Posted on 09/12/2011 8:13:59 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB
Three people were arrested Saturday night when a melee that a police spokesman described as a "mini-riot" broke out in downtown Minneapolis after a teen dance party.
Dozens of police officers from Minneapolis, the State Patrol and other law enforcement agencies responded to a chaotic scene after the Big Bash 2 party, which was held in an exhibition hall next to the Hyatt Regency Hotel at 1300 Nicollet Mall.
At about 10 p.m., police responded to a report that hotel security employees were fighting with event-goers, said police spokesman Sgt. William Palmer. Shortly after that, partygoers began moving north on Nicollet Mall, throwing patio furniture from restaurants into the street and getting into confrontations with people they encountered.
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I went to a melee ... and people started dancing.
Okay, this was a “teen” dance party.
Interesting description................
Can we talk about other characteristics of these teenagers, or do we have to stick with the statement that generic teenagers started a riot for unknown reasons???????
Calling everyone teenagers conjures up images of Wally and Beaver and Eddie Haskel. It sounds like Eddie Haskel got in a fight with somebody.
I always thought that Lumpy was a troublesome dude. I wonder if he got into it with somebody.
Yep, things got out of hand at a dance with Wally and Beaver. That’s the conclusion we should draw from this article. Just typical teenage hijinks.
The article makes it very clear that these were Amish teenagers who were having a spirited debate on whether it was an apple or a tomato that Eve ate in the garden.
“Brayshaun Gibson”
Nice Amish name.
And the same thing happened at the same event last year.
I thought inciting a riot was a crime?
They need to put ol' Brayshaun in jail, or at least send him the bill for the cops overtime.
A “mini riot”? what would they call an all out and full riot? 800 people (juveniles at that) is alot of yutes.
I often wondered when paying people to have more people with no family or fathers needed in the home would reach ‘critical mass’
It seems like behaving like animals is OK, so I think this is it
"We want everyone to come out and mingle with each other," said Brayshaun Gibson, 19, head coordinator for Soe N The Clouds Entertainment, which threw the event.
In April, there was a similar occurrence at the first Big Bash at the Radisson hotel at the University of Minnesota, and police entered and used pepper spray then, too, Gibson said. "I would like more cooperation from the Minneapolis police instead of miscommunication," he said.
Aw shucks then. 800 yutes - just a normal day of fussin’ and fightin’ in the hood.
Fo’ shizzle meine bruder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbhTnV_U7Jo
Hey, give him a break. Brayshaun, his girl friend LaSkanka and his homies Imagangsta and Punkpunk were on rumspringa.
I wonder what they felt entitled to this time?
I went to a melee and a hockey game broke out! :)
Thanks for the Soul Train link - what a way to start the morning.
I had forgotten the “style” of that era. As well as Don Cornelius’ inability to bend at the waist!
Hilarious.
So, hold off with the shock troops!
If that ain't Post of the Day, I don't know what is! (Great tagline, too!)
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