{"id":463649,"date":"2022-06-16T08:15:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T05:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/john-hinckley-jr-brooklyn-concert-canceled\/"},"modified":"2022-06-16T08:15:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T05:15:06","slug":"john-hinckley-jr-brooklyn-concert-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/john-hinckley-jr-brooklyn-concert-canceled\/","title":{"rendered":"#John Hinckley Jr. Brooklyn concert canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26ead47fd72\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26ead47fd72\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/john-hinckley-jr-brooklyn-concert-canceled\/#%E2%80%9CJohn_Hinckley_Jr_Brooklyn_concert_canceled%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;John Hinckley Jr. Brooklyn concert canceled&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJohn_Hinckley_Jr_Brooklyn_concert_canceled%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;John Hinckley Jr. Brooklyn concert canceled&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Attempted presidential assassin turned musician John Hinckley Jr. is free from court oversight, but not yet free to rock and roll. <\/p>\n<p>Hinckley \u2014 who attempted to kill President Ronald Reagan in 1981 \u2014 was set to perform at a sold-out concert in Brooklyn next month, but the venue where the gig was booked has cancelled the show. <\/p>\n<p>Market Hotel, in Bushwick, announced Wednesday that the July 8 event was nixed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t see the need to allow someone who did something awful to skip the line and play even our middle size independent community stage,\u201d the event space <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ce1OeRErG1x\/\">said in a statement <\/a>posted to Instagram.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cAnd in doing so put our vulnerable communities at risk (without their consent) \u2014 especially if that artist wouldn\u2019t have sold the tickets without the story of who they are and the violent thing they did.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Hinckley, 67, opened fire at Reagan on March 30, 1981 outside the Hilton in Washington, DC. He wounded the 40th president, his press secretary James Brady, police officer Thomas Delahanty and Secret Service agent Tim MCarthy. <\/p>\n<p>Reagan recovered from his injuries, but Brady spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair while Delahanty suffered nerve damage. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/john-hinckley-jr-161.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Secret Service agent Timothy J. McCarthy, foreground, Washington policeman Thomas K. Delehanty, center, and presidential press secretary James Brady, background, lie wounded on a street outside a Washington hotel after shots were fired at U.S. President Ronald Reagan.\" class=\"wp-image-22682349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/john-hinckley-jr-161.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/john-hinckley-jr-161.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/john-hinckley-jr-161.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/john-hinckley-jr-161.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Secret Service agent Timothy J. McCarthy, foreground, Washington policeman Thomas K. Delehanty, center, and presidential press secretary James Brady, background, lie wounded on a street outside a Washington hotel after shots were fired at U.S. President Ronald Reagan.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hinckley, then 25, reportedly shot the president in a deranged attempt to draw the attention of actress Jodi Foster. <\/p>\n<p>He was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1982 and was committed to a DC mental hospital for several decades. He was released from the hospital in 2016 and has since been living in a Virginia community under court supervision. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>Hinckley was officially released from court oversight Wednesday and planned to celebrate his freedom by performing 17 original songs at the Brooklyn show. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA big thank you to everyone who helped me get my unconditional release. What a long strange <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> it has been,\u201d he tweeted earlier this month. \u201cNow it\u2019s time to rock and roll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Market Hotel cancelled the show \u2014 for which tickets cost $20 each \u2014 after facing intense  backlash. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a time when a place could host a thing like this, maybe a little offensive, and the reaction would be \u2018it\u2019s just a guy playing a show, who does it hurt \u2013 it\u2019s a free country.\u2019\u201d the venue said. \u201cWe aren\u2019t living in that kind of free country anymore, for better or for worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The concert space said they hoped Hinckley\u2019s gig would send a message that people can recover and move beyond mental health issues and a criminal past and pointed out that the performer is practically harmless. <\/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\/2022\/06\/john-hinckley-jr-160.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"John Hinckley Jr. was freed from court oversight in June 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22682348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/john-hinckley-jr-160.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/john-hinckley-jr-160.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/john-hinckley-jr-160.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>John Hinckley Jr. was freed from court oversight in June 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is a sexagenarian with an acoustic guitar,\u201d it said. \u201cAll the outrage and concern are entirely about the <em>quote <\/em>message it sends <em>unquote<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hinckley pivoted from ex-criminal to musician when he started publishing self-recorded videos of himself singing with a slight twang and strumming a guitar to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> in December 2020. <\/p>\n<p>On his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCck3J5KR3INUP1K-hrBe8iA\/videos\">channel<\/a>, which has more than 28,000 subscribers, he has uploaded dozens of videos of both original songs and covers from artists like Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley. Many of his original tracks are also available on iTunes and Spotify. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to my concert in Brooklyn, NY on July 8,\u201d Hinckley tweeted last month. \u201cI will have a bass player and drummer backing me up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Market Hotel said the show was not worth the risk for \u201csome stunt booking\u201d of a musician \u201cwho we don\u2019t care about on an artist level, and who upsets people in a dangerously radicalized, reactionary climate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hinckley had also booked a show in Hamden, Connecticut on July 16, according to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnHinckley20\/status\/1517558133094240258\/photo\/1\">tweet<\/a>. 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