3am Lockout Brisbane Fortitude Valley

[lecypage]

judy spence is a moron, now there is just hundreds of people on the street at 3am angry as hell because they're all trying to get in a taxi. Anyone that's ever tried to get a cab at 3am in the valley knows how violent people can get when they've waited for over an hour just to get home. That's where the fights are

[13charachters]

I think the logic behind it is that they figure by 3am that people will just say "fuck it" and go home if they're trapped outside. If you made it any earlier (say, 1am) then you'd have a lot of angry people roaming the streets and if you made it any later, wouldn't make much sense because you may as well abandon the lockout rule. Also, the girl at about 4:15 makes a good point + 3am gives you ample time to co-ordinate schedules with friends or whatever.

[kwvaussie]

Someone I know suggested random lockout times, so not anyone is locked out at 3am.

[coasteys]

so the reporter bags out the police for not having stats on assaults then freely and openly accepts information from a cabbie who himself rhad no stats? shit reporting

[twelfthmanau]

@coasteys interesting point. I for one think reporting on Hack etc is quite skewed towards a left wing perspective which I find frustrating. However, just like everyone else, I have a unique opinion which will differ from other individuals. My argument is not that I am right or wrong but rather that although this interview and reporting may be skewed towards a particular audience, it is not necessarily 'shit reporting'.

[13charachters]

If you're between clubs after lockout, that's you're own dumb fault.

[TheR91]

Best place to go if stuck outside of lockout is definitely casino...must be an exemption or something cause there's no lockout theree

[albinocobra666]

ive never been in a fight in the valley and ive been goin for 4 years i hate the 3am lock down it sucks

[SirDanWtf]

"fuck off aye is this channel nine"

[rankpunk]

its funny how its only the metro wankers want to fight i go to the valley to all the punk gigs never been in a fight there as soon i go near the mall these wankers the want to fight me fuck off and die you scum

[fmx88torana]

true.. and footy players like to biff on

[chickensandwich77]

Maybe if the Austrailian brats could conduct themselves like human beings in the first place, then the police would not have to enact the lockout in the first place.

[kingminchea]

I'm sorry but you do realise that you are posting from one of THE most violent/vile countries in the world (The US)

Not to mention that police in the US are probably some of the most violent and heavy handed in the developed world...

and I wont mention the fact that the 77 at the end of your name implies that you are well above clubbing age...

so if you don't club and aren't from Aus... perhaps maybe you should but the fuck out ;)

[chickensandwich77]

Criticize the USA all you want... that isn't going to stop me from pointing out that the people in the video are still being brats...

I've never had a problem with the US police of any jurisdiction. I also don't create problems in public either, so whether police in the US are violent or not by your perception is also irrelevant.

77 has nothing to do with my age, but believe whatever pleases you.

Finally... (with reagrds to 'but'ting' out)

I'll comment on whatever pleases me.

[phr34k1nkewl]

at least there's nowhere near as many shootings in OZ as in the US, i'm a "valley rat" and i've only been in a couple fights in there and i've been going constantly for a few years now.

[shikira]

Why do clubs need to stay open until 5am anyway? If everyone started clubbing at 9pm instead of 11pm the clubs could close at 3 and everyone can bugger off home :)

[vityc3nt]

People may have other things to attend to before they go out clubbing, like a party or something.

Good solution.. 'Everyone in the world listen to me (whether you've got the internet or not) and this problem will be solved.'

[shikira]

I don't think there is any reason for the clubs to be open past 3am. If you have another thing to go to, so what? Dont stay at the party so long? Or, choose between party and clubbing - I just dont see the reason for 5am besides the clubs making more money from drink sales.

[vityc3nt]

Because more than half the people in there past 3am are on drugs! Let's see you get a petition going to close clubs at 3am.

[AussieAdMan]

@shikira How about just not close at all? This isn't the 1950's.

[DaRellik4300]

I dare you to try and throw the bouncers "Mr Fink2U". You talk hard over the net, lets see you in action. Haha:)

[MrFink2U]

The only way to win is to train and become harder than a bouncer, and fuckin start throwing the bouncers and cops out.

[naryion]

it cut out at the most interesting part.

[freopete]

stooge

[angelsinmyhead]

I honeslt dont see much of a diffrence. At %am everyone is still drunk and there still will be fights on the streets. And Where are these new cops that the minister was talking about, I constenlty see fights in the vally all the time and there is not a cop in sight.

On another note Ive met Judy spence in person before she is very nice.

But seriously if they want to crack down they just need to have copsall over theplace with 0 tollerence.

[fgsfdsmonkey]

Zero tolerance laws have been shown to increase arrests and jail time served. However, they have not been shown in any case to reduce incidence of crime.

[moyno85]

This is fantastic, when did this air?

Unfortunately I went to school with the fuckwits who killed Paul Markham. What a pathetic waste of life.

[moyno85]

Ditto.