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[NoelSeven]

What the heck was that about? Thousands rioted, they say, and in New Hampshire?

http://www.mtv.com/news/1968156/pumpkin-festival-riot-keene-state/

[deepwaterdotter]

Over consumption of alcohol?

[kdgn]

4,000 students and the cause for the riot is still unclear.

[NoelSeven]

On 10/19/2014 deepwaterdotter said:

Over consumption of alcohol?

Gee, I dunno. Shocking, imo. Quiet little New Hampshire.

At least a lot of the college students showed up today to clean up the mess, but they say 30 people were injured yesterday.

[NoelSeven]

On 10/19/2014 kdgn said:

4,000 students and the cause for the riot is still unclear.

That's an incredible number to riot like that.

[dooBdoo]

Wow. Sounds like it was a frightening incident. Here's one student's guess about what caused the problem.

". . . Brian Mazzola, a junior, said most of the students in his apartment building decided to stay inside Saturday night after hearing about the brewing trouble.

"It was kind of scary," he said. "We could hear the helicopters circling around telling people to go inside."

He believes police were too aggressive in shutting down parties early in the weekend, saying that forced "a mob of drunk kids on the street" with nowhere to go. But he said the police response once things turned violent was absolutely appropriate . . ."

from: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/arrests-pumpkin-festival-turns-mayhem-26302065

[kdgn]

And only 14 were arrested. " Students threw bottles and pumpkins, destroyed street signs, lit fires, and overturned cars and dumpsters."

[NoelSeven]

On 10/19/2014 dooBdoo said:

Wow. Sounds like it was a frightening incident. Here's one student's guess about what caused the problem.

". . . Brian Mazzola, a junior, said most of the students in his apartment building decided to stay inside Saturday night after hearing about the brewing trouble.

"It was kind of scary," he said. "We could hear the helicopters circling around telling people to go inside."

He believes police were too aggressive in shutting down parties early in the weekend, saying that forced "a mob of drunk kids on the street" with nowhere to go. But he said the police response once things turned violent was absolutely appropriate . . ."

from: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/arrests-pumpkin-festival-turns-mayhem-26302065

Thanks for the link, dBd!

[ROMARY]

OMGosh...........Doesn't anyone have homework now-a-days? Keeping busy scholastically is a better option. 'As I recall', a thousand years ago, we had tons of term papers, etc. Much too busy to riot, for sure.

[dooBdoo]

On 10/19/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 10/19/2014 dooBdoo said:

Wow. Sounds like it was a frightening incident. Here's one student's guess about what caused the problem.

". . . Brian Mazzola, a junior, said most of the students in his apartment building decided to stay inside Saturday night after hearing about the brewing trouble.

"It was kind of scary," he said. "We could hear the helicopters circling around telling people to go inside."

He believes police were too aggressive in shutting down parties early in the weekend, saying that forced "a mob of drunk kids on the street" with nowhere to go. But he said the police response once things turned violent was absolutely appropriate . . ."

from: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/arrests-pumpkin-festival-turns-mayhem-26302065

Thanks for the link, dBd!

Hi, Noel. You're welcome. It sounds like it was anticipated by some, but obviously it turned into a big mess.