(07-13-2009, 07:57 PM)cathb Wrote:

(07-13-2009, 06:22 PM)VAMPS + American Street Team + Wrote:

(07-13-2009, 06:17 PM)Tokio Wrote: Is there something wrong with LAPD? I'm not familiar with them, but I don't understand why it would be a problem to have police at the show. There would probably only be a couple, and they would probably only do something if fans got out of hand.

I don't think they'd care about the general pushing/shoving/jumping, so the concert wouldn't be "classical like." I'm sure they're not stupid and would know it's a concert so they wouldn't try to stop normal behavior. Only illegal behavior and stop fans attacking other fans.

Isn't it normal to have police at an event that could get out of control? 1,000 attention starved fangirls can be dangerous.

At least police have the authority (and guts hopefully) to do something if fans start getting violent.

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Exactly! However, the L.A.P.D have a bad rep because of reports of "police brutality" (i.e. Rodney King case back in the early 90s) and such. I mean, obviously not ALL L.A.P.D officers are that way - some can be jerks and others are decent. I'd assume a-hole cops and nice cops exist in EVERY department. It's just with the reports of police brutality and other issues more recently, people tend to have a negative view of the officers.

Hhhmmmmm......kind of like VAMPS has a-hole fans and nice fans. Hopefully the west coast shows will be full of the nice fans.