{"id":363961,"date":"2021-11-08T14:51:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T11:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/police-chief-warned-travis-scott-about-crowd-before-show-report\/"},"modified":"2021-11-08T14:51:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T11:51:58","slug":"police-chief-warned-travis-scott-about-crowd-before-show-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/police-chief-warned-travis-scott-about-crowd-before-show-report\/","title":{"rendered":"#Police chief warned Travis Scott about crowd before show: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Police chief warned Travis Scott about crowd before show: report<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Houston Police Chief Troy Finner reportedly visited Travis Scott \u2014 whom he knows personally \u2014 in his trailer to voice his concerns about the crowd before the deadly Astroworld concert.<\/p>\n<p>A person familiar with Finner\u2019s account <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/07\/us\/astroworld-travis-scott-deaths.html\">told The New York Times <\/a>that the chief relayed to the r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er that very devoted fans had amassed for the Friday show at NRG Park, where eight people later died when a throng surged the stage.<\/p>\n<p>A police spokeswoman declined to comment to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper about the chief\u2019s private conversations, citing the pending probe into the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>News about Finner\u2019s concerns comes as at least one concertgoer is suing Scott and the event\u2019s promoters Live Nation and ScoreMore over the \u201cpredictable and preventable tragedy.\u201d Several other lawsuits are expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefendants failed to properly plan and conduct the concert in a safe manner,\u201d lawyers for Manuel Souza, who says he was injured in the mayhem, said in papers filed Saturday in Harris County District Court,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/hip-hop\/9656473\/travis-scott-astroworld-live-nation-lawsuit-victim-lawsuit\">Billboard reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-houston-officiails-11.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The crowd watches as Travis Scott performs at Astroworld Festival at NRG park on Friday, Nov.  5, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-20066711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-houston-officiails-11.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-houston-officiails-11.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-houston-officiails-11.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The crowd watches as Travis Scott performs at Astroworld Festival at NRG park on Friday, Nov.  5, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The suit, which seeks at least $1 million in damages,\u00a0claims the show was unruly from the start, when anxious fans \u201cbreached a security gate around the park, stampeded into the premises and trampled over one another\u201d just to get into the sold-out concert.<\/p>\n<p>Scott has a history of inciting fans to ignore security and violently storm the\u00a0stage \u2014 leading to him being arrested twice previously and sued.<\/p>\n<p>He was\u00a0charged\u00a0over music\u00a0festivals in Arkansas in 2017 and\u00a0in Chicago in 2015 for whipping up hysteria and encouraging moshing that left a guard and\u00a0concertgoers injured.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-houston-officiails-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks at a press conference after several people died and scores were injured during a music festival the night before.\" class=\"wp-image-20066709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-houston-officiails-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-houston-officiails-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-houston-officiails-08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner speaks at a press conference after several people died and scores were injured during a music festival the night before.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to a police timeline of the evening, the concert wasn\u2019t ended until nearly 40 minutes after authorities had declared a \u201cmass casualty event,\u201d The Times said.<\/p>\n<p>Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pe\u00f1a told the paper that the star and the concert organizers could have stepped in to stop the show sooner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one person who can really call for and get a tactical pause when something goes wrong is that performer. They have that bully pulpit and they have a responsibility,\u201d Pe\u00f1a told the paper in a telephone interview Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-houston-officiails-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Travis Scott performs at Day 1 of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-20066706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-houston-officiails-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-houston-officiails-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/astroworld-houston-officiails-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Travis Scott performs at Day 1 of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Amy Harris\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf somebody would have said, \u2018Hey, shut this thing down and turn on the lights until this thing gets corrected\u2019 \u2014 and that coming from the person with the mic \u2014 I think could have been very helpful,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Scott said in an Instagram message that he was unaware how bad things had gotten in the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper and Live Nation declined to respond to specific questions, but said they will cooperate with the probe. \u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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