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Posted on 02/24/2002 12:24:59 AM PST by badfreeper
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Rubber bullets were fired as about 50 riot police struggled to control a rampaging crowd in central Salt Lake City, venue of the Winter Olympics, police said Sunday.
The crowd of young people had broken several shop windows, Reuters eye witnesses said, and started throwing rocks and bottles at the police.
They went on the rampage shortly after midnight when police tried to stop them drinking at a temporary bar set up for the Olympics. An area was cordoned off by police cars, the witnesses said.
Helicopters hovered overhead with searchlights on as a series of running battles took place.
The hotel housing the International Olympic Committee was cordoned off by troops carrying automatic weapons.
"There's 2,000 angry people heading this way," a police officer in the hotel said.
The center of the city has been flooded during the 17 days of the Games by crowds enjoying Olympic events, concerts and a party atmosphere.
Saturday night, the last before the Games closes, there was an edge to the atmosphere with groups of youngsters, many drunk, filling the sidewalks.
Normally there are strict regulations governing the sale of alcohol in Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah state.
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You're correct, sir.
When people behave like these "youth" did it's no wonder why Utah has strict regulations.
Drink without eating. Except in taverns, or in "private clubs" where temporary guest memberships cost about US$5 for a two-week period.
Order doubles. Limit is one ounce of alcohol per mixed drink, although "secondary alcoholic flavorings" are allowed in exotic mixed drinks.
Have two drinks delivered at once to one individual. Server must set down one drink, then perform some other duty, such as shifting an ashtray, before setting down the other drink.
Probably when the booze ran out or the still broke down, whichever came first.
February 11, 2002
Booze 'n bullets
KEN MACQUEEN in Salt Lake City
Utah is unique for a variety of reasons, among them laws pertaining to alcohol and firearms. Some examples:
Things you can do in Utah with a gun:
State law allows American adults without felony records or convictions for domestic abuse to have a concealed weapons permit.
Utah's 41,000-plus licence holders can carry their loaded, concealed weapons in cars, bars, shopping centres, schools, churches, buses, trains, terminals and most other public places.
Even without that permit, guns that are "capable of being concealed" can be carried at home and at the owner's place of business.
Concealed weapons are banned in secure areas of airports, Olympic venues, federal buildings, jails and mental health facilities, or when the carrier is intoxicated.
A state legal opinion has thrown into question a law that bans guns in state workplaces, home daycare operations, the campus and dormitories at the University of Utah.
Things you can't do with booze:
Drink under the age of 21.
Purchase "heavy beer" (over 3.2 per cent alcohol) in restaurants after midnight, or from corner stores.
Expect your restaurant server to produce a wine list. You must request it.
Drink without eating. Except in taverns, or in "private clubs" where temporary guest memberships cost about US$5 for a two-week period.
Order doubles. Limit is one ounce of alcohol per mixed drink, although "secondary alcoholic flavorings" are allowed in exotic mixed drinks.
Have two drinks delivered at once to one individual. Server must set down one drink, then perform some other duty, such as shifting an ashtray, before setting down the other drink.
Canadians love their booze more than their rights: higher incidence of alcoholism and socialism than the U.S.
Keep 'em drunk while the commissars trample them. It worked in Russia.
LOL Its things like that that make you think isn't it? Humorous anyway! Guess we know was keeping that store in the next county in business...
Not until they use real bullets.
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