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Riot police in Tucson allegedly use beanbag guns, tear gas on crowd after Wildcats loss
Sporting News ^ | 42 minutes and 11 seconds ago | By Kami Mattioli

Posted on 03/29/2014 10:17:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin

As Wisconsin fans celebrated in the streets in Madison, Arizona fans and students were greeted by dozens of riot police who allegedly shot beanbags and tear gas into crowds in Tucson.

At least one person in the crowd was brazen enough to confront riot police head-on.

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Silly Wildcats. You gotta win before you can riot.
1 posted on 03/29/2014 10:17:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

maybe these people just realized McCain is their senator...


2 posted on 03/29/2014 10:19:16 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BenLurkin

They got hosed by the Refs, especially on that last charge call


3 posted on 03/29/2014 10:21:21 PM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles (Remember, you can't spell "progressive" without "SS".)
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To: BenLurkin

They got hosed by the Refs, especially on that last charge call


4 posted on 03/29/2014 10:22:44 PM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles (Remember, you can't spell "progressive" without "SS".)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

and that out of bounds call looked like an attempt to make up for the earlier bad call.


5 posted on 03/29/2014 10:24:11 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (I never thought anyone could make Jimmy Carter look good in comparison.)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/bigplay.wav


6 posted on 03/29/2014 10:24:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

I call bogus. I suspect some police officials were expecting a real riot and didn’t realize the Wildcats lost. It looked like mostly bummed-out fans stumbling around after the game. They sent a text with an alert about an “unlawful assembly” before the game was even over, they were out there with the “riot police” ready to go...and nothing really happened. Jeepers, I’m pretty sure crowds of people wandering around University Ave on a Saturday night is totally normal.


7 posted on 03/29/2014 10:31:26 PM PDT by no-s (when democracy is displaced by tyranny, the armed citizen still gets to vote)
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To: BenLurkin

Are people supposed to know WTH this is all about from the thread title?


8 posted on 03/29/2014 10:31:34 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: BenLurkin

Is Sheriff Dupnik’s team behind this idea?


9 posted on 03/29/2014 10:37:20 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal
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To: doorgunner69

It’s the headline and thou shalt post the unaltered headline. Rail against the headline writer, not the poster.


10 posted on 03/29/2014 10:38:30 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Operating out of weakness? Imagine if he was working from a position of strength!)
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To: doorgunner69
"Perhaps it was a result of anxiety."

11 posted on 03/29/2014 10:41:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Wow.

I’m a Wisconsin grad, watched the first ten minutes, and gave up.

“The Badgers are out of their league,” I was thinking, “they’re toast.”

What happened???


12 posted on 03/29/2014 10:57:47 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Jack Hammer

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/dontknow.wav


13 posted on 03/29/2014 10:59:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: no-s

I’m as anti the emerging police state as anybody, but my son in law is on the force down there. His family had traveled 250 miles today for his birthday party this evening, and TPD called him in for mandatory overtime tonight. Campbell and Euclid was the last place most of those guys wanted to be.

He got hit with a couple of bottles, but is otherwise okay. My son in law is a great young man, not a fascist. They didn’t gin up anything.


14 posted on 03/29/2014 11:02:34 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: Jack Hammer

You played well and had Michigan’s refs.


15 posted on 03/29/2014 11:04:47 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: BenLurkin
Silly Wildcats. You gotta win before you can riot.

Silly Wildcats. You gotta be undocumented before you can riot.

16 posted on 03/29/2014 11:05:14 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Luke21

note that I wrote Police officials, not police officers. TPD was definitely correct to be prepared, but it was a dubious decision to escalate. Which put your SIL into harm’s way, btw, sorry to hear that he got beaned.


17 posted on 03/29/2014 11:36:19 PM PDT by no-s (when democracy is displaced by tyranny, the armed citizen still gets to vote)
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To: BenLurkin

A damned shame my team didn’t make it, I have a couch I’d really like to drag out in the street and burn


18 posted on 03/29/2014 11:50:09 PM PDT by Figment
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To: no-s

So were you there, or just expressing opinions?


19 posted on 03/30/2014 12:00:03 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: Jack Hammer
they persevered; they didn't give-up after 10min.
so unlike our GOP/e Congressional Ldrs when confronting by
pResident 0'Muslim & his Establishment Media after 30± seconds.

20 posted on 03/30/2014 12:21:35 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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