Brickbat: Open Carryout

Police have responded to an uptick in gun violence in downtown Denver by banning food trucks on the weekend. Cops say people tend to gather near the food trucks after leaving nearby bars and night clubs. City officials have offered the trucks other places to park, but owners say the proposed locations aren't as good and have less foot traffic.

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[Rick James]

Police have responded to an uptick in gun violence in downtown Denver by banning food trucks on the weekend.

I guess the mayor of Denver hasn't read any of Reason's 'crime way down' series.

[Chumby]

Reason sullumly swears that is what is occurring.

[Zeb]

Just to be pedantic: it is possible that crime is down nationally, but worse in Denver.

[LIBtranslator]

AHA! Zeb's been reading Petr Beckmann's "Elements of Applied Probability Theory." Colorado is where Jesus Caucus whack jobs infiltrating the LP are funneling libertarian party donations away from LP candidates, diverting them to Republican whack job Bobby Kennedy Junior, and smearing the party's name onto the fact! Surely that qualifies as crime occurring nowhere else.

[LIBtranslator]

I saw someone talking about that on teevee.

[Commenter_XY]

Bring back Liz Wolfe! 🙂

How about trying more foot patrols on the streets to deter crime, before banning food trucks.

[Jerry B.]

But then they might have to arrest someone from an oppressed demographic.

[Chumby]

Would you enjoy a Liz Wolfe article on furries where she dresses up in a wolf furry costume?

[Kungpowderfinger]

Not only is deep blue Denver reporting an uptick in violent crime, they’re blaming it on food trucks.

Take that, you clowns.

[Chumby]

Should this trend continue, folks will be moving to safe haven Aurora.

[MatthewSlyfield]

We need common sense food truck control!

[Quicktown Brix]

Dammit! I'm going to miss the Feline Fritters from the Haitian Heat food truck after a night of clubbing...park ducks and geese.

[SQRLSY]

Good one! Fritters of Feline are mighty fine!

The cows on the billboards are saying, "Eat more Feline Fritters, and other crispy critters, butt lay OFF of the beef!"

Take the heat OFF of the beef, or we may be faced with... Cows with Guns!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI

[Chumby]

Have heard that urban squirrel has a queer taste.

[Idaho-Bob]

Queer? More like incel.

[rbike]

Governor Polis? He can save the food trucks. I just know it.

[SQRLSY]

So now the precedent is set... Twatever is being done that co-incides with shootings or other violence, instead of providing more law enforcement, we just OUTLAW twatever attracts the violence!

With the latest run of violent attemps on Dear Leader's life, shit is CLEARLY time to PROHIBIT Dear Leader from appearing in pubic!

[Zeb]

I'll give you credit here for a decent comment that (mostly) isn't written in retard baby talk.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I'm sure brick-and-mortars had nothing to do with this genuine gun violence solution.

[Chumby]

If the police department stops reporting the crime data, then the crimes didn’t occur.

[mad.casual]

... and that's how The Taste of Chicago came to Denver.

[Minadin]

But I was promised that all these various unvetted migrants would bring us more food trucks, not gun violence! Now, it appears the opposite is true?

Who could have known?!

[Zeb]

Mexicans had good food trucks, I don't know about anyone else. Anyway, aren't they mostly run by white hipsters now?

[Minadin]

In Denver? Probably.

[Longtobefree]

They have banned guns, they have banned knives, they have banned food trucks. Nothing worked.
Any chance at all they will get to the point and ban criminals?

[NealAppeal]

Is the Brickbat that they are blaming food trucks...which is Reason's prime example of how the benevolent illegal immigrants will save our economy?

[Brandybuck]

Food trucks don't shoot guns that kill people, people shoot guns that kill people.

[mad.casual]

That is so racist.

[BadLib]

Perhaps Denver should ban people as that seems to be the common factor across instances of crimes.

[AT]

Well, the blue people of Colorado have made it clear that Certain Lives Matter, meaning the cops aren’t allowed to do anything when they engage in crime and mayhem. Same goes for dealing with the border jumping criminals who obey zero laws and eat your housepets.

This is the only option they have remaining. Kudos to them for creativity. Sorry food trucks, you’re going to have to take this one on the chin. Or else you’re racist xenophobes.

Your voters and government have spoken.

[LIBtranslator]

I'm Donald Drumpf and I approve this law abridging the freedom of production and trade.

[AT]

I don't know who Donald Drumpf is.

And I love how you get worked up about "abridging the freedom of production and trade," but apparently have no problem whatsoever with the lead flying around and the cops being made - by left-wing progressive Democrats - completely powerless to do anything about it.

[Uncle Jay]

"Police have responded to an uptick in gun violence in downtown Denver by banning food trucks on the weekend."

Oh, yeah.
There's always been a correlation between gun violence and food trucks.
Just ask any inmate in an insane asylum.

[The Margrave of Azilia]

Let’s not defame the mentally ill. They may be crazy, but they're not stupid enough to fall for that stuff.

[Medulla Oblongata]

Banning food trucks means illegal aliens' primary contribution to society--as I hear tell--will be mooted.

[LIBtranslator]

Never for a moment did Denver Dem Mayor Mike Johnston (son of Ram Johnston?) or his cops consider repealing the laws forcing the bars to close before daylight. Daylight closing keeps obnoxious and rowdy juice freaks off the streets and away from such touristy Sci-fi nightlife attractions as "Day of the Tacos"! Housewives, and jilted MAGA husbands team up to load their loved ones into pickups before the cops come by to load the stragglers into Bail Bond District paddy wagons. Everybody profits from increased political freedom--just not in Denver, land of Jesus Caucus Kennedy ads.

[KiwiDude]

“ after leaving nearby bars and night clubs”

Shirley the right thing to do would be to ban the bars and night clubs

[markm23]

Or ban leaving them after midnight.