Cyatta Siler, the mother of a 15-year old whose friends were among those arrested in the fight, said the issue stemmed from a killing at the GYC Carnival last year.
“High Point and Greensboro teenagers are having a beef because of the young man that was killed last year by people from High Point,” Siler said. “[The fights] happened everywhere else. Now that it’s downtown it’s an emergency or problem. It’s been going on for a long time.”
Siler suggested that the fights downtown may be more prominent because “important people live there,” and added that there were also fights between teenagers from different sides of Greensboro.
And Zack Matheny's solution: Place the responsibility on the voters when he is the one who was elected to come up with ideas:
"Nobody can deny there’s a problem downtown, he said, so his question to curfew opponents: What should the city do instead?"
That's pretty typical of the councilman with the flask inside his jacket. What was it I just wrote about creativity, vision and courage instead of reacting in fear? Looks like we can cross Zack off the list for any medals or battlefield promotions, the dumb drunk doesn't even know where the battle is taking place.
