I blame BOTH the kids who gate crashed and the police officer whom I believed had a major meltdown in this incident.
I may be old-fashioned, but if you did get an invite to a private party, you just do not go, period. Gate crashing a party just simply lowers my respect in my eyes. From what I have heard, there was not supposed be more then 20 kids at that party.
On the police officer, he either had a complete meltdown and ended up acting like a rouge or was on a power trip. Either way, there are NO winners in this incident.
I agree—though a beating by the cops is probably not the due punishment.
I wish I knew the facts better. It does look like the rules are no more than 20 to a party, but also the “hosts” claim that most of the attendees were classmates and from the neighborhood. If so, were they entitled to go to the pool on their own and not officially count as part of the 20?
I really don’t know. I’ve also read that they had obscene, loud rap music blasting, etc. Don’t know if any of that is true.
And the cop screaming at the kids with profanity when issuing his instructions was also totally uncalled for. Looked like he’d watched far too many cop shows on TV.