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It's Hard to Assign Blame in Seattle Club Shootings

By Hannah Levin

Seattle Weekly | January 12, 2009

Whether blame was being aimed at Chop Suey, Big Kountry Entertainment, the city's lack of attention to a purportedly growing gang-activity problem, or the music itself, grief quickly manifested itself as cries for culpability. Few viewed it as a failure of club security, but many theories abound when looking closer at the root of the tragedy.

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Tags: hip-hop, Seattle, crime & justice, Chop Suey

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