Started By
Message

re: 6 weeks after opening, the Howell Community Park pool closes after incident involving guns

Posted on 7/29/25 at 6:55 am to
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
73404 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 6:55 am to
quote:

ages of 8 and 12


quote:

with guns


Have the parents sued the city/parish for not allowing their kids to swim yet?
Posted by dupergreenie
Member since May 2014
8930 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 6:56 am to
quote:

Build new nice things, and they get quickly trashed and full of violence and crime. Be forced to close, or it becomes an unkept shite hole because of it and people are racist for "not caring about their park."


And what doesn't help is most municipalities are very understaffed especially in departments like park and rec so getting back to a park/playground to fix issues is delayed especially if a problem takes several people to fix.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
73404 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 6:57 am to
quote:

potential solutions.


hmmm.. maybe enforce the laws already on the books?
Posted by ibldprplgld
Member since Feb 2008
26857 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:03 am to
quote:

Build new nice things, and they get quickly trashed and full of violence and crime. Be forced to close, or it becomes an unkept shite hole because of it and people are racist for "not caring about their park." Don't build the new nice things and be labeled a racist because they don't have new nice things. People should just learn you will be unfairly labeled a racist regardless. Better to just save the money and the headache.


It’s just like the Gentrification and White Flight frickery:

Wypipo move into black neighborhoods, renovate, and start to improve the neighborhood: that’s gentrification and you’re a racist.

Wypipo move to the suburbs and away from blacks: that’s White Flight and you’re racist.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
46158 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:10 am to
this situation is baton rouge in a nutshell

community facility built and paid for by white people in a city-owned park in a black neighborhood, managed and administrated by black people for black people, closes because black people cant behave and the people that work there are afraid for their lives because of the abusive and dangerous bad black behavior

yeah...lets put together a task force to try and uncover the problem here


Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
72563 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:13 am to
quote:

Howell Community Park WAS located at 5509 Winbourne Ave.
FIFY
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
46158 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:25 am to
this is rich

quote:

One woman, who started a petition that gathered more than 100 signatures, said she understands the safety concerns but hopes to see improvements that will bring the pool back. “I do understand the security issues. If you don’t have lifeguards, you can’t have a safe pool. So, I get that, and I look forward to them putting in place measures and policies to improve the safety here so we can reopen,” said Tebbe Jackson.
THEM? you look forward to others solving the problem of black behavior in a public place?

hilarious
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
73404 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:27 am to
maybe "them" should be the kids' parents?
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
76464 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:34 am to
quote:

I look forward to them putting in place measures and policies to improve the safety here so we can reopen
What measures and policies does she recommend?

Let’s hear them.
Posted by Bullfrog
Running Through the Wet Grass
Member since Jul 2010
60249 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:36 am to
I think they were looking at adding a second fence, like a medium security detention center. Razor wire on top.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
76464 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:37 am to
quote:

I think they were looking at adding a second fence, like a medium security detention center. Razor wire on top.
Include a moat between the two fences, could double as a lazy river.
Posted by TigerBogue
Red State, USA
Member since May 2006
987 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:43 am to
Save the money. Those Dindus are animals!
Posted by lsu xman
Member since Oct 2006
16669 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:44 am to
Winbourne Ave was all I need to see to know the outcome.
Posted by terriblegreen
Souf Badden Rewage
Member since Aug 2011
11815 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:46 am to
I used to be a member of Kennilworth Pool when the kids were little. Not one gun was ever brandished.

Worst thing that ever happened is a kid shite in the pool.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
12627 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:51 am to
quote:

hmmm.. maybe enforce the laws already on the books?


Real question... how do you handle an 8yr old with a gun? A 12yr old?

It is stunning the criminality that is showing up in younger and younger age groups- I don't think society has a solution for that yet.

Yes, you can remove them from their mother- but I doubt grandma or auntie is going to be much better.
Posted by Proximo
Member since Aug 2011
21910 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 7:52 am to
There is no hope for them
Posted by DarkDrifter
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2011
4914 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:08 am to
What they need a pool for??
Posted by oleheat
Sportsman's Paradise
Member since Mar 2007
14482 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:09 am to
quote:

Between 8 and 12. With guns.


"We need to close the gun show loophole!"









I'm getting so sick of these dumb commie MFers blaming everyone except the guilty.

Uh, kindly go to Hell.
Posted by N2cars
Close by
Member since Feb 2008
37867 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:10 am to
quote:

Razor wire on top.


Should coat it with anti-coagulant
Posted by Traveler
I'm not late-I'm early for tomorrow
Member since Sep 2003
26072 posts
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:13 am to
Back in '66 someone planted a bomb at the pool at Howell Park (Webb Park as well) and caused a lot of damage. Instead of repairing it, they should have gone ahead and filled it and that would have taken care of the problems they have today.

eta: Does Webb Park still have a pool?
This post was edited on 7/29/25 at 8:17 am
first pageprev pagePage 6 of 8Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on X, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookXInstagram