| Monday, January 27, 2003 |
09:20 - American sports fans show how mature they are
http://www.msnbc.com/news/864816.asp?0cv=CB10
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And to think I had felt self-righteous about our lack of British soccer fans trashing stadiums and crushing other fans, or of Toronto hockey fans turning downtown into a circus of drunken death. Here I'd thought hey, that could never happen here. Yeah, we have football; but at least people just sit calmly at home and drink their own beer and pass out afterwards instead of going out and killing people.
About 10 vehicles were set on fire, and crowds broke the windows of at least one television news van, police and witnesses said. One group of young men set debris on fire in the middle of a street and then posed for news photographers. Rioters broke nearly every window at a McDonald?s restaurant, which was also set on fire.
Tear gas wafted through the area, and some witnesses picked up rubber bullets fired by police.
Maybe it's because Oakland is so close to Berkeley, and the fans have picked up on their brethren's spirit of non-violent protests for peace (e.g. smashing the windows of the INS)?
What the hell country is this again?
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