Spring Break
Lubbock is the giant side of what?
Trey Caliva
Issue date: 2/20/07 Section: Opinions
Nothing says West Texas hospitality like a pair of cold handcuffs on your wrists and a tour of downtown Lubbock from the backseat of a squad car.
Certainly that's not the "Giant Side of Texas" the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce hopes to impress upon visitors. Yet, it's exactly the kind of welcome that left eight Chippendale's dancers glad to see Lubbock in their rearview mirror.
Chippendale's began in the 1980s as the brainchild of Indian immigrant Somen Banerjee. It quickly became a famous male revue, playing in countless venues around the world - including Broadway - was mocked on Saturday Night Live and now is at the Rio hotel in Las Vegas.
It is with that success the Chippendale's and the managers of Jake's Sports Café hoped would bring crowds to the venue for three schedule shows. However, this is Lubbock, and the show people hoped to see quickly turned into something else entirely.
Friday night, 30 minutes into the first of the three scheduled shows, officers from the Lubbock Police Department arrested eight Chippendale's dancers, their managers and a manager of Jake's Sports Café, which was holding the show. The entire incident began after a Chippendale's dancer, according to the Lubbock Police Department, began "simulating a sexual act."
According to witnesses at the scene, the simulated sexual act reported by the LPD was nothing more than one of the dancers blowing on a woman's neck. Now I'm sure many of you have seen the signs showing positions needed within the police department, but apparently besides officers, the force in Lubbock is also missing a little play in the bedroom. How else can you explain someone describing a blow on the neck as a sex act?
Besides the sexual frustration of the LPD, the real problem this entire Chippendale's debacle underscores is the seeming unwillingness of police to follow their job description and fight crime.
This past weekend, two people lost their lives in apparent murders. According to the official LPD Web site, this past year saw a rise in the number of murders, robberies and burglaries reported by 18.2, 18.8 and 13.8 percent, respectively. Where is our police deterrent?
Certainly that's not the "Giant Side of Texas" the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce hopes to impress upon visitors. Yet, it's exactly the kind of welcome that left eight Chippendale's dancers glad to see Lubbock in their rearview mirror.
Chippendale's began in the 1980s as the brainchild of Indian immigrant Somen Banerjee. It quickly became a famous male revue, playing in countless venues around the world - including Broadway - was mocked on Saturday Night Live and now is at the Rio hotel in Las Vegas.
It is with that success the Chippendale's and the managers of Jake's Sports Café hoped would bring crowds to the venue for three schedule shows. However, this is Lubbock, and the show people hoped to see quickly turned into something else entirely.
Friday night, 30 minutes into the first of the three scheduled shows, officers from the Lubbock Police Department arrested eight Chippendale's dancers, their managers and a manager of Jake's Sports Café, which was holding the show. The entire incident began after a Chippendale's dancer, according to the Lubbock Police Department, began "simulating a sexual act."
According to witnesses at the scene, the simulated sexual act reported by the LPD was nothing more than one of the dancers blowing on a woman's neck. Now I'm sure many of you have seen the signs showing positions needed within the police department, but apparently besides officers, the force in Lubbock is also missing a little play in the bedroom. How else can you explain someone describing a blow on the neck as a sex act?
Besides the sexual frustration of the LPD, the real problem this entire Chippendale's debacle underscores is the seeming unwillingness of police to follow their job description and fight crime.
This past weekend, two people lost their lives in apparent murders. According to the official LPD Web site, this past year saw a rise in the number of murders, robberies and burglaries reported by 18.2, 18.8 and 13.8 percent, respectively. Where is our police deterrent?
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George Gant
posted 2/19/07 @ 11:52 PM CST
Let's put things into perspective: LUBBOCK - The Giant Backside of Texas!
josh schwartz
posted 2/20/07 @ 2:25 PM CST
Gabriel Herrera was my brother.. i thank you for showing support about what happen, he got stabbed in the heart there was not much that coulda helped but i do believe the whole jakes thing was dumb. (Continued…)
JW
posted 2/20/07 @ 3:19 PM CST
The whole reason I moved away from Abilene was because you could not even purchase beer in Wal-Mart without the uncomfortable feeling of being stared down as if you had just committed a crime. (Continued…)
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