Block Party Riots...

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i saw everything...i was delivering and got tear gassed, so eff all the students who started the rioting. and Ken, you're wrong. The hpd was present from at least 5pm til 3 in the morning. I talked with numerous officers. The reason the riot squad and SWAT were called from staunton and charlottesville was because hpd was standing guard trying to keep everything under control, but people started throwing beer bottles at them because they thought it would be "funny." there is a fine line between funny and stupid. and no, people did not start leaving as soon as they got the blast message. the cops were not pushing people just for the fun of it...it's not like they're crooked cops and just want to piss off all the students. the fact is that the students got realllly out of hand. I am actually kind of embarrassed to be apart of the JMU community after yesterday's events. I couldn't drive with my windows down because there was tear gas EVERYWHERE. and i watched a bunch of drunk college kids throwing bottles at the riot police after they kicked them out of forest hills manor. I also saw the riot police on the corner of port and devon guarding someone who had been beaten down by who knows who. I can't tell you how many people I delivered to, who had their doors kicked in, or their windows broken, or punched, or bottles thrown at them, and not by police, by other students. granted I'm still a little pissed off about being tear gassed while i was working and contributing to the community, while a bunch of drunk college kids were puking their guts out in our parking lot, and walking across port rd in the dark while cars were going 35 mph and then cursing at the driver for honking at them to get out of the middle of the road. weren't we all taught at the age of 5, NOT to play in the road???