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WPG Radio. Seth Grossman. https://youtu.be/hLDNjJeYkZ4?si=Ad7lVCzwGYB3VRNn Above YouTube Video: Second Floor of the Quarter of the Tropicana Hotel-Casino in Atlantic City on Saturday Night, August 1, 2026 Also click here for link to Facebook video:   https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14nR8Auck5C/ Viral Videos of Fights and Violent Confrontations in Atlantic City Last Saturday (August 1): They apparently started at the Bungalow Beach Bar, moved onto the Boardwalk, and then into the Tropicana Casino and its entertainment mall known as the Quarter. There were other disturbances outside the closed Chelsea Inn. This was widely reported on Facebook and other social media and provoked much public comment. It appears that nobody was seriously injured. However, will the perception of what Thomas Sowell called "Black Redneck" culture kill Atlantic City again, as it did in early 1970s, before casinos? Deadly Shootings and the Perception of Crime Destroyed Atlantic City before casinos in 1972-1973:   During these years, there was a random fatal daylight shooting on the Boardwalk. There was a deadly shootout between two Philadelphia gangs at the Club Harlem. Someone threw a beer can at a Miss America contestant during the Miss America Pageant Parade which was then held at night. By 1974, there was a popular expression, "Will the last person to leave Atlantic City please turn out the lights."   In 1974, legislators proposed amending the NJ State Constitution to allow casinos in New Jersey to fix this. However, voters rejected that proposal. In 1976, NJ voters approved an amendment to allow casino gambling only in Atlantic City. We need to talk about specific ways to end this behavior. Criminals who break the laws must be locked up and removed from society. If we don't have enough jails, especially youth detention jails, we need to build them.  There have to be consequence for barbaric behavior.  We also need to have teenagers working again during the summer. That means we need to get rid of minimum wage laws. Nobody is going to pay high wages to kids who never worked before and need lots of supervision and training. We also need to remove mentally ill and drug and alcohol addicted "homeless" from tourist areas. Of course, we can't do anything until we are free to openly talk about these things. Update:  These incidents are becoming normal at many vacation destinations including cruise ships and amusement parks. The first video below describes brawls and fights that broke out during the last night of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday, August 16. The second describes an alleged attack on a nine year old child on a luxury cruise ship.  https://youtu.be/Cm5TeEtkdhc?si=6ljJRM2vY_2Euip2 https://youtube.com/shorts/EhmGEeRne54?si=t0nsRl1hLUjV3i_g It is now normal to name public buildings after mediocre career politicians.  Atlantic City's City Hall was just named after Ernest Coursey. At one time, public buildings were named after people who achieved something extraordinary. Now we name buildings after politicians who have been in office a long time. Ernest Course was first hired by Atlantic City's City Council President to drive him around and do personal errands in 1986. His job title was clerk-typist even though he never learned how to type. In 1991, he was elected to City Council from his ward. He was appointed to deputy mayor, a full-time position created for him when he helped get a new mayor elected. When that mayor was voted out of office, Coursey ran and was elected to the Atlantic County Board of Freeholders (now Commissioners) from one of five county districts. He was elected to four three-year terms. He then helped elect a new Atlantic City mayor. That mayor appointed to a newly created full time "chief of staff" position. He then got sick and died last year. He was not known for any extraordinary or particular achievement during his 39 years in politics. And now City Hall in Atlantic City is now named after him.