A party got out of hand earlier this month in Morgantown, West Virginia. Police showed up to try and get the party-goers to take it inside and get off the street as they were blocking it off. Many resisted and decided to throw things at the officers. So as you can imagine the police did not appreciate being attacked.
“According to a release from the Morgantown Police Department, the “very large crowd” was “blocking the street, congregating on rooftops, consuming alcohol, and creating a very large disturbance in the neighborhood” around 5:45 p.m.
Officers attempted to go door-to-door advising individuals to move inside or out of the area. During that time, suspects began throwing beer bottles, beer cans and other debris at the officers, according to the release. The officers retreated and informed other agencies of the situation.
The officers attempted to disperse the crowd using a public address system, or loudspeaker, but “were confronted by a highly agitated and intoxicated crowd” which continued to grow in size and in volatility and continued to throw objects at police officers,” according to the release.”
“The officers were assaulted, pelted with beer bottles, beer cans and rocks,” said Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston.
Police attempted to disperse the crowd with a Public Address System but the crowd continued throwing objects toward officers. After warnings to disperse were ignored, officers deployed smoke grenades to break up the crowd.
“The crowd did not responded to the smoke warning and as a result the officers at the scene discharged three rounds of tear gas and following the discharge of the tear gas the street was cleared relatively quickly.”
Fire personnel and EMS were staged nearby in case of any injuries, although no injuries were reported.
“Mostly it was made up of individuals between ages 18 and 30, what you would consider student-aged,” described Preston.”
Ten people were charged, seven of whom were students of West Virginia University.
“West Virginia University has released a statement on Thursday’s incident in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Morgantown.
“It is unfortunate that some students’ behavior turned into a dangerous and threatening situation for law enforcement officers and others. This is not acceptable. We remind our students that their actions should always represent our Mountaineer values. However, this is especially true during the current novel coronavirus outbreak. It is essential that our University and other community resources be available to respond to the rapidly changing challenges of this health crisis. Those students found to have been involved are subject not only to criminal charges, but also sanctions under WVU’s Student Conduct Code.”
Why attack the cops? They were literally just trying to keep the peace and nothing more than trying to bring order to that chaotic party.
Democrats have their own laws.
Absolutely true
If police aren’t careful, soon it may not just be beer bottles thrown at them lol. Police can’t do their REAL JOBS OF ARRESTING KNOWN CORRUPTION IN DC, WHY WOULD WE TRUST THEM TO DO ANYTHING ELSE ??.
oHH THAT’S RIGHT, THEY – WORK – FOR THESE KNOWN CORRUPT POLITICIANS HAHAHAHA. GO FIGURE .
Be it city, state , or federal police. ALL THE SAME .