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Copa América Chaos

July 15, 2024
The Copa América final in Miami erupted into mayhem, resulting in people breaking in, overcrowding, property damage, and ticketed fans denied entry.
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The Copa América final game between Argentina and Colombia was delayed for 75 minutes on Sunday after fans broke into Miami Garden’s Hard Rock stadium. The match, which ended in a 1-0 win for Argentina, drew...
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The Copa America final erupted into chaos yesterday at Hard Rock Stadium
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in Miami. Congrats to Argentina for their win and sorry to
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our Colombian mommy Daniela.
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But last night was crazy.
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Did you see that dude?
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Yes. So fans rushed and broke the gates without scanning tickets
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or going through security and many people had bought tickets were left
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outside of the stadium after paying thousands of dollars.
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I'm pretty sure I saw people going through the events like,
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how do you know where that even goes,
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dude? I'd be scared to like to go and you know
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the fact I don't want to be chopped into little pieces
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It's like maybe someone got the blueprints,
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but I don't think so.
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There's YOLO wing it and there was like a PAA the match
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was delayed for more than an hour while security and police attempted
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to figure it out.
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But in the end,
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many ticket buyers were left out and the stadium was packed even
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all up the stairs,
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our very own Daniela,
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she went to the game and she even sent videos of what
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was going on of the people outside and just waiting there like
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sardines just like minions,
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the yellow. It was crazy.
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It was so dangerous and she even told us she had a
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ticket but they didn't even scan,
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it, didn't it?
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She said that they didn't scan,
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I didn't know, I didn't read the group chat.
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She said they didn't even scan her ticket and then she almost
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got trampled over. Yeah,
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I saw that but luckily she got in safely.
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Speaking of getting trampled,
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some people did get,
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you know, medical treatment because they were either passing out or
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getting injured. And also there's more reports of property damage.
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Like, did you see the escalator thing?
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That was, how do you like,
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how do you leave your shoe behind?
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And so Martu Daniella's point,
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officials say they opened the stadium gates to prevent the stampedes and
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injuries, but people still think they should have rescheduled.
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It postponed the game completely because they did push it back a
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couple of times. But no,
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no, no, completely honest.
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I think that would have erupted more chaos.
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To be honest with you,
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people bought their flights,
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the hotels. So it would have,
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honestly, people would have been writing.
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Exactly. Yeah, but supposedly there were a lot of people
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on the stairs, they didn't have seats so they were taking
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them out because like,
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dude, you don't have a seat,
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they would ask for a ticket.
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Yeah. Exactly. Little by little throughout the game.
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They were taking people out that didn't have tickets but many people
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were so upset. Many fans were super upset and were just
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saying like, you know,
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the big question, what everyone's talking about right now is the
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US ready to host the 2026 World Cup?
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But whose fault do you think it was at the end of
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the day? It's like a little bit of both.
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I mean, look,
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security should have been beefed up and kind of been more alert
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on things. But also it's like,
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why can't we like,
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you know, behave.
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It's like, again,
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if you don't have a ticket,
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you don't get in San Maranda going through the events.
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It's like this is why we can have nice things.
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This is true because again,
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I don't think they do this at NFL games,
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but again, with the soccer and football,
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it just pass no pianos and I think this needs to be
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a lesson to. They have two years,
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two years to get whoever's fault it was.
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You've got to get your shit straight.
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So FIFA beef up on security,
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organize your events a little better because,
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you know, fans that paid money,
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you know, harder in cash to watch your teams play like
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they want to get in safely.
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So there could have been debs,
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there could have been deaths,
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but thankfully, you know,
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everyone was ok.