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Lefty
19th April 2004, 01:05
Link to article (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3992884,00.html)

Yeah, I was just walking around with friends and people started coming out of bars (closing time, I guess) and somebody screamed riot. So people started jumping up and down and someone started jumping on cars. Then the cops rolled up and started macing EVERYBODY, even the people running away. I happened to be in the middle of the crowd so I figured that it would be good to get the fuck out of there. The kid next to me got hit in the head with a tear gas canister, but I escaped unscathed thanks to putting a wet shirt over my face and running the fuck away. However, on my way out a cop tackled me and tried to mace me in the face but I wriggled away and sprinted my ass out of there. Apparently, it was on CNN this morning, lots of damage done. That's some bad craziness right there, guys.

Y2A>The Communist Movement
19th April 2004, 09:57
What can you say? The people got out of hand. 1,000 cars! I bet those guys were pissed the next day. What was this "festival" about anyway? Just an excuse to get drunk I purpose?

Guest
20th April 2004, 01:38
Just a big party and celebration of the awesomeness of ISU. There's a parade and activities and stuff. It's pretty cool.

antieverything
20th April 2004, 15:50
LOL, I love it...


Yeah, I was just walking around with friends and people started coming out of bars (closing time, I guess) and somebody screamed riot. So people started jumping up and down and someone started jumping on cars.
That's all it takes to start a damn riot? Someone to scream "riot"?

Lefty
22nd April 2004, 01:29
When you're drunk, I guess so. It was more of a mosh pit, and the cops showed up and hit a whole bunch of people and then they shot the tear gas and it all went to hell. Thanks, piggies!

Kurai Tsuki
16th May 2004, 00:58
It annoys me that people can riot for sprorts teams, universities, or just for being drunk, but political riots are almost unheard of. People in this country have horrible priorities.

scrap metal
16th May 2004, 02:06
I live an hour from Ames. I was there. It was chaos......it was great. ^_^

we should have a riot every year, for no particular reason. flipping some cappie prick's $75,000 car is a great stress reliever.

scrap metal
16th May 2004, 23:17
oh, and on top of all that, i was one of the lucky ones who didn't get maced. mace blows. cappies blow. riots are ok...untill the mace and tear gas.

was anyone else there?