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[half a moon]

Upon arrival, police found a crowd of about 1,000 students congregating outside the library. The crowd began storming the library doors, chanting "Let us in!" "Take the library!" and other statements as they attempted to enter the library. UTC Police told the crowd to disperse. Instead members of the crowd began to climb up on the library and jump into the crowd. Some threw items at the police officers on site.

Police sprayed mace above the heads of students to disperse the crowd.

VIDEO: http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/...goers-maced-outside-utc-library/?breakingnews


I missed out on all of the fun? That's my college...

 

[JCX]

pft only 1000...

 

[half a moon]

pft only 1000...

The website says 300 but they sent an official email saying 1,000.

 

[Darklord]

Cops did the right thing. What do people expect when a large drunken crowd try and break into a building?

 

[half a moon]

Some more videos on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbP7FCqRIoY

Police made five arrests and issued one misdemeanor citation.

Any one else's college do stupid shit this semesters end?

 

[JCX]

Went insane after beating UConn

depressed after losing to UNC

UNC went way crazier than we are allowed to though.

 

[Sinatar]

So how are all the cop haters going to try and turn this one around?

 

[way more]

You call that a riot? I went to the University of Colorado and that little tea party is what is known as "Free nacho nite at Catacombs." Thank god the cops got there had they been anymore rowdy a hay ride would've broken out.

And mace? Oh dear. That can hurt someone if within 3 meters!!!! You make the news when tear gas is needed, kids.

 

[half a moon]

You call that a riot? I went to the University of Colorado and that little tea party is what is known as "Free nacho nite at Catacombs." Thank god the cops got there had they been anymore rowdy a hay ride would've broken out.

And mace? Oh dear. That can hurt someone if within 3 meters!!!! You make the news when tear gas is needed, kids.

Yeah, it's pretty weaksauce IMO too.

Everyone on facebook is uploading their lil vids.

 

[Yixian]

So how are all the cop haters going to try and turn this one around?

Macing and tasering are not the same thing.

 

[way more]

Macing and tasering are not the same thing.

According to popular masochist Johnny Knoxville mace is worse than a simple tazer'n.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMJgSuaEOPk

Were you aware? During training cops submit to being tazed and maced to understand what if feels like. During the bad ol' days (a decade ago) I wish they also made cops submit to being sodomized by a nightstick just so they would realize it wasn't a trump card to pull too often.

My point being is I'd rather cops be given non-lethal weapons freely available and used often than them only given a nightstick, their mitts, and imagination to subdue the offensive.

 

[Night_Trekker]

I laughed. The mental picture of a bunch of rioting morons getting maced is hilarious.