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Venice Boardwalk Fight: Almost 70 People Brawl, Police Patrols Beefed Up

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First Posted: 07/31/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:40 PM ET

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Authorities said nearly 70 people were involved in the fight that broke out at about 8 p.m. near 17th and Windward avenues.

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barryjnelson
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02:54 PM on 06/01/2010
I live in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. I was concerned a similar thing would happen in my neighborhood yesterday. As I walked from Brighton Beach to Coney Island, I noticed several groups of what looked like gangmembers checking out the other groups. The crowds were huge, on the boardwalk and the beach, and it was a hot day - the perfect combination for a problem. We escaped that situation, but I wonder how close we came.
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Vodka Tonic
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12:52 AM on 06/01/2010
I thought Venice Beach was known for it's nice, toned up people, who wear skimpy clothing and the women always have a case of 'hard-nipple-itous'. All I saw was a bunch of fat Latinos... I am severly dissapointed.
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dbrett480
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08:30 PM on 05/31/2010
The "brawl" involved wannabe gang members aged 14-17, the photo above is somewhat misleading. Sucks for those who live in Venice Beach; in recent years it has become much more family friendly. I hope this doesn't ruin it.
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MicheleCA
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12:27 AM on 06/01/2010
It's so homogenized now it pretty much is ruined. Do you really think "family friendly" is what Venice is about?
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dbrett480
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12:43 AM on 06/01/2010
Maybe family friendly is the wrong word. Livable is what I was talking about. Stuff like not worrying about tripping over drunk homeless people when you leave to go to work. Venice has changed for the better for those who live there. Maybe not for the visitor who has an false of what Abbot Kinney Boulevard looks like.
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JohnnyBlack
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02:10 AM on 06/01/2010
Venice is homogenized? LMFAO!
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MicheleCA
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12:34 AM on 06/01/2010
Read through here.

http://www.virtualvenice.info/print/quotes.htm
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MicheleCA
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03:29 PM on 05/31/2010
Reminds me of "law enforcement" induced riots of days gone by. You'd have witnessed it and the nightly news sure had another story.
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12many
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03:08 PM on 05/31/2010
Sounds like a Popeye cartoon.
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02:54 PM on 05/31/2010
The police need 'beefed up' patrols for the crowd from Muscle Beach (on Venice Beach).
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