Police in Conn. chase outbreak of cockfighting

Boston Globe ^ | March 16, 2009 | Keith O'Brien

[GQuagmire]

WATERBURY, Conn. - From a garage near an abandoned factory in the south end of town, the sound was unmistakable: roosters - lots of them - squawking in the night.

It's an odd noise to hear in the middle of this city, the former brass capital of the world. But police in Waterbury, about 30 miles southwest of Hartford, knew exactly what they were dealing with recently when they gathered outside the squawking garage.

It was another cockfight.

[GQuagmire]

From the article...


"Perhaps more important than Waterbury's geography are its demographics. The city's population, about 108,000, has remained stagnant for nearly 50 years as the brass industry and other manufacturers have shut down. Yet since 1970, Waterbury's Hispanic population has grown nearly eightfold, according to US Census data, from around 3,900 to nearly 30,000."

[listenhillary]

Chasing chickens eh?

[Dr. Ursus]

You can’t be a third world country without the chickens
running around the city.

[Rebelbase]

Tamale!

[Jaxter]

Note to Barney Frank:

Stay home. This is not what you think it is.

[Psalm 73]

Waterbury is a "spiritually ill" city - I live there, I know (our last two mayors are in prison for child rape and organized-crime racketeering, respectively).
Christians are slowly trying to take back this dark place - but it's a battle.

[Joe Boucher]

Ahhh, come on.
It’s just those silly Latin boys engaging in a little cock fighting. Simply a passion for these guys.

Course the cruised battered and bloodied cocks don’t care much for the activities.

[jdfromny]

The best part of the article is the last paragraph:

“It’s a sad ending to a sad story in Waterbury, but not necessarily for everyone in the city. José Duran, a 34-year-old native of the Dominican Republic, said he doesn’t understand what all the fuss is about. He likes cockfights, he said, and doesn’t mind watching them every now and again.

“I don’t feel bad about it,” he said. “It’s just birds, man. That’s all it is: birds.””

PETA’s gonna have their hands full as the libs turn this into a turd world country.

[brushcop]

It’s just those silly Latin boys engaging in a little cock fighting. Simply a passion for these guys.

Exactly right, somewhat like Hispanics firing .45 1911s up in the air on New Year's, Christmas, Cinco de Mayo and Quinceanera celebrations with total disregard for commonsense, it's a "cultural" thing you see.... /SARC!! (for the brain dead on FR w/o a sense of humor)

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

I’m sure its just a bunch a good ole boys is all.

[bobjam]

I thought cockfighting only happened in the uneducated, gun toting, racist, sexist and homophobic South

[Joe Boucher]

Come on brushcop. Shooting .45’s in to the air is not just a Latin passion. From what I’ve heard it is also all the rage in the Mid-east too where life is cheap and when those slugs come down on someones pointed little empty heads, no big deal.

[Past Your Eyes]

Good luck to you. I work with a guy who came from there. Irish.

[brushcop]

You know for some reason I forgot all about that. I would see clips of random firing of AKs in the air and tell my wife, “Look! some videos taken in Mexico!!”.

In Pharr, TX (late 60s) some idiot fired his handgun (a 1911 Colt BTW) in the air to quell the “riot” (a gathering of farm worker protestors), the round ricocheted off a telephone pole crossbar and killed a young boy across the street. Insane.

[AmericanMade1776]

Having passed thru Waterbury on more than One occassion, I can only imagine that the Cockfight Chaos would stand out like a sore thumb on a waiter serving soup.

[Joe Boucher]

Sorry, I’ve been out back shooting geese flying by with my kids Dragonov.

[Liz]

Note to Barney Frank: Stay home. This is not what you think it is.

I hear Barney left a message for Chris Dodd (D-Conn)......that he could not wait to see Dodd's (cough) package.

ROTFLOL.

[brushcop]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! You rascal, any hits? I recommend Spotted Owl myself...try an AR.