What's up with all the violence at McCarren Park & Pool

[hilltopjay]

Originally Posted by deevel79

The thing is, I myself and i'm sure many of the "civilized" citizens who attend the pool wouldnt mind paying a membership fee in order to enjoy the facility without having the animals ruin their day.

Exactly right. Charge an entrance fee of $10-$20 which may be enough money to deter ghetto people from coming to the pool and causing drama and acting like they "run" the facility.

Cause we all know the ghetto mentality of "we run this block" mindset that ghetto people subscribe to. It's no different. I wouldn't be surprised if these ghetto people go to this pool and try to "take over" because they're with a crew having a "good time".

[Gee1995]

Originally Posted by Wes927

Unfortunately, it's political in the real world because those losers and thugs have the right to vote.....

Uh, do you really think thugs vote? Perhaps a few but I think most of them have other concerns! For one thing convicted felons cannot vote. (Not to say that thug automatically = felon but in the Venn diagram of these two groups I think it's safe to say they probably overlap more than, for example, Upper East side housewives and felons.)

[Jaydata]

Originally Posted by hilltopjay

Exactly right. Charge an entrance fee of $10-$20 which may be enough money to deter ghetto people from coming to the pool and causing drama and acting like they "run" the facility.

Cause we all know the ghetto mentality of "we run this block" mindset that ghetto people subscribe to. It's no different. I wouldn't be surprised if these ghetto people go to this pool and try to "take over" because they're with a crew having a "good time".

So.. your solution is chopping off the arm to cure a small cut on your hand? Not all the poor people
are acting ghetto, It's just small group of trouble makers. $10-$20 entrance fee basically deter most
of the decent poor kids in the neighborhood from using the pool as well.

Maybe they can setup some kind of ID for using the pool, once a person breaks the rule, they are
permanently ban from ever using the pool again. That will clean up their act in no time if they
still want to hang out there.

[11KAP]

just a few rowdy people. no cause
for alarm. the police handled it.

[ShadowMassa]

charging 10-15$ seems like a good idea. Many people who live within the area, both neighborhoods, who I spoken too agree with this.

[Henna]

Originally Posted by queensgrl

I've heard that there are no problems at the Betsy Kay pool in Brownsville. It's a poor area with people of color who are behaving. Just because you have some idiots at McCarren doesn't mean they ALL behave that way. Jeez ...
There's something else amiss at McCarren.

I couldn't find a Betsy Kay pool in Brownsville, but there is a Betsy Head Pool there.

I would NEVER go there after this popped up in my search. (Not that I would travel all the way to a bad area of Brooklyn to go swimming anyway...but still.)


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