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Texas beach concert ends in riot
Johnny Smecca, owner of Mario's Italian Restaurant, said cars were swerving into incoming traffic, blocking off streets, and people were partying in the streets and parking lots.He saw people urinating in the alley behind his restaurant, dancing on top of cars, smoking marijuana and drinking beer, he said. [Galveston County Daily News]
Posted on March 17, 2008 10:34 AM
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i smell the 90's
Posted by Anonymous | March 17, 2008 10:43 AM
Smoking marijuana??!!! DRINKING BEER??!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Posted by Anonymous | March 17, 2008 10:44 AM
I am ashamed at Lil Wil & Lil Keke and Webbie....wait, who are Lil Wil & Lil Keke and Webbie???
Posted by Anonymous | March 17, 2008 10:50 AM
Does Every raper have a name that starts in "Lil" now?
Webbie? The internet awards show?
Posted by Kurt C. | March 17, 2008 12:23 PM
anon (10:44am) -- hilarious. i guess i also did a lot of 'rioting' this weekend.
Posted by karl | March 17, 2008 12:37 PM
What? Violence at a rap show? Why, that's unheard of! What's next? Gunfire at the movie theater for the next Ice Cube Flick?!
Posted by Anonymous | March 17, 2008 12:48 PM
it sounds like a riot in bourgeois terms
as opposed to the riots in Tibet!
FREE TIBET!!!
Posted by Anonymous | March 17, 2008 2:56 PM
Galveston beach concert ends with brawl
08:07 AM CDT on Monday, March 17, 2008
Associated Press
GALVESTON, Texas — An outdoor rap concert ended in multiple fights and unruly partying that police say "completely overwhelmed" officers who struggled to restore order and herd nearly 5,000 cars off the beach in this island city.
At least 12 people were arrested and one officer broke his finger Sunday trying to control the crowd, Galveston police Lt. Jorge Trevino said. Almost four hours passed before police cleared the streets.
Problems began when police tried arresting a group of men fighting. Other fights then broke out and left four officers patrolling the concert "completely overwhelmed," Trevino said.
All on-duty officers and some whose shifts had not begun were eventually called to the scene, Galveston police Sgt. Byron Franklin said. Authorities shut down four city streets while trying to get as many as 5,000 cars off East Beach, he said.
"It was an absolute fiasco," said Johnny Smecca, owner of Mario's Italian Restaurant.
Smecca said he saw people urinating in the alley behind his restaurant and dancing on top of cars.
The concert, called the "Spring Break Party Beach Bash," was hosted by Houston radio station Party 93.3. The event was to feature artists 2 Pistols, Colby O'Donnis, Lil Wil & Lil Keke, and Webbie, according to the station's Web site.
Posted by Parade of Flesh | March 17, 2008 3:45 PM
Smoking marijuana is a dangerous crime. It is not a joke. You can die or get brain damaged.
Posted by Anonymous | March 17, 2008 3:54 PM
poke it
Posted by Anonymous | March 17, 2008 4:08 PM
Screw Austin. H-town got Smeccas. Dirty third!!
Posted by ADM | March 18, 2008 1:03 AM
catch the concert video on
www.romievizon.com
or
www.myspace.com/romievizon
Posted by romievizon.com | March 18, 2008 11:45 PM
stop complaing it was funn...
haters!!
ha ha
yall madd yall aint go huh!?!
Posted by mee =] | March 19, 2008 2:12 PM