Proper security @ any event would stop a lot of the violence. Yeah its not supposed to happen but it does - a lot less nowadays than before IMO. <P>When I say aroundtheway crowds I am talking about mostly black & latino poor/lower & middle class blacks...maybe that wasn't clear. <P>I don't think that the majority of the people (thug looking or not_ going to a Nas or Smif & Wesson show (for example) is are any more violent than the majority of people attending Woodstock. Its just that violent anti-social behavior on the part of a few are expressed in different ways ie they shoot out @ the Nas show, they rape women, burn ish, and use hard drugs @ Woodstock.<P>