OSU fans

[johnny2x2x]

I was shocked at the behavior of the police during my time at State. Just no regard for the civil rights of young people.

 

[RedeemerKid]

I knew a guy who did a police internship type thing with ELPD back in the 80's. Long time ago, but even then it was funny to hear him tell stories about riding along with an officer on a Saturday night.

Two students walking down the street with an open case of Busch drinking a couple? No problem.

Two students walking down the street with an open case of Molson Golden drinking a couple? Busted, ticketed, and confiscated. The Molson would end up in the officer's fridge at home after a short stay in the trunk of the squad car. He said he hadn't actually paid for beer in years.

Moral of the story, if having open intoxicants in public, make it cheap beer.

:cheers:

 

[TheVictors]

Not condoning burning couches but I think student/radom partier behavior is made worse by the hard line that elpd takes. They think more enforcement equals less rowdy behavior but really it incites it

Same thing happened in Boulder back in the mid/late-90's when rioting there was en vogue. A combination of simply shutting down a bar area and using all the public video to encourage others to tattle on the rioters put a decent end to it.

Funny though, it was a Wings/Avs playoff game and party the cops responded to that started the first of many "Hill Riots" back then.

And I will admit to being at a party when the host and a few other buddies thought it would be cool to light their couch on fire out in the street...

 

[Sbee]

Same thing happened in Boulder back in the mid/late-90's when rioting there was en vogue. A combination of simply shutting down a bar area and using all the public video to encourage others to tattle on the rioters put a decent end to it.

Funny though, it was a Wings/Avs playoff game and party the cops responded to that started the first of many "Hill Riots" back then.

And I will admit to being at a party when the host and a few other buddies thought it would be cool to light their couch on fire out in the street...

MSU may have a well deserved reputation for bad behavior after sporting events, but we for sure don't have the patent on it.

the cops need to understand that the more they try to crack down, the worse the behavior gets. that's something us parents realize with our kids, you have to give them a little slack.

 

[Michchamp]

MSU may have a well deserved reputation for bad behavior after sporting events, but we for sure don't have the patent on it.

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a well-deserved reputation when you don't have the patent means you're beyond reproach.