zippyjuan
09-04-2007, 01:34 PM
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Another argument for banning alcohol on the beach- even if just for holidays. I believe that Pacific (along with adjoining Mission Beach) is one of the only ones in the state which allows drinking on the sand. Glasas bottles are still prohibited. I was happy to be working, getting paid to keep cool at the time.
http://www.cbs8.com/stories/story.101665.html
Police Break Up Riot in Pacific Beach
Last Updated:
09-04-07 at 9:37AM
Sixteen people involved in a massive beach
brawl in San Diego are facing criminal charges.
Seventy police officers in riot gear confronted a hostile crowd of about 500 when they arrived to break up the Labor Day melee. Some hurled plastic bottles and cans at police.
The fight broke out about 5 p.m. Monday at the foot of Reed Avenue when partiers refused police orders to put away a water slide.
Police responded with smoke bombs and mace when the bottles and cans were thrown.
"It was a really bad situation," one witness said.
Officers in riot gear with dogs were called in, along with the police helicopter ABLE to observe the situation from the air. Beachgoers were encouraged to go home.
The mob dispersed soon after police formed a skirmish line along the boardwalk.
No officers were injured.
The sixteen face charges of fighting and being drunk in public.
City Councilman Kevin Faulconer went to see the fight for himself and says alcohol likely played a part in it. Because of the brawl, he says he is considering a push to ban alcohol on city beaches.
Mission Boulevard was shut down in both directions at the time of the brawl and a command post was set up in the area.
Another argument for banning alcohol on the beach- even if just for holidays. I believe that Pacific (along with adjoining Mission Beach) is one of the only ones in the state which allows drinking on the sand. Glasas bottles are still prohibited. I was happy to be working, getting paid to keep cool at the time.
http://www.cbs8.com/stories/story.101665.html
Police Break Up Riot in Pacific Beach
Last Updated:
09-04-07 at 9:37AM
Sixteen people involved in a massive beach
brawl in San Diego are facing criminal charges.
Seventy police officers in riot gear confronted a hostile crowd of about 500 when they arrived to break up the Labor Day melee. Some hurled plastic bottles and cans at police.
The fight broke out about 5 p.m. Monday at the foot of Reed Avenue when partiers refused police orders to put away a water slide.
Police responded with smoke bombs and mace when the bottles and cans were thrown.
"It was a really bad situation," one witness said.
Officers in riot gear with dogs were called in, along with the police helicopter ABLE to observe the situation from the air. Beachgoers were encouraged to go home.
The mob dispersed soon after police formed a skirmish line along the boardwalk.
No officers were injured.
The sixteen face charges of fighting and being drunk in public.
City Councilman Kevin Faulconer went to see the fight for himself and says alcohol likely played a part in it. Because of the brawl, he says he is considering a push to ban alcohol on city beaches.
Mission Boulevard was shut down in both directions at the time of the brawl and a command post was set up in the area.