Rooster in Review: Racists descend on Put-in-Bay brawl story

It got so racist the police chief had to issue a statement, if that tells you anything.

Last week, I wrote about a story in which three counties surrounding the island of enchantment known as “Put-in-Bay” had to deploy SWAT teams to quell an estimated 20,000 partiers who were accused of massive fights and trying to “take control” of the ferry pier.

The fracas only resulted in two arrests, neither of which were connected to the purported fighting. But that didn’t stop online racists from being vile pieces of trash behind their keyboards.

From Michael Sandlin of wtol.com:

PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — Put-in-Bay-area social media groups have been airing frustrations with the rowdy and unmanageable crowds that led the village's police department to call in SWAT teams from nearby counties to help quell the chaos.

But some in online groups have blasted racist and classist jabs at minority groups, used various slurs against Black people, made references to Jason Aldean's controversial "Try That in a Small Town" song that has been labeled as "pro-lynching" by critics and even said there should be a "white only weekend."

WTOL 11 brought these comments to Put-in-Bay's police chief, James Kimble, who did not mince words.

He made clear that the guests the island sees are from all parts of the Midwest and beyond and that there are no singular groups responsible for all of the trouble. He condemned the commenters who have used the chaos from Saturday as an excuse to post hate speech online.

"No, our department does not stand for it. Our mayor, our council, no one stands for that," Kimble said. "And obviously, me being a man of color, no, we don't tolerate that kind of behavior. If you talk to a business owner or a typical islander, that's not their mindset."

My god. Do you realize how racist things have to get for a police chief to put out a statement like this?

It’s important to remember that, though anonymous, these racist freaks walk amongst us. And not all of them are backwood Neanderthals out of Deliverance. They have jobs like dentists, engineers or middle managers at your favorite local corporation.

But it always amuses me of how these guys are so proud of their race and think they’re so right, that they can’t even put their names on their shitty online opinions. At least that shows that, in their minds, they’re losing.

This week in Ohio Man…

Condolences to this week’s Ohio Man who did nothing wrong other than sitting at the wrong place at the wrong time.

From Mitchell Willetts of yahoo.com:

A man sitting outside an Ohio gas station was beaten by a group of 12 teenagers in a brutal and unprovoked attack, Cleveland officials say.

Surveillance video captured the group arriving at the gas station — on the city’s northeast side — in stolen Kias and Hyundais at about 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 25, city officials said at a news briefing.

Several teens walk up to a man sitting against a wall and unleash a flurry of kicks and punches, video shared by officials shows. The man tries to get away, but more of the group step in, surrounding him, and he’s unable to escape.

At one point, the man is thrown into the air and body slammed onto the parking lot, video shows. Eventually, he’s able to escape by running into the store.

A similar situation happened to me, coincidentally enough, in the summer of 2020, a week after I got my jaw unwired after a month.

I was drinking at the time if you can believe that. My friend had just closed the neighborhood bar, The Patio, and we were locking up outside and talking about how much the neighborhood was changing.

An SUV came around the corner, and a bunch of teenagers jumped out, demanding to know the whereabouts of “Steve.” Neither of our names was Steve. While trying to explain that to the rowdy teenagers, one of them sucker punched me directly where I had broken my jaw.

He didn’t knock me out and thankfully didn’t re-break my jaw, but the mob probably would’ve hospitalized us if my buddy didn’t carry a bowie knife on him at all times like Crocodile Dundee. I haven’t used that joke on him since.

I said it before and I’ll say it again: I discriminate against teenagers of all races, colors and creeds. They are dumb as hell; most of them were raised by YouTube, and none of them know how much they have to lose.

To this day, I will cross the street if I see groups of them meandering on a sidewalk.

This week in The Rooster…

• Issue 1 supporters are getting hilariously pathetic. Like video game bosses on the brink of death, their attacks are getting more deranged and erratic.

• Retiring from alcohol was one of the best decisions of my life. Here’s what abstaining from alcohol for 365 days can do for you, your health and your bank account. (Free for all).

• The shame of Frank LaRose. He’s behaving in a way that would get him instantly canned in the private sector.

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