Shut down Chuck E. Cheese!

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=529383 (via The Obscure Store)

A Milwaukee alderman wants to shut down a south side Chuck E. Cheese's, the family-themed pizza joint better known for its arcade games and jungle gyms than its armed guards.

"I feel that that Chuck E. Cheese's is a threat to the health, safety and welfare of the community," said 14th District Ald. Tony Zielinski. "In fact, a police officer I talked to said it could be just a matter of time until a shooting takes place."

Police were called to the restaurant chain's 2701 S. Chase Ave. location 18 times in June and July on calls ranging from theft and car burglaries to a fight involving 40 people that took 11 officers and three police sergeants to defuse.
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Police who went to the scene were threatened, and one officer was hit by a steel napkin dispenser thrown by a teenager on one side of the fight at someone on the other, according to police reports.

Around the same time, restaurant security began carrying guns, Zielinski said.
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On Oct. 6 at the Bay View location, an argument that broke out between two teenagers over an arcade basketball game ended in a melee with nearly 20 people involved. The two women who called police that day agree the location is a trouble spot.

"Oh, my God, I'll never go back there again," said Veronica Grady, who was about to sing "Happy Birthday" to her 9-year-old daughter when the fight erupted. "They were throwing pans at each other, napkin holders, everything."

 

Chuck E. Cheese, where a kid can be a thug.

 

This never happened at Showbiz Pizza. They patted you down to check for weapons at the door.

 

I knew there was a reason I never took my boys there for their birthday parties.

 

This is a situation which this particular restaurant could have prevented at the start. But they didn't, and this is what they're left with.

You start seeing teen-agers hang out in there, it's not a healthy prognosis. So you discourage it. Period.

My daughter had some great birthday parties at a Chuck E. Cheese where this sort of thing would never have happened.

 

It goes deeper than that. The staff has problems of its own.

 

Brilliance through Google Images.

 

They have been attracting a bad crowd lately.

 

What do you expect when you're led by a rodent?

 

Maybe the "two drink minimum" policy was a bad idea! [/rimshot]

 

DAMN those red Xs! They make trouble wherever they go!

 

One question:
What the hell are teenagers doing at a Chuck E. Cheese?!