Columbus Police Pepper Spray and Tear Gas Ohio State Revelers
In a story you can almost set your watch to, there were some disagreements between partiers and local authorities about the appropriate way to celebrate a national championship. The Columbus Dispatch, whose video above shows revelers on High Street getting cleared out with pepper spray and tear gas, notes that there over 40 reports of fires on the police scanner, including three burning couches, while a police spokeswoman told NBC that about 8,000 fans broke into the Horseshoe and brought down a goalpost. It doesn’t sound like there were too many arrests.
Meanwhile, Eugene’s police and fire departments were reportedly dealing with their own series of conflagrations:
Really people, isn't there a better way to deal with disappointment than setting things on fire. #eugene pic.twitter.com/rOfa2T8mYV
— Christian Hill (@Chill_Eugene) January 13, 2015
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[Video via Columbus Dispatch; Display image via NBC News]