The "deadly Music Festival" in the United States is becoming more and more intense.
On November 5 local time, at a music festival concert in Houston, Texas, countless people who didn't buy tickets broke through the VIP entrance, crowded the scene, and even had a serious stampede accident.
During the push, 8 people died, all aged 14 to 27, more than 300 were injured, and the youngest was only 10 years old... According to the associated press, this is the most serious stampede and performance safety accident in the United States since 2003.
At present, the American rapper Travis Scott, who performed on the stage that day, and the performance organizer live nation, have been sued for "inciting the crowd" and claimed US $1 million (US $1, about 6.4 yuan).
Subsequently, netizens brushed the topic of "resisting Travis Scott" on twitter. A local popular online game deleted the roles and contents related to Scott, and the FBI also announced its involvement in investigating the accident.
Incite fans and never change, crazy Scott is to blame for the disaster. The frequent occurrence of "lethal concerts" in the United States in recent years may have something to do with the loopholes in management and emergency response of relevant local departments.
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Suffocating "deadly concert"
This music festival called "astronomical world" was initiated by Scott and others in 2018. In recent years, it has attracted a large number of young audiences. On the day of the stampede, tens of thousands of people gathered in NRG park.
According to the description of the audience, the crowd became more and more crowded a few minutes before Scott's performance; After the performance began, some people were pushed unconscious, and others were screaming in panic. "I was almost squashed by the crowd and felt out of breath. I began to shout for help... I was so scared that I felt like I was dying."
Houston fire department director Sam pennia responded on the morning of the 6th that the audience "began to rush to the front of the stage for no reason, causing the people in front to be squeezed".
The scene of the stampede accident at the concert was chaotic.
The cause of the accident is unclear, and what's worse, the emergency measures are not in place.
A live audience later wrote that after a girl fell to the ground due to a stampede accident, two medical staff came to the scene, "they acted very amateur and seemed to know nothing. One of them left the scene directly, and the other screamed in panic and asked if anyone would CPR..."
It happened that the audience had a medical background and shouted, "get an AED, or give me an artificial respiration mask." but the medical staff stood still because they didn't wear breathing balloons, AEDs, or even gloves
In the end, the girl couldn't be rescued. "I watched a girl die in front of me because these medical staff were completely unprepared."
Houston mayor Sylvester Turner said that as of the evening of the 6th, 13 people were still hospitalized, including 5 patients under the age of 18. Local judge Lina Hidalgo strongly condemned that "it is unacceptable to attend the concert but not return home safely."
In the face of all this, Scott responded lightly on twitter that he was "very sad about what happened last night".
·American rapper Scott.
This obviously can not bring the slightest comfort to the injured audience and their families.
A family member of the victims accused Scott. At the time of the incident, the audience shouted to stop the performance, but he did not do so, but allowed the "blood robbery" to happen, and the event organizers should be responsible for it.
Another lawyer entrusted by the injured audience also issued a statement on the 7th, accusing Scott and others of seeing the ambulance enter after the accident, but still continuing to perform.
The "astronomical world" Music Festival was not held for the first time, and Scott was not a newcomer without field control experience. Therefore, their performance after the accident made the American people more angry. Some people even use "murderer" to describe Scott, saying that he doesn't care about the lives of the audience. After all, this is not the first time he advocated violence at a concert
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Crazy singer with a lot of criminal records
People who know a little about European and American entertainment and fashion circles may not be unfamiliar with Scott's name.
He was born in Texas in 1992. His original name was Jacques Webster. His father founded an advertising company and was a drummer. His grandfather made great achievements in the medical field and was also a jazz writer.
Growing up in such a family, Scott also had some musical talent. He later fell in love with rap and hip-hop music. At the age of 16, he began to plan a band. He became a little famous after releasing his first EP record the Gradustes EP.
However, when he dropped out of the University of Texas at the age of 19 to concentrate on music, his band friends withdrew one after another. But not long after the trough period, he was occasionally appreciated by singer T.I., who was regarded as the "king of rap in the south of the United States", and joined the record company he founded.
After that, Scott's road to fame is a smooth road: he has produced many brainwashing divine songs, won the champion of the billboard top 100 single list for many times, and was shortlisted for the Grammy best rap performance. Therefore, he has become a hot star in the hip-hop circle in recent years.
Another identity that let Scott out of the circle is: "the father of the daughter of the topic queen Kylie Jenner".
Jin Xiaomei is a member of the Kardashian family and is a super Internet star in European and American circles. Many years ago, she met Scott at a music festival, fell in love quickly, and gave birth to a daughter. However, the vigorous love ended soon. The two officials announced their breakup. At that time, they were connected to twitter hot search.
·Scott (left) and Jin Xiaomei show up with their children.
With his works and fame, Scott's concerts were almost full. But instead of guiding his fans positively, he often incites the audience to make crazy moves at concerts.
Scott once encouraged an audience to jump from a high platform at a concert: "I see you. Do you want to jump? They (the audience under the platform) will catch you. Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!" then the fan really jumped down
This style of conduct has actually brought bad consequences for a long time. In 2017, a fan went to New York to watch Scott's concert. He was frantically crowded to the edge of the platform by the crowd. Finally, he fell off the three-story platform, resulting in multiple fractures and spinal injuries, resulting in lifelong paralysis.
The fan later recalled that after falling down, the security guard carried him away like a potato bag. There was no neck support or support plate. "If Scott could learn from past accidents and change his reckless attitude of inciting the crowd, it might be avoided."
However, in the face of doubt and criticism, Scott not only did not reflect on himself, but was proud.
Also in 2017, when Scott toured in Arkansas, the fans' emotions were too high. The police had to stop the performance and arrested Scott on charges of disturbing social security and causing riots. Surprisingly, Scott took his jailed file photos as his design inspiration and launched a T-shirt called "free the rage", which was sold in the market and made a lot of money.
·Scott's "free the rage" T-shirt.
In 2018, he released the song "stargazing". The lyrics are still very provocative: "it ain't a most pit if ain't no injuries, I got 'em stage divin' out of the nosebleeds."
Tragedies continue, but the United States does not have a long memory
In fact, there have been many accidents at large-scale events in the United States in recent years. There are many concert accidents alone.
In mid August 2011, at a concert in Indianapolis, the wind blew down the scaffold supporting the stage, killing 5 people and wounding 45 others; At the end of May 2016, a shooting incident occurred at a concert site in New York, USA, injuring three people; Only half a month later, the singer who won the third place in the finals of the good voice of America was shot and killed at the concert
And the blockbuster Las Vegas shooting. In October 2017, a gunman named "padoc" fired random shots at a concert in Las Vegas, killing 59 people and wounding more than 500.
Local police said that padoc continued to fire for 9 to 11 minutes. Police officers found 23 guns in the hotel room, of which 12 were equipped with impact butt, so that semi-automatic rifles can be fired at high speed at a speed close to full-automatic speed.
Another media reported that padoc was "more ambitious" and wanted to attack the previous large-scale open-air concert called "life is beautiful", but he changed his plan because the nearby hotel had been booked out. If his plan does not change, I'm afraid it will cause more casualties
·Padoc strafed the concert from the tall building.
However, the relevant departments in charge of the United States have not been vigilant because of these past tragedies.
Shortly before the stampede, a concert was being held in a banquet hall in the northwest of Miami Dade County, Florida. Suddenly, three people got down from a white vehicle and shot at the crowd with rifles and pistols, resulting in two deaths and more than 20 injuries. Three gunmen then drove away from the scene.
It can be said that Scott's "deadly concert" is just a microcosm of such chaos in the United States. Behind the chaos, performers, organizers and relevant management departments have unshirkable responsibilities.
Some people have analyzed similar large-scale crisis events from the perspective of criminal psychology, pointing at the people who stand on the stage and guide the audience - the performers on the stage may indirectly encourage the audience's behavior through body language.
Specifically, there is a large display screen in the concert. If the performer repeatedly looks at and smiles at the audience in a certain area, the audience will make relevant reactions after receiving induction. Stamping is a common collective feedback behavior in an extremely noisy environment. At this time, if the performer continues to give "instructions", the audience and fans in a certain area may step on it desperately, Thus causing danger.
Scott has repeatedly asked the audience to look through the railing and rush to the stage at concerts and music festivals: "if you are my real powder, climb over the fence right away, come on, turn over!" "I want Carnival! I want chaos!" "all the security guards in green stand back." he also encouraged the audience to stand up with him and point their middle fingers to the security personnel.
For entertainers with long-standing criminal records, it is probably a loophole that can not be ignored that the United States takes it lightly and lets it go. In addition, the serious gun problem in the United States has exacerbated the potential safety hazards of holding large-scale events in public places. The emergency measures after the accident also challenge the bottom line of the American people again and again.
Countless lives have passed away, countless families are suffering, "life-threatening concerts" are still happening. When can the United States learn to fear from tragedy?