People Wait For Tomorrow's UWS Apple Store Opening
Giuliani Livid Over Bringing 9/11 Trials to NYC
FIT Students Busted For Drug Dealing Get Probation
Oreo The Dog Is Dead, Blame Game Is Not
Pregnant Woman And Two Men Shot In Clinton Hill Drive-By
Yikes! A woman is suing Dewey's Flatiron bar after no one from the bar tried to stop someone from attacking her. Back on September 4, Jillian Tyler and a friend went to Dewey's on Fifth Avenue, and the friend ran into "rival" Keisha Morrison. Tyler says she didn't know Morrison, but that didn't stop Morrison from punching her for minutes and slashing her so badly that she needed 100 stitches.
Morrison was charged with first-degree assault; Tyler told the Daily News, "I felt like I was being chopped up on the chopping board. She got me good." And she added that the bouncers "could not have cared less." And Tyler's attorney says, "We understand that fights happen in bars. But what should never be the case is for a fight to be as prolonged or brutal as it was." Hmm, that is strange, but maybe the bouncers didn't want to get hurt. Or maybe they wanted to watched a girl-on-girl fight. But you'd think that a bar might expect a lawsuit if they don't come to the aid of their patrons when they get injured. Oh, wait, what are we thinking?
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
tweet this
post to facebook
What's the fucking point of having bouncers if they won't break up fights for fear of getting hurt?!?!?!?!
"rival"? What fucking year is this? What's next, a showdown at high noon? "This town ain't big enough fer the two of us!"
Dewey's Flatiron has Bouncers?? Really?
Not really a regular, buy I Never noticed any bouncers there.
you'd think the bouncers would want to intercede to get to second base for the night
i think there is some sort of complicating factor with bouncers and insurance policies for bars - not sure the exact details, but i think if bouncers get involved in fights, bars can lose their insurance.
Plain old humanity would dictate that if you see somebody slashing somebody else that you try and stop it (There are ways of protecting oneself in the process). Watching two girls pull their hair is one thing but not if one of them has a blade and is going after the other's face.
bounders are usually hired from a security agency and not affiliated with the bar/club. I have a friend who used bounce and i remember him saying that "it's not in their job description to break up a fight if weapons are being used, only punching."
i can understand that, but who in charge of checking for weapons at the door? and what's considered a weapon?
anything sharp including pens?
I challenge you to a rootin tootin shoot out at sundown cowboy..ye hawww! meet me in front with your guns a blazin..i'll be there with my six shooter..and remember "Don't squat with your spurs on.."
Whenever alcohol is part of the equation, the story never ends well...
While I agree with her lawsuit against the bar . The principle of this situation is, You can't go to a bar and expect the club security to provide [100]% protection when your in there establishment . It's like crossing the street, Just because you have the signal in your favor doesn't necessarily mean your safe . A car could be turning into the intersection your crossing and hit you . Does that mean the driver was operating the vehicle in a reckless manner ? Maybe, It depends on the situation at the time that dictates the course of action .
As far as the security, There not suppose to get involved in bar fights . That's just the training they are suppose to receive prior to starting work . Police are the only authority figures that can detain anybody . They have the power of the law at there disposal . Security guards don't have that right . They are private citizens like everybody else .
This would have never happened had I been there. Haven't any of you seen my legendary epistle, "Roadhouse" ?
No one puts Baby in a corner. Except me, of course.