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San Francisco Officials Prepare For Super Bowl, Hope To Avoid Violence
CBS Bay Area news ^ | Jan 24, 2013 | CBS News

Posted on 01/25/2013 5:17:18 PM PST by Michael.SF.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco city officials preparing for the 49ers’ Super Bowl game against the Baltimore Ravens are hoping to avoid a repeat of the violence and vandalism that marred World Series celebrations last year.

A total of 36 people were arrested during post-game celebrations in October after the San Francisco Giants’ World Series victory against the Detroit Tigers, 23 of them for felonies. Celebrants lit a number of bonfires in the middle of Mission Street, broke windows and, in one notorious incident, set a Muni 8X-Bayshore Express bus on fire at Market and Kearny streets.

(Excerpt) Read more at sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Sports
KEYWORDS: nfl
From the article:Police Chief Greg Suhr said after the World Series that the destructive behavior of fans caught the department and other emergency responders by surprise.

Well they can't use that excuse this year, can they?

Lot's of luck getting the bars to agree to probably their third biggest sales day of the year day (after March 17 and behind (pun intended) Gay Pride Day

1 posted on 01/25/2013 5:17:24 PM PST by Michael.SF.
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To: Michael.SF.

“San Francisco city officials preparing for the 49ers’ Super Bowl game against the Baltimore Ravens are hoping to avoid a repeat of the violence and vandalism that marred World Series celebrations last year.”

Isn’t that like expecting the majority population of Frisco to go heterosexual overnight?


2 posted on 01/25/2013 5:21:38 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Michael.SF.
Sorry to all. The above does not make as much sense without the Drudge headline:

SF MAYOR SUGGESTS BARS DON'T SERVE ALCOHOL DURING SUPER BOWL...

3 posted on 01/25/2013 5:23:34 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Obama lied, Stevens died.)
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To: Michael.SF.
Gotta add that by all accounts it wasn't 'fans' that rioted after the WS last year, they were pretty well behaved following the game. It was the opportunists that came out later on. I suppose its the same in every city.

But not being a 49ers fan I'd rather not have to read about another riot, so go Ravens.

4 posted on 01/25/2013 5:29:32 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Michael.SF.

“What is with all these out on control
celebrations? I saw them overturning cars,setting them on fire. I asked one
guy, why did you do that? He looked at
me kinda sheepishly and said,’(chuckles)...’Niners..’”— Bobcat Goldthwaite

I remember one yr riots broke out in
Oakland cause the Raiders...lost!
And years later...Vancouver on the
night the can’t miss Canucks were
blanked 4-0 by Bruins in Stanley
Cup game 7..mass destruction


5 posted on 01/25/2013 5:34:33 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: Michael.SF.

I gues those 69er fans can get rambunctious, huh?


6 posted on 01/25/2013 5:48:21 PM PST by TheRobb7 ("Patriots don't negotiate the terms of our enslavement"--JimRob)
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To: TheRobb7

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/Pushing.wav


7 posted on 01/25/2013 5:58:29 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Michael.SF.

The SF authorities ought to follow Sheriff Joe’s lead. He guaranteed that
the lawbreakers attending the Super Bowl attendees in his jurisdiction would be arrested, and would go to the tent city. The result? No problems.


8 posted on 01/25/2013 7:31:17 PM PST by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: BenLurkin
Hate the politics of SF, but I do love the niner's.
9 posted on 01/25/2013 11:41:13 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Obama lied, Stevens died.)
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To: Michael.SF.
I'm sure that there are a lot of folks getting ready to celebrate (or mourn, depending on the outcome of the game) by liberating a new wide screen TV from the nearest appliance store.
10 posted on 01/26/2013 8:09:49 AM PST by Wordkraft (Remember who the Collaborators are.)
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