8 People Dead and others hospitalized at Travis Scotts Astroworld festival

Drugs plus crowds equals stupid shit like this happening.

Anyone remember the 2000 Pearl Jam incident in Denmark? Maybe not I guess. It was a big deal for a long time. People talked a lot about staying safe in case of a panicked crowd in the "tips and tricks for staying safe while partying" genre of advice, like "never take your eyes off your drink."

And remember where the idea of "shouting fire in a crowded theater" as causing imminent danger comes from.

No other impetus required. Just a bunch of freaked out humans acting dumb.
 
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I've seen people compare this to The Who and other "rock tragedies" and I'm sure there is commonality there. This event strikes me as unique in the tone of it. First off, the crowd was smashing past security barriers from the very start and basically trampling over one another in order to get a good spot in the crowd. That took place during the day before anyone had been killed, I think. And in that footage we see what resembles the typical Black Friday style stampeding of Travis Scott fans. These are people who profess absolute allegiance to social justice and BLM. These are the type of people who have been using social media to browbeat people and virtue signal. And here we see footage of them basically acting like full on subhumans.

They don't appear to display even the basic signs of human empathy or compassion. They look like animals, very seriously. Say what you will about The Who or whatever, it just seems different to me. The way they just keep going with their phones out, while people are screaming, demonstrates the quality of their internal monologue. I find it hard to think of them as human.

I just hate this fucking music and I hate everyone I've seen in these videos. If you told me hundreds had died I'd still feel nothing.
 
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I just can't wait for travis to make a new rap about this event and bragging about his shows being "killer". Also remind me of this quote from MIB in how people act.
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SBG said:
Heard from someone that went that a security guard needed to be given Narcan after he thought he'd been injected with something. So may be a bit more to the story than retards 'trampling' people.
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This. It was a terrorist attack. Somebody was stabbing random people in the neck with a syringe and trying to kill them with a hotshot of fentanyl. Don't listen to the MSM.
 
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Ingmar Aspergman said:
If Jan 6 was 9/11 2.0 is this 9/11 3.0? Or is this the true successor to 9/11 because far more people were actually harmed or killed
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Only neolibs have tried to construct "1/6" as a new 9/11. I think at a certain level it's even hard for normie libs to equate the two beyond shouting that it was "AN ATTACK ON OUR DEMOCRACY", despite what that applying only to what comes afterwards in response. I'm really surprised the PATRIOT Act 2.0 hasn't come yet, but I think it's still likely.
 
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Larry David's Opera Cape said:
Drugs plus crowds equals stupid shit like this happening.
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It's a good idea to stay away from crowds of people doing drugs. If you can't drug test each individual in the crowd, avail yourself of whatever indicator for drug use you find appropriate.

And remember where the idea of "shouting fire in a crowded theater" as causing imminent danger comes from.
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It's "falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic." The dictum doesn't extend to shouting fire if there really is a fire, or trying to control a crowd when it's already panicking. The speech has to be false and it has to result in a panic. And this probably isn't valid case law these days, if it ever was; consult a lawyer before alerting theater-goers to nonexistent conflagrations.
 
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8 dead, hundreds hurt as Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival turns int…

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"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Eight people died Friday night and hundreds of others were injured during the opening night of a popular weekend music festival at NRG Park, authorities said.

It happened at the third-annual Astroworld Festival, a sold-out concert event featuring multiple acts.


The worst of the incident began around 9:15 p.m. when the crowd of approximately 50,000 concert-goers began to move toward the front of the stage, according to Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña.

"The crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage, and people began to panic," Peña said.

The view from SkyEye overhead Friday night showed the heavy police and fire department activity in the area of the event as organizers ended it early. The organizers, rapper Travis Scott and LiveNation, stopped the show when it was apparent that multiple people were hurt, according to Houston Police Chief Troy Finner.

While the most deadly moments happened after 9:30 p.m., Peña said more than 300 patients total had been treated at a field hospital since the event began, including people who were hurt during the worst moments. While names and ages of the casualties weren't known, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said one of those involved as 10-years-old.

Houston Fire Department and Harris County medics transported 23 people to hospitals, 17 of those patients were taken away during the worst of the ordeal, according to Peña, who also said CPR had to be performed on 11 of the victims. HFD had 55 units in-service for the festival, Peña said.

Festival founder Travis Scott, a rapper and Missouri City native was joined on stage by Drake in a surprise appearance

HPD Executive Assistant Chief Larry Satterwhite was on-duty at the festival along with 367 police officers and 241 security officers. He gave his first-hand account during an early morning press conference.

"Once we started having the mass casualty incident, they were starting CPR on several people, and it happened all at once," Satterwhite said. "It seemed like it happened over the course of just a few minutes. Suddenly, we had several people down on the ground experiencing some type of cardiac arrest or some type of medical episode."

Medical transports were already at the park for the multi-day festival, but staff was quickly overwhelmed with injured people, authorities said.

Investigators were dispatched to hospitals Saturday morning in an attempt to identify the victims. The Harris County Medical Examiner's Office will determine how the eight people died.

The rest of the weekend's planned performances were canceled, and the area is now a crime scene as investigators work to find out what exactly happened.

"At some point, the show was stopped when the crowd was surging," Finner said as he noted the event's promoters were cooperating with investigators.
t wasn't yet clear what caused the deaths or injuries. Finner early Saturday shot down any early speculation about the multiple fatalities.

"There are a lot of rumors going around," Finner said. "We have hurting families out here."

A central reunion center was set up at 8686 Kirby Drive near the South Loop at the Wyndham Houston hotel for family members to connect with their loved ones who may have attended the festival. The reunion location is being staffed by personnel from Houston Police, the Houston Fire Department and counselors, authorities said. City leaders urged family members to visit the location if they haven't been in touch with their loved ones who attended the concert.

"If you're a relative, (and your) family member was at this event and you have not spoken to this individual, we have units available to assist," Finner said.

Authorities urged relatives not to attempt to reach the reunion location by phone and said they should come in-person.

"I don't want them calling the hotel," Finner said. "If you can't find your kids, that's where you need to go."

While it was too early to know if the deaths or injuries were the result of criminal activity, Finner said his department investigating any possibilities.

"Until we determine what happened, what caused the surge, we don't know," Finner said. "We will find out. Is there anything criminal? We don't know."

The deadly incident came hours after a massive crowd stormed the perimeter of NRG Park, creating a chaotic situation for security personnel and event staff. Finner said the two events were not related.

Multiple fans were trampled Friday afternoon as hundreds rushed the event's perimeter, knocking down metal detectors and a security screening area. It still wasn't clear Saturday if anyone suffered major injuries during the earlier incident.
The event's 100,000 tickets sold out within an hour of going on sale back in May.

Travis Scott, the popular rapper and organizer, launched the Astroworld Festival in 2018. Like most other large events, it was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic."
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FULL TRAVIS SCOTT ASTROWORLD FEST 2021 HOUSTON TEXAS

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Skip to 20:50 then you can hear someone screaming “HELP” “HELP US”
 
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