The smell of teargas on State Street brings back memories of the early 70's. Going to the Capitol to be with the Guardsmen that had just come back from Vietnam. They were worried that they would shoot the protesters since they even admitted they were triggerhappy from their year in Vietnam. They figured that if there were people they knew in the crowd, they could resis the temptation to fire. Fortunately, that worked.....
Are we getting close to this again? I imagine this is just too much liquor before the snows come. This can be the most beautiful time in Wisconsin. The time of year I actually miss....
Hundreds arrested in raid on Halloween revelry crowds MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police used repeated bursts of pepper spray early Sunday to break up a crowd of Halloween celebrants, part of a weekend of revelry in which more than 400 people were arrested.
Police made hundreds of alcohol-related arrests over two days of Madison, Wis. annual Halloween bash.
No serious injuries or property damage were reported. Police declared an unlawful assembly early Sunday and used officers on horseback to move chanting and beverage-tossing revelers off State Street. The pepper spray was used after cups filled with beverages and ice were thrown at officers. Most arrests were for alcohol-related offenses, said Lt. Pat Malloy. He said the local detoxification center was filled to capacity and some people had to be taken to emergency rooms. There were 269 arrests overnight and 178 the night before, Police Chief Noble Wray said. Madison is the home of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Elsewhere, police in Athens, Ohio, home of Ohio University, made 95 arrests at a Saturday night Halloween block party. Police described the crowd as belligerent but smaller than in previous years. Forty-eight of those arrested are college students, officers said. One man was stabbed in the hand and a woman was injured escaping from an attempted rape, Athens police spokesman James Mann said.
No comments:
Post a Comment