Posted on 10/18/2014 4:58:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
“There were about 4,000 kids in this backyard and it almost felt like a war zone,” said Ellery Murray, a sophomore at Keene State. “People were just throwing everything they could find -- rocks, skateboards, buckets, pumpkins. It was actually kind of scary.”
“[Police] were wearing shields and knee-pads and had all these dogs herding people out of the yard into the street,” said Murray.
Murray said she was at large house party near the festival early Saturday afternoon when people started lobbing beer bottles and other objects into the crowd.
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Que the amber lamps guy.
No, I didn't--it's New Hampshire. Some people will drive a long way for a party -- U of RI is at least 2 hours away, maybe 3.
Instead of working this Saturday to put some money aside, they are destroying private property and adding to the burden of taxpayers. A few years from now they’ll be whining for student loan forgiveness.
Keene State = 13th grade.
” Leave those kids alone!”
I still haven’t guessed. Small area, too many young people, alcohol, drugs, noise, and boom..., did I miss something?
Looks like one of those events where the main objective is to get as drunk as possible.
or stoned
Looked like your typical group of over-privileged New England snots. Daddy’s credit card should take care of everything.
Wanna be black people.
My parents would have beaten me within an inch of my life if I had ever behaved like that! It quite simply was NOT allowed!!!!!!!!!!! and I paid my own damn way thru college! But I respected them enough to behave anyway!!!!
I have spent a lot of time on this campus, working for the Athletic Department.
If ever there was a place that seemed low key, it was Keene. This story just surprises me.
Keene is a pretty run of the mill state college. It’s not a New England snob fest at all.
Sounds like a lot of the troublemakers were road-trippers.
Just one of the bad things about Facebook and Twitter, IMO. Thousands can be assembled at a spot in pretty short order.
Being a former member of the United States Submarine Service, I can’t ever recall getting drunk. Whistle, whistle, wistle.
‘Free Staters’ capitol of Red Hampshire...
It's unfortunate that something so *hometown* gets out of hand with the influx of too many people. I think the event is wonderful. I'm sure too much alcohol was involved. The *FreeKeene* topless protesters were nowhere to be found.
Darn Libertarians.
The out of state students will return to vote democrat in a couple of weeks...
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