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"Mini-riot" in downtown Minneapolis caught on tape [VIDEO]
citypages ^ | Mon., Sep. 12 2011 at 7:39 AM | Mike Mullen

Posted on 09/12/2011 2:20:37 PM PDT by null and void

A series of fights broke out after a teen dance party in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday night, causing wild scenes on busy streets, and leading to the arrests of three participants.

Early news reports called the action a "riot," but that term has since been downgraded to "mini-riot." The trouble started as hundreds of teenagers poured out of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, which was hosting the "Big Bash 2" dance party. During the party, kids had scuffled with event security, leading to a police call, an early end to the party, and an exodus of riled-up kids.

As a large crowd moved down Nicollet Mall, it tossed restaurant furniture and confronted bystanders, according to the Star Tribune.

More troublesome, though, were the fights that took place within the group, one of which was caught on tape.

The video, captured and uploaded by someone who says he was having his bachelor party at the Local, shows a slew of young people walking down the street. A couple of them begin to have words, and some scatter, before a dozen or so get into brief brawl with punches and chairs thrown.

The fighting ends soon enough, and the crowd simply moves on farther down the block, increasing its speed as cops arrive.

Later, when the crowd stalled at South 10th Street and Nicollet, police responded with riot gear and pepper spray, and arrested three "mini-riot" participants, one of whom had punched a cop, the Star Tribune reports.

The lesson, apparently, is that you should always wear goggles to teen dance parties: Party promoter Brayshaun Gibson, 19, says police used pepper spray to disperse the first Big Bash party in April.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: minneapolis; minnesota; norwegians; yutes
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To: null and void
Looks like another pack of anarchic negroes, raisin' hell in a state that pisses on the 2nd Amendment and makes self-defense a felony.

Until more than a few rioters and/or 'legislators' come to some serious physical harm, this sh!t will only get worse the closer bhØ gets to eviction.

21 posted on 09/12/2011 3:11:47 PM PDT by tomkat (PC = pandering collusion)
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To: Tigerized

OTOH, there’s the stupid white guy in the crowd who’s cheering on the violence. Dropping F-bombs in typical suburban white guy fashion. He’s probably wearing baggy, saggy pants and listens to rap music.


22 posted on 09/12/2011 3:11:47 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: heartwood

Good question. When Milwaukee had that State Fair wilding on opening night, the reporter took pains to note that fighting broke out amongst the yutes and then spilled over to them beating up (white) people. I don’t know why that matters.


23 posted on 09/12/2011 3:15:01 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: null and void

The illegals and reparation seekers are turning America into a third world country. There will be no shortage of targets when
we have to take our country back from these worthless bums and filth.


24 posted on 09/12/2011 3:24:34 PM PDT by soycd
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To: null and void
Why is that picture so dark? </SARC> ;-)
25 posted on 09/12/2011 3:41:17 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: null and void
get-faced-then-get-maced parties

An apt title for the next one on the 24th.

26 posted on 09/12/2011 3:52:57 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: Flag_This
Mini-riot ...Riot...Venti Riot?

LOL !

27 posted on 09/12/2011 3:53:10 PM PDT by Popman (Obama is God's curse upon the land....)
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To: davisfh

ROTF!


28 posted on 09/12/2011 4:26:06 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Disgusted with the establishment GOP and their enablers.)
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To: rabidralph

“...the stupid white guy in the crowd who’s cheering on the violence.”

Yeah, you’re right on target. Why “ghetto” equals “cool” I’ll never understand.


29 posted on 09/12/2011 6:29:55 PM PDT by Tigerized
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