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MICHIGAN STATE-DISTURBANCE
LAST RESORT TO BREAK UP AN UNRULY, BOTTLE-THROWING CROWD NEAR
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.
ABOUT 3,000 TO 4,000 PEOPLE GATHERED IN WHAT POLICE CALLED A
RIOT NEAR CAMPUS.
POLICE REPORTED 52 ARRESTS, 48 TICKETS AND SEVERAL INJURIES IN
THE DISORDER.
MOST OF THE INJURIES APPEARED TO BE BUMPS AND BRUISES BUT
SEVERAL REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
THE ARRESTED COULD FACE CHARGES RANGING FROM MISDEMEANOR COUNTS
OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT TO FELONY COUNTS OF INCITING A RIOT.
POLICE ARE REVIEWING VIDEOTAPE OF THE INCIDENT AND SAY THERE
COULD BE MORE ARRESTS.
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(2008-04-07)
EAST LANSING, MICH. (AP)
(wgvu) -
POLICE USED TEAR GAS AS ALAST RESORT TO BREAK UP AN UNRULY, BOTTLE-THROWING CROWD NEAR
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.
ABOUT 3,000 TO 4,000 PEOPLE GATHERED IN WHAT POLICE CALLED A
RIOT NEAR CAMPUS.
POLICE REPORTED 52 ARRESTS, 48 TICKETS AND SEVERAL INJURIES IN
THE DISORDER.
MOST OF THE INJURIES APPEARED TO BE BUMPS AND BRUISES BUT
SEVERAL REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
THE ARRESTED COULD FACE CHARGES RANGING FROM MISDEMEANOR COUNTS
OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT TO FELONY COUNTS OF INCITING A RIOT.
POLICE ARE REVIEWING VIDEOTAPE OF THE INCIDENT AND SAY THERE
COULD BE MORE ARRESTS.
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