Fire Department Shuts Down Fraternity Parties Early, Leads To “Riot Like” Environment
Three people were arrested and one man was hospitalized resulting from a fight that broke out near the University of California, Berkeley after local fire departments shut down fraternity Halloween parties around 10 p.m. With nowhere to go an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 students were left “milling around” according to officers responding to the incident. Police downplayed the commotion saying “I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a riot,” but leave it to social media to gladly take that word and run with it.
Man dressed as Jesus in front of a cop car just started a riot with hundreds of others. Average Berkeley Halloween pic.twitter.com/eBq3uRfkny
— Atreyue Ryken ❄️ (@Atreyue) November 1, 2015
last night I was locked inside a frat house for the entire night bc there was a huge riot outside and if that's not Berkeley idk what is
— Maria (@mariagasch) November 1, 2015
Tonight the corner my house is on turned into a riot zone. Haven't felt this unsafe in a long time. #Berkeley
— Kelsi K. (@KKranberry) November 1, 2015
Obviously, the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle, but whoever thought it was a good idea to shut down the Halloween parties, basically before the night even got started, should single handedly be responsible for paying for all damages that unfolded.
“Make sure these kids have nowhere to go so they can just aimlessly wonder the streets.”
Solid plan, chief..
[via ABC7]
3,000-5,000 GDI’s rioting and yet somehow the fraternities will probably be held responsible for it, because that’s the only logical solution
10 years ago at 6:07 pmI really admired your work with that riot Jesus. It was just a notch below Vancouver after they lost the Stanley Cup. Not bad.
10 years ago at 6:23 pmRIP Veishea
10 years ago at 6:08 pmNot being classified a full-blown rioter purely cause you’re middle class and white.
10 years ago at 6:10 pmTFM
Dressing as Jesus and leading a revolt. TFM.
10 years ago at 6:11 pmBeing a non-violent revolutionary. TJesusM
10 years ago at 7:20 pmShutting down a party when they’re drunk enough to riot but not enough to pass out is universally a bad idea.
10 years ago at 6:12 pmI hope this is a reference to BMS.
10 years ago at 6:48 pmNot being a riot because the students were not Greek TGDIM
10 years ago at 6:15 pmIt’s UC Berkely. They have been riot prone since nam.
10 years ago at 6:29 pm50 years ago, this situation would of called for tear gas.
10 years ago at 7:08 pmWould have*. C’mon.
10 years ago at 11:52 pmits not a riot unless the rioters are at least three shades darker than Hillary Clintons heart.
10 years ago at 8:16 pmSavage.
10 years ago at 10:45 pmPretty sure it would be a “riot like” environment inside the parties too
10 years ago at 9:40 pmAt that point the fire dept. straight up just wanted to fuck with them
10 years ago at 1:25 pm