The Troostwood Banquet Hall rented out its space to a man who was holding a dance. People who lease the hall are required to provide uniformed security officers, but on November 26, 2002, that didn’t stop a gang member from firing shots into a crowd, killing 17-year-old Kristi Carroll. A Jackson County jury held the owner of building liable. The plaintiffs’ lawyer, Michael Fletcher, “told jurors to remember that police had been called to the two square blocks around the banquet hall 200 times in the past two years,” so apparently business owners in high-crime areas are now responsible for the crime that occurs on or near their premises. (Joe Lambe, “Jury awards $5 million in slaying”, Kansas City Star, Mar. 5; “Police investigate teen’s death”, AP, Nov. 26, 2002).