[TigersEye]

Parents of many of these students have pressed both the University and the local police for answers and in some cases are seeking legal counsel.

Can anyone sue these parents for raising kids who are too stupid to leave a party when it turns into a riot?

[LukeL]

These parents have no legal standing, their kids are adults and responsible for their own lives.

[piytar]

“Can anyone sue these parents for raising kids who are too stupid to leave a party when it turns into a riot?”

Ya ever been walking home with no idea something like that is going on, turned a corner, and been overrun by a swarming mob of idiots — and cops chasing them?

I have.

Yes, I was young, dumb, and not situationally aware at the time. Still glad all I got was some tear gas from a cannister fired off by the pursuing police.

PS It was a Fourth of July celebration in a major city, and that answers the whole “how didn’t you hear it coming” thing.