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Sudetenland Tales
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Despite the weekend bullchip, Police Chief Colonel Teresa Theetge defended the city, calling it "generally safe."
"You can bring your family down and walk all around downtown and know that nothing's going to happen to you," she said.
It’s absolutely amazing how public officials have adopted a standardized pattern of officially stating the opposite of what the people have seen and heard with their eyes and ears. One might only suppose that they do this because they have found out that it works well for their jobbies.
Justin Karp owns “Main Auction Galleries,” next door to Koch's store. His family has owned that business for 150 years, 80 of which have been spent at the location on Fourth Street.
He denounced the assault, saying violence is never the answer.
"I don't know how it started, but I do know that there was a big fight," he said. "A couple of White people were severely outnumbered, and people would rather, I guess, film than help, like the police do. Is that really the best solution?"
Disappointed, he described the fight as a "poor reflection" on the city.
"When you think of ‘Jazz Fest’ now, that's what they're going to think about, not the 70,000 people coming here for music and