Anyone else at Fireworks At Tom Lee 7/4??
We sat right on the bluff next to the security entry point. We heard the radio call for them to close the park due to a fight reported. We saw police on foot, police on horses and National Guard all moving south in the park.
Shortly after, a wall of people came running S to N and stopped right at the grass hill thing for some fighting. Crowd videoing and screaming. I saw one person arrested.
Fireworks weren’t halfway over and there was a crowd of people leaving.
Getting back to the car was a war zone. Kids shooting large fireworks in and around the crowd and running around Beale.
We went in a bar and then saw more runners with 3-4 cop cars following but they could only get so far. Traffic was at a standstill on every street downtown. If emergency vehicles were needed anywhere, there’s no way they could make it thru(driving on the sidewalks?).
I understand there were reports of a shooting and multiple fights.
I am not new to downtown Memphis or crazy mass events. There was a large police presence but most were stationary. We arrived at a little before 9 so I can’t speak for anything going on before the Purge.
I learned my lesson(again).