skateboy
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Scott's career is likely over now. Or, at least greatly diminished.
It is a lower blow defending someone who was warned prior to the concert about the safety of his fans who still went ahead with the concert.
According to The New York Post, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner visited the rapper in his trailer to ‘voice his concerns’ about the crowd.
My Uber driver yesterday was telling me about it since he was there. And what you stated is exactly what he said too. There was no medical staff ready available or even knowing what to do ("Where do I check for a pulse?"). He saw it up close too. I'm glad I'm too old for that concert stuff. I also avoid Black Fridays at Walmart. Little good can come from any stampede.People at the event (with a medical background) said that the medical staff was non-existent, untrained, and didn't have the necessary supplies. So I am skeptical that they made significant changes.
As Variety previously reported, the combination of Scott’s chosen set time and a countdown clock may have contributed to the frenzy and confusion as throngs of fans eager to catch his set ran from one end of the grounds to another. Scott’s stage banter, encouraging all in attendance to “rage” and make the ground shake, along with the Drake cameo, seemingly amplified the already energized crowd to the point where people were being shoved, trampled and otherwise injured.
The fateful decision, however, was in having Scott scheduled to go on 45 minutes after SZA’s performance wrapped, as opposed to overlapping slightly with her set or even beginning just as it ended at 8 p.m. It’s what live music professionals call “spreading the field,” and it’s a key facet of crowd control at a large-scale event like a music festival.
I hope that these ladies weren't that uncaring or as callous as this sounds. But in fairness to Kylie, she is pregnant, so they were probably trying to get her out of there safely.I'm not sure what they really could have done in the situation, but there are reports of Kylie and Kendall Jenner walking past multiple people lying on the ground receiving medical attention, while being escorted by multiple bodyguards, then claiming they had no idea that anything had happened.
Absent a court order, police departments do not have the power to stop concerts before they take place. They do have the power to make arrests where they have probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed. Inasmuch as the concert hadn't happened yet, he most likely did not have probable cause.I assume that if the police chief thought that lives were in danger, he had the power to stop the concert. As opposed to limiting his actions to "voicing concern".
Travis Scott is the creator and a producer of the concert. He's not just an act that was hired to perform.Travis Scott's job is to perform a concert. Producers and agents and other people who work for him book his venues and deal with all logistical matters, including safety matters.