"Look OUT! He's Got a 'Shank Em All' Elmo!"

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Six Stabbed at 1-Year-Old's Birthday Party

By Associated Press

Mon Oct 24, 10:06
PMUPDATED 1 DAY 17 HOURS 5 MINUTES AGO

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Six people were stabbed early Sunday during a melee at
a 1-year-old's birthday party, police said. It apparently started when a
downstairs neighbor went upstairs to complain about the noise.

The injured were taken to Hartford and St. Francis hospitals, where they were
treated for stab wounds to their faces and necks. All were later released.

Police said they received several 911 calls around 12:45 a.m. They arrived at
a two-family home on Crosby Street to find dozens of people running around in a
thunderstorm. Some were screaming and bleeding.

Most spoke only Spanish, adding to the chaos. A Spanish-speaking officer from
Manchester was eventually brought into translate.

Four carloads of men showed up to join the fight and police said some may
have been affiliated with a gang.

Sgt. Ed Perkins said that as he arrived he saw one person in the road beating
another person with a chair.

Officers said they found a knife hidden under the child's birthday cake. No
children or police officers were injured.

Eight people were arrested. Two were treated for injuries at the hospital and
released.

Police detained so many people that they ran out of regular handcuffs. Then
they ran out of temporary flexible restraining devices and had to call for
more.

East Hartford's emergency management director found housing at local hotels
for at least eight children and 12 adults displaced when the apartment became a
crime scene. Police were interviewing witnesses to find out what sparked the
brawl.

Do I really need to comment on the ridiculousness of this?

Comments

[gullinbursti.livejournal.com]

Dang.

[daltxfurry.livejournal.com]

What sort of child's bday party carries on until 1245a anyway????

[drewbeartx.livejournal.com]

The kind of "party" where the cake isn't the only place to find some "ice"ing, if you get my meaning. Poor one-year-old li'l drug mule.

[daltxfurry.livejournal.com]

Ain't that the truth.

[goofybearz.livejournal.com]

Ufta!

[bobaloo.livejournal.com]

MUTHA FUCKAS SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CLOWNING!! I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE GETTIN UP IN BY GRILL ABOUT NOISE FROM MY PARTY!

[polomex.livejournal.com]

Y'know, there's a fine line between funny and wrong.

I think you missed.

[shelbycub.livejournal.com]

Wow, I just realized just how white I truly am. I didn't understand a word of that.

Funny as shit, though. LOL!

[soul-spider.livejournal.com]

A good friend of mine married a man from Chile and she explained to me that in South American cultures, the birthdays of very young children are often cause for throwing parties for the adults. Especially the first birthday of the first child in the family (that may be the first son, I'm not entirely sure).

So even though it may be labeled as a child's birthday party, these aren't the kind of parties that some of us would normally think of. It's really about the adults having a good time.

[bookbear.livejournal.com]

Um...why was a 1-year-old's party occurring...at almost 1am?!