties, BUT it is demeaning to have them show an ID to vote...
Guess that works for me.....
Global warming is to blame.
Deadbeat day. There for the Free Stuff. A shiftless underclass that is a permanent drag on the economy and a sickness at the heart of our social fabric. Our punishment for the historical crime of slavery.
Re: “The historical crime of slavery.”
Can I get “The Innocence Project” to appeal my life sentence?
Both of my great-grandfathers were Lutheran ministers, both were Illinois farmers, both voted for Lincoln, and both were wounded in the Civil War.
Whoops.
Meant great-great-grandfathers.
As does “Free”.
Yeah, yeah...pullin’ that logic card again.
flashing gang signs... right there, black ferals, confirmed.
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