Greek Fest organizers confirmed that Wisconsin State Fair Park Police and Milwaukee Police Department officers made multiple arrests after a chaotic altercation by a group of individuals in the rides and games area.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
June 25, 2023
West Allis, Wisconsin - On Saturday, the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Greek Fest 2023 organizers decided to shutdown the annual festival at around 8:30 p.m. after a "chaotic situation" (altercation) by a group of individuals at the rides and games area. According to Greek Fest organizers, the Wisconsin State Fair Park Police and Milwaukee Police Department officers made multiple arrests.
This year, Greek Fest 2023 organizers added extra security measures including metal detectors to prevent event attendees from carrying concealed weapons into the grounds.
Currently, Greek Fest 2023 doesn't require minors and teens to be accompanied by an adult or parent to enter the 3-day festival. The festival has no cover charge to enter.
The Greek Fest 2023 was scheduled to close at 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, but was shut down at around 8:30 p.m. shortly after an altercation ignited by a group of Black individuals. Several Black teens began to fight with each other and expanded into a chaotic situation as others got involved in the altercation.
Black teens were seen running around after police maced them to break up the altercations with each other at the rides and games area.
Some Greek Fest 2023 attendees believed that several alleged rival groups of Black teens began to fight with each other. At around 8:20 p.m., an announcement at the Greek Fest 2023 was made that the rides and games area was closed and shortly after, the announcement was also made that the entire operations of the Greek Fest 2023 was shutdown for the safety of guests and volunteers.
Wisconsin State Fair Park confirmed that the Wauwatosa and West Allis police also responded to the melee at Greek Fest 2023 on Saturday night and helped Wisconsin State Fair Park Police and Milwaukee police in identifying all the individuals connected to the altercations at the rides and games area. At least, 4 teens were taken into custody and many were ejected from the festival, which also immediately shut down and all attendees left, according to Wisconsin State Fair Park officials.
The Greek Fest 2023 will open on Sunday at 11:00 a.m., but will close at 6:00 p.m., also the rides and games area will be closed on Sunday to prevent a repeat of what occurred on Saturday night, according to organizers.
No videos of the altercation at Greek Fest 2023 have been shared in social media yet.
In unrelated incidents, 4 women and 2 males including a 17-year-old male shooter were shot at Juneteenth 2023 event shortly before closing on June 19, 2023.
On May 5, 2023, Deon Nabors, 17, an African-American was shot by a Milwaukee police officer at the 1200 block of S. César E. Chávez Dr. during the impromptu Cinco de Mayo Mexican flag waving and cruising parade in the Southside of Milwaukee. Nabors took out an altered handgun with a automatic switch and fired his weapon in the air multiple times.
Nabors was charged with multiple felonies including possession of a machine gun.
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