TruePoint wrote:It's what college kids do. I was there for the 2004 World Series and things got ugly. It was fun.
Just looks like a couple misdemeanors, which for a group of 1000 college kids is actually pretty impressive. Still think cops should be more crowd control than ordinance enforcement at times like that, and not sure why the projo thought this was a super important story to report (how many other misdemeanors do they write up? Maybe they do it all the time and that is why they are failing?).
As a retired pizza delivery guy, though, I do feel bad for the driver who's car was roughed up. And if they catch the kids who broke lights a bill for them should accompany their next tuition statement.
TP,
Surprising response from you. You think this is what college kids do? That was fun"?
I very strongly disagree with you.
You mention the lights and the pizza guy but not the police officers.
When students throw full cans and bottles of beer at Police Officers adn EMS Personnel that is Riot mentality. I can't fathom any student at my University of Rhode Island doing such a thing.
For me there should be no second chance for anyone who there cans, bottles, snowballs, blocks of ice or other debris at Police Officers and/or EMS Personnel.
These people are for our public safety - their job is to protect us.
I hope the University and Police interview everyone they can. Anyone who was found to be throwing anything at Police or EMS should be expelled immediately - not end of semesterbut NOW. I don't want them at my State School.
In all of my life, all of my years associated with URI I have never heard of Students intending to hurt Police or EMS personnel like this
A thrown full can or bottle of beer could cause severe damage and could even kill. When the item is thrown it is intended cause damage. A police officer or EMS person could lose an eye, lose teeth, loose mental capacity, could die. A policeman was hit in the back of the head!!!!! Imagine if a Policeman was killed? or anyone was killed? Someone could have been killed.
This was a disaster.
It was not a mistake by the Projo to print this - it was mistake by some URI students.
Students found to be throwing stuff at Police, EMS and the Pizza driver should be:
1. Expelled - never allowed to return to URI
2. Pay for all damages
3. Pay for all medical bills
4. Apologize
5. Work in a Hospital Emergency Room
This from the Projo Article:
Six URI students were arrested, four by the URI campus police and two by the South Kingstown police. Seven Rhode Island state troopers also responded in an attempt to control the growing crowd of Patriots fans.
- Four of the police officers were injured.
- Students broke several lamp posts with snowballs.
- Police said up to eight lights on the Elephant Walk outdoor stairway were damaged, along with a Ronzio Pizza delivery car.
- A South Kingstown police officer suffered a serious wrist sprain during the free-for-all.
- Another South Kingstown officer was struck in the back of the head with a full can of beer.
- A URI police officer suffered a minor cut
- another was hit in the leg with a can or bottle of beer.
- Other officers were struck by snowballs and blocks of ice.
- URI’s EMS ambulance was pelted with snowballs, ice and other debris.
“Most of those who participated simply had fun celebrating a great victory,” she said.
“But the actions of a few members of the group are deplorable and show a complete lack of the respect for the University, its police officers and other law enforcement officers. I assure you that those found to be culpable by the criminal justice process and our own student conduct process will face severe consequences.”