Unused $48 million dollar transit center few people in Cincinnati even know exists. MMJ report shot, produced, written and edited by Brendan Keefe.
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@GGCanLove4094 жыл бұрын
2020 and it is still unused. A 50 million dollar parking lot
@Arkiasis4 жыл бұрын
In 4 years the city can celebrate 100 years of the subway... oh wait...
@rails.unlimited4 жыл бұрын
The Cincinnati metro routes 85 and 90 go through here now. They also use the transit center as a alternative fountain square during big events such as BLINK. It’s also included in the reinventing metro plan for future routes.
@CincinnatiWatchCompany3 жыл бұрын
@@rails.unlimited Great to hear!
@donlove37412 жыл бұрын
Nobody parks there
@brianmoore4932 жыл бұрын
A slap in the face for taxpayers.
@ScottMungin10 жыл бұрын
I remember when the transit center opened. I was an intern at the Cincinnati Post at the time and got the assignment to cover the grand opening. I actually wrote the article they referenced 4:27-4:33
@OneTyler2Many5 жыл бұрын
Thats awesome man. Is it still open to the public?
@phishENchimps5 жыл бұрын
someone got paid. who did?
@vegjeezy175 жыл бұрын
Scott Mungin no you didnt
@k.bowers83725 жыл бұрын
@WeeStrom CO Guy 48 million
@amberslilrose39544 жыл бұрын
Sure you did
@Cnw87018 жыл бұрын
Wow. Just like their subway system that was never finished.
@alfredj.bergerjr.29018 жыл бұрын
+StarWarsTrains Maybe we could link the two for another $20 million and have an even greater system!
@Cnw87018 жыл бұрын
Alfred J. Berger, Jr. LOL Bum, thug, yuppie, hipster tunnels!
@michaelcaplinger51157 жыл бұрын
StarWarsTrains i have the key for that
@losh3307 жыл бұрын
StarWarsTrains I guess Cincinnati doesn't like sticking to stick to ideas.
@Themediaisajoke6 жыл бұрын
Nope they worried about that street car that no one uses
@chefaaron775 жыл бұрын
I always thought those stairway entrances on second street went to a parking garage.
@kaplezedrummer24ify9 ай бұрын
Some of them do./use the same elevator
@Nino_J3 ай бұрын
They are
@davepov Жыл бұрын
What's interesting to me about this story is, many, many years ago an actual subway was started in downtown Cincinnati. Construction was halted in the 1920's for various reasons and never restarted because of the Depression, WWII and other reasons. However, two miles of subway tunnels still exist in the city and are in very good condition. So, apparently, Cincinnati likes starting big, underground transit projects, just not completing them! Very strange.
@kaplezedrummer24ify9 ай бұрын
This city would be so freaking incredible if we had a subway
@shawnsturgeon10144 жыл бұрын
Cincinnati, thank you for wasting tax money while we drive on beat up roads
@prodigallink2 жыл бұрын
Thank the DemocRATS you voted into office.
@shuarose892 жыл бұрын
This was 18 years ago. Quit being ignorant on purpose.
@jmd1743 Жыл бұрын
Roads always need to be worked on.
@IICQBII2 жыл бұрын
its 2021, it still remains largely unused. Cincy has been heavily developing the riverfront over the past decade so maybe the city is waiting for all that to get done before actually doing anything with this but knowing the cities history with driving transit projects into the ground, I don't have much hope :(
@anthonybanchero30722 жыл бұрын
At least with the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, busses used it for 20 years before Light Rapid Transit came along, and joint ops with LRT for another 10.
@jonvanskaik21914 жыл бұрын
They should put the street car down there and cave it in.
@tubbylover95934 жыл бұрын
Correction: they should tow a bunch of cars off the street, put them down there, and blast it.
@Arkiasis4 жыл бұрын
1924: Let's build a subway!! 2004: Let's build a sub... bus station?
@peccatumDei5 жыл бұрын
So this was posted in 2011, and that little boy is now 19. Those federal funds come with strings, one of which requires repayment if the project isn't completed and put to use. The Pittsburgh Port Authority used federal money at one point to rebuild a tunnel, with plans to build a bridge connecting that tunnel to downtown. The tunnel wound up being use as a bus storage garage for years, until the feds set a deadline. The Port Authority then built a ramp down to West Carson Street, meaning the buses and high occupancy cars that use the tunnel, must use the Smithfield Street Bridge which is over 130 years old, to reach downtown.
@brettheeley38366 жыл бұрын
The intention of this project was good...it had the future in mind. However, it was the stupidity and short-sightedness of Hamilton County voters, who rejected a massive transportation improvement plan, that led to the center being unused. Yep! They approved a sales tax increase to pay for 2 new stadiums along the riverfront with no new public transit improvements. Foolish!
@DarPower19 жыл бұрын
LOL, more unused subways in Cincinnati.
@HarvestmanMan9 жыл бұрын
DarPower1 It's not a subway
@DarPower19 жыл бұрын
Subway without the tracks. Cinci. will have an entire underground world of unused infrastructure if this keeps up.
@DaftPunkFTWProd8 жыл бұрын
+DarPower1 It's a tunnel, not any sort of subway
@dalooloo288 жыл бұрын
+DarPower1 do you a have link to website about another one?
@DarPower18 жыл бұрын
dalooloo28 The Abandoned Cincinnati subway.
@vocexseta5 жыл бұрын
I came here expecting spooky ghosts, damn it.
@occuponvoix7 жыл бұрын
might as well let the homeless use it
@kerryh20964 жыл бұрын
tryskel golic yeah since they kicked them out Washington park..
@Noah-ym3nd3 жыл бұрын
I’ve always drive past those entrances and always wondered what was down there because there was never anyone going down there and I never heard of cincy having a subway but now I’m mad there’s actually nothing down there
@MrKokspang Жыл бұрын
I drive on 2nd street multiple times a day as a rideshare driver and i always thought them them things was an entrance to a parking garage under the road lol
@sliderinc15 жыл бұрын
Looks like a nice place for homeless to sleep
@slow719715 жыл бұрын
Just what i was thinking.
@chefaaron775 жыл бұрын
Dirty mike and the boys have a weekly soup kitchen down there
@hobied625 жыл бұрын
Absolutely right.
@blueberrypitbull874 жыл бұрын
Jacob Hayward The majority of homeless people are men. We need men's shelters for them. Women get all of the attention. There are plenty of women's shelters. They turn away men. including homeless men who have children. And men who are victims of domestic abuse, rape, sexual assault, etc. male victims matter.
@michelleg43464 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@wrestlersandiego2 жыл бұрын
Amazing that Cincinnati which has an unfinished subway now has an unused transit center.
@bartenationalbart-email-na328410 жыл бұрын
they waste more money in this town ...
@jefersonribeiro99133 жыл бұрын
this is investiment
@CSXBoys6 жыл бұрын
Does Cincinnati use ANYTHING other than buses? I am confused, they screwed up a subway system, and now this.
@hobied625 жыл бұрын
18 month ago we opened a $250 M street car project, I am a fan and it looks good but really 250M for 1.5 Miles.
@alextsahalis69844 жыл бұрын
Derrick Whittle The cost was actually about $150 million and it’s 3.6 miles...just saying. It would have been a lot longer route, but Republican Governor Kasich sabotaged the funding for it by $52 million and the route was significantly shortened.
@hakeemsd70m4 жыл бұрын
@M Detlef Are you Cincinnati?? The traffic here is a NIGHTMARE!! More cars and more roads are NOT the answer. America's love affair with hating rail systems is surely coming back to haunt them now...
@hakeemsd70m4 жыл бұрын
@M Detlef Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Cincy traffic was bad. Like I-75 at rush hour between Western Hills Viaduct and the Hamilton Co Fairgrounds? Or 71/75 between the Ohio state line and Florence?
@hakeemsd70m4 жыл бұрын
@M Detlef Hmm...perhaps a midsized city??
@phildinovo10 жыл бұрын
Maybe if the city would approve transportation systems that could use it, like light rail... it wouldn't be so unused.
@phyllisevans35027 жыл бұрын
this video says okay but I don't like it
@mrrobot59634 жыл бұрын
It will be soon
@claudermiller10 жыл бұрын
this is a perfect compliment to our never opened subway system and may never be finished light rail system!!!!! LOLOLOL cincinnati, can't do!!!!!!!
@hannlol4 жыл бұрын
Cincinnati can't into underground
@PhayzinOut3 жыл бұрын
Cinci "can't" i
@jefersonribeiro99133 жыл бұрын
he was the best,
@Saffrondarling4 жыл бұрын
Never knew about this place until I went to Blink last year
@henryostman57405 жыл бұрын
subways in Cincinnati have a long history of being half built then abandoned. there is several miles of tunnels and several stations that were built during the '30s? and then never completed when the system went from trolleys to busses. In the past year I'm traveled extensively through East Europe and every city I visited including several smaller ones had a working and very popular tram system. In old East Berlin, when the city was unified the West Germans wanted to replace the tram system with an extended subway and the folks living there rejected it in favor of the trams, they are busy and popular all day long. Too bad Cincinnati, you could have had this.
@Joeybagofdonuts766 жыл бұрын
Another 7 years and it's still closed.
@mikeklaene43597 жыл бұрын
I am sure someone made a bunch of money on this. And, as always, the taxpayer comes up on the short end.
@Ben-ph7pv6 жыл бұрын
They are afraid to open the bus station because everyone will leave cincinnati and not come back.
@raymendez41305 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@ricomontoya15625 жыл бұрын
I remember there used to be a video on KZbin called "Cincinnati population loss", I heard someone had KZbin take it down.
@bartenationalbart-email-na32849 жыл бұрын
they should make it an indoor sports complex, tennis, skatepark, indoor baseball, ... just paint lines on the ground and let people in. We paid for it. Let us use it.
@LeonardoDeVinci14525 жыл бұрын
Wow I thought my city was good at pissing away money Trace the money and you find the people who created this mess.
@WilliamHamilton2946410 жыл бұрын
Seattle has a tunnely like this which works great. However you have to have people in the city above it.
@iceman6298 жыл бұрын
Since this report Metro uses this facility for the Metro Plus bus route. It runs 5 days a week from 6am to 10pm.
@jamesrowe89537 жыл бұрын
For realz?
@KillianDeaton6 жыл бұрын
How do you get down there?
@angkarbasil3 жыл бұрын
An abandoned subway, transit center and trolly. Can this city get ANYTHING done?
@Andrew-bn7rr2 жыл бұрын
Transit from the east side would be the most viable first train ride into it. But Cincinnati's history of wasting money on stadiums instead of transit is what 'drove' me to relocate to a bigger more people focused city.
@mjacobs81392 жыл бұрын
Every US city needs light rail. Waiting in highway traffic is NOT it.
@PaulFisher10 жыл бұрын
I really don't like the framing of this report. The story isn't one of taxpayer money wasted on a pointless bus station, it's a story of the failure of the city and region to develop a coherent transit system. The so-called "controversial" streetcar that is finally being built is a baby first step, as compared to what the city could have had, had we so many years ago decided that mass transit is something worth having. Otherwise, keeping the facility locked up probably reduces maintenance costs. $45K once is a bargain compared to having to keep a half-mile tunnel clean after public use.
@stephenyount31489 жыл бұрын
Over budget controversial streetcar thats going to lose money? That's the one you're talking about. This was a 48 million dollar scheme where a lot of money money was made. Just like the streetcar....
@PaulFisher9 жыл бұрын
Mass transit systems are generally not expected to be profitable. Moreover, the streetcar is expected to deliver several dollars of economic benefit for each dollar spent on it, so I don't think your argument is valid.
@stephenyount31489 жыл бұрын
Paul Fisher streetcar is not a mass transit system it's a novelty that runs around in circles. Unfortunately the taxpayers believed the crap that was told to them by city clowncil and mr. Undercover Boss who never ran or owned a bussiness. Might want to check out Hebron Kentucky an influx of international companies setting up shop. And of course restaurants etc, etc. Someone needs to tell them they need a streetcar.
@Freshbott29 жыл бұрын
Stephen Yount Tell that to Melbourne, Brussels, Antwerp, Vienna. These cities (among many others) that live by their tram networks happen to be among those with the highest quality of life in the world. Melbourne continually tops the list, and has the largest tram network in the world. I'm not saying trams = rainbows and unicorns but these cities succeed because of their ability to get behind new, or have not destroyed their old public systems that allow and encourage prosperity and high living standards. It seems Cincinnati's not at a loss because of the infrastructure's existence, but by the broader American inability to get behind worthwhile developments when it costs a little bit upfront. Oh unless they're freeways for many times the cost. With the exception of the nasty invention of toll roads, roads don't pay for themselves either. People have gotta accept a little bit of tax expenditure is good for everyone, but accepting that reality probably comes under the nono that is 'socialism/communism' 'cause 'MURCA!. Shame Americans who care/know what they're talking about have to put up with this.
@stephenyount31489 жыл бұрын
Bannicus you're comparing apples to oranges. Something that stays within a few neighborhoods is not a transit system. Go down to the bus station or terminal or tunnel or whatever they call it and walk a round you'll feel like you're the last man on earth, because you'll be there all by yourself. Maybe they could put it to good use and make it a homeless shelter, one free obama phone during your visit, I must say, that's a visionary idea .
@ionceateapinecone5 жыл бұрын
Just do what Toronto did with Lower Bay Station, rent it out to film companies
@zudemaster4 жыл бұрын
This report was in 2011. It is now almost 2020. What is the status of this? Has anything ever been done with it? I seriously doubt it.
@Andrew-bn7rr2 жыл бұрын
There were a few DJ/Music events. But nothing transit related that I know of.
@ohiopower8 жыл бұрын
Took a party bus to a reds game last year. And got let off down there.
@rgreed2008111 жыл бұрын
When the Norfolks Southern Railorad had decided to abandon its right of way, the city of Cincinnati had decided not to tried to go after the right of way. The nearest tracks end very close to Star Bank Arena. My only criticism of the street car project is that it fails to connect to the tracks which can be seen on the edge of Yteman's Cove and Sawyer Park. While the track are only one way, they can still used for the street car, therefore saving money.
@Odin0296 жыл бұрын
So is Cincinnati the only city in the world with 2 abandoned subway systems?
@jeremyrobinson791910 жыл бұрын
This isn't the first time this has happened here lol. It's like a curse.
@JayyJayyTripz6 жыл бұрын
Yea WTF
@jnuval4 жыл бұрын
Sounds more like corruption.
@Slipperyisimproving Жыл бұрын
NGL the station looks rather eerie and creepy. It's probably not haunted but still creepy. The empty station was abandoned before it got a chance.
@2011Maynard3 жыл бұрын
I actually parked in the tunnel for a Reds game with family and friends, several years ago while driving a Rental Transit Van. That was for like a minute until they kicked me out 😀....
@naireland10 жыл бұрын
No surprise here. I'm still paying for two new stadiums and a banks project and the Freedom Center.
@cincysilvia880710 жыл бұрын
know the feeling
@falcondriver1009 жыл бұрын
Not me, I was born & raised in the Nati..... I saw the writing on the wall & got the hell out. Its the next Detroit. FACT! Democrats destroy everything they touch. Cincy is now the third poorest large City in America, only behind Detroit and Buffalo.........
@cincysilvia88079 жыл бұрын
falcondriver100 I want to shake your hand lol
@stephenyount31489 жыл бұрын
And a private restaurant that went belly up....
@audrey.s.9 жыл бұрын
Speaking as an unbiased Youth Docent at the Freedom Center, I honestly believe that the Freedom Center is a wonderful place and it is WELL WORTH having to pay for through taxes because of all the really great programs and countless other things that happen there. I'm so glad that the Freedom Center didn't close down when it went through a rough time because it has such an important historical factor for the city of Cincinnati. I've learned a countless amount of history in just the few months of training there - more than I ever learned through my public education. If you haven't been there, I would suggest doing so because you won't regret it. Sorry this is somewhat of a long comment, I tend to write a lot whenever I express my opinions over the internet. ^^' I could go on all day about how important the Freedom Center is and all that, but I would rather save everyone from that long lecture from me..
@triode1 Жыл бұрын
Cincinnati is such a kool town….I lived there in 1970-72, the city was complex then, but wonderfully livable and vibrant-a hidden jewel.
@lauraclosetomyheart8 жыл бұрын
this is totally ridiculous! the money they have wasted with this underground and tearing up the streets and it's never been used. there are so many homeless people and veterans that need help. people who are starving. and they just keep wasting all of our money all of our taxes and the wear and tear on the automobiles. Are they going to pay us for that damage? when is all of this craziness going to stop?
@yaboi24514 жыл бұрын
Let's do something about it! Do you know how many people could form and benefit from this if we protest it??? We could e-mail eachother and get this thing going in the right direction. How about it?
@coltonlikestech59064 жыл бұрын
At least at the time of this video it was a good way to get around (by walking) that nobody knew about (but now it probably is being used now)
@johnreynolds97675 жыл бұрын
It's the Cincinnati way... what a waste....
@jefersonribeiro99133 жыл бұрын
investiment....
@davidgam84204 жыл бұрын
makes you wonder who they are preparing it for
@kevinhoward95932 жыл бұрын
Turn it into a COVID hospital.
@dukeblue99994 жыл бұрын
Add the streetcar to this. And the council just keeps on rolling with stupid projects. Zero accountability in the city.
@stephentodesco49659 жыл бұрын
The nitwit Governor Kasich is not public transit oriented. He is a supporter of Highway building......
@davyjones41910 ай бұрын
Luke’s opposed the Metro Moves plan that would have put the Riverfront transit center to use.
@St4rgates7 жыл бұрын
fallout Shelter :O
@AndroidSunner3 жыл бұрын
Literally the Cincinnati Mills of Transit Centers, similar styling too.
@michaelrief4424 Жыл бұрын
If the Voters would have approved the Light Rail project then this would be in use for that today. But they turned it down and instead a few years later the Cincinnati voters approved the Streetcar which was actually built and it’s running today. Cincinnati has never been a forward looking area like with the unfinished subway system.
@readysetsleep6 жыл бұрын
Is there a follow up 7 years later?
@basketballspinner5 жыл бұрын
development does not matter dust to dust ashes to ashes
@michaeltewes78334 жыл бұрын
You can't fix Cincinnati's abuse of taxpayers money. Stadium's , street car , Bengal s practice field and nee music venue to name a few.
@LumenateTV Жыл бұрын
Slap some tarmac down and start sanctioned "underground" street races/car meets that'll generate some revenue.
@briansawdo624510 ай бұрын
Cincinnati might someday complete their underground projects.
@rgreed200814 жыл бұрын
One of the biggest mistakes involving the streetcar is not connecting it to the existing railroad right of way along the riverfront. Another mistake is focus on Cincinnati not buying the former Norfolk Southern right of way. While the Indiana and Ohio railroad protested against the abandonment of the former NS right of way, the right of way had connected with the same right of way along the riverfront. The streetcar running towards Y., Sawyer Point and Theo. Berry Parks can attract more tourists down to the riverfront. Strangely, Metro had screw up big time by not allowing the No. 1 Bus to continue running between Union Terminal and Eden Park.
@jranderson1833 жыл бұрын
I've parked my school bus there when dropping kids off for games at the reds stadium
@jaworskij5 жыл бұрын
Turns my stomach to see this unfulfilled dream.
@lancelangdon75694 жыл бұрын
Why not turn this into additional or free parking?
@zigwald5 жыл бұрын
we went to tall stacks once. we had to get a bus from GE Evendale to this hole. then walk 1.5 miles to get the bus back.
@wildkeith Жыл бұрын
City counsel needs a wake up call.
@alexsystems20015 жыл бұрын
They got off cheap... moonbeam Brown is spending billions... BILLIONS of California taxpayer dollars on his train project. I think it’s projected to cost $60 billion or more. My tax money is going to that. And so far it’s hundreds of miles away from me and doesn’t help a good majority of California.
@AAllen-br8it4 жыл бұрын
"That's *EIGHT* football fields!" :o
@mijbau4 жыл бұрын
Rick J-420 thankfully they gave us that reference cuz here in America we have no concept of a half mile long, now if could just give a football field reference I can figure out what 85ft wide is!
@andykapsar46675 жыл бұрын
this is pretty standard forthe city. bengals are the only team in the league with no financial responsibility for their stadium
@Danny-qk1zn Жыл бұрын
Lol on Saint Patrick’s day I got in there. Only one metro bus there, it read it was going to Kenwood.
@chrisjohnson141610 жыл бұрын
Ive actually walked through that whole tunnel... its pretty cool. Shame its not in use
@raheemharrington64334 жыл бұрын
I used to work security there. Lol 5:30 am to 1 it was kinda cool
@mikemcgahee3 жыл бұрын
I do security there now 4am to 3pm
@ki4nge44 жыл бұрын
Charles.... You Signed Off on This Cluster Fork.... ? "I Call Shenanigans" !! Shenanigans HAVE Been Called...
@mtanyctrainatlantamartatra7164 Жыл бұрын
I'm a new New Yorker even for ya'll, I'm pissed off at your leaders in that city for not continuing the subway there, leaders in some places are a joke.
@TheSplendidWren7 жыл бұрын
Add this project on top of the abandoned subway station and you've got massive dollars lost in stupid projects. When will Cincinnati's transit and government learn?
@corvettez06usa4 жыл бұрын
Wow what the hell?! I clicked this expecting it was about the abandoned subway project from the early 1900s.
@kaplezedrummer24ify9 ай бұрын
If they put the streetcar under there it would literally be like Pittsburghs T train and it would get an incredible amount of people
@williamerazo16856 жыл бұрын
No economic development on the waterfront.
@Brianrockrailfan6 жыл бұрын
they need to put light rail track Thu the tunnel !
@christophhaas76924 жыл бұрын
Locked by a Master lock? Excuse while I let myself in. :)
@drewmullins85324 жыл бұрын
WORKED DOWN THERE FOR MONTHS ON END WE ALL NEW IT WAS A JOKE THEN PUT STAIR AND ELEVATORS IN WHAT A JOKE
@MilwaukeeF40C5 жыл бұрын
As an engineer, I fucking hate public expenditure on pretty much anything.
@darrylking25004 жыл бұрын
I traveled to Texas a few weeks ago An the Development down there with their Roads, transit, highways just infrastructure in general Puts Cincinnati about 25 years Behind . When they say everything is Big in Texas Boy" they're not lying..
@leslierogers92902 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of a certain abandoned subway
@PatroniMeiSancti6 жыл бұрын
This is what happens when gubmint becomes the investor.
@nakiafeagin60843 жыл бұрын
I never knew that was there until metro used one time in my life time and I’m 25. Back in 2019 I was pregnant Cincinnati had that light show . I thought metro was made a wrong turn
@steverlfs4 жыл бұрын
There is a bus route that uses it now, the Metro +. It is also used on special events.
@tomv59884 жыл бұрын
Did they really need to make it underground? For one bus stop?
@michelleg43464 жыл бұрын
OMG! Embarrassing for the Cincinnati Leaders.
@GRNLGHTNNG5 жыл бұрын
Best place to have motorcycle and car meets.
@andymurphy84033 жыл бұрын
But where do all the tourists that visit Cincinnati park their busses? Must be gridlock on the streets above from all those tour buses!
@shinebenhavin94193 жыл бұрын
Yuuup sure is, every time there is a big event
@clevelandsmith4044 жыл бұрын
Set up places for temporary shelters for homeless people ..
@Peterpiperofthes4 жыл бұрын
The street car was great also
@themoviedealers6 жыл бұрын
This is now being used since their streetcar line opened in 2016.
@okeanakidd51184 жыл бұрын
no its not ?????
@Shmancyfancy5366 ай бұрын
That lady was right though. eventually people will want to commute to work on mass transit and this will be nice to have. There is a big push for a more urban lifestyle so I see this as a visionary project. Then was the time to do it.
@jeffbullock11734 жыл бұрын
Thing is they didn't really go deep enough. This is city Graft, who benefited from the construction? How were the contractors chosen for the projects and who decided to sign off on this project?
@mrrobot59634 жыл бұрын
I thought Toronto politicians were bad but these people really screwed up here. And in return, got a streetcar to nowhere. Thank God a commuter rail system is actually gonna use it soon
@edisonsun21c5 жыл бұрын
Hey we have a great zoo!
@Deathtofrogleghorn8 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Ohio-we always have two things that don't go together or a bunch of unfinished business.
@jonathanstensberg4 жыл бұрын
*Builds huge central station for mass transit* *Refuses to build mass transit* *Outraged there's no mass transit using the station*
@redstonerelic2 жыл бұрын
2-1 voted down! gotta love it
@jmellon7664 жыл бұрын
They are not showing you the other half; the thing is full of militarized police crowd control toys.