After Kentucky's loss, fires, fights and arrests on State Street

[alp227]

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader

Thousands of Kentucky fans shared the suspense, and then the grief, of Saturday night's game after cramming into bars, yards and viewing parties at the Kentucky Theatre and other locations.

On State Street, which had been the epicenter of previous post-game celebrations, downcast expressions and stunned silence quickly gave way to chants of &quot expletive) Wisconsin."

Bottles were thrown into the air and fires were set and quickly extinguished by firefighters, who asked for police escorts into the rowdy crowd.

There were several reports of assaults, and fights, and reports of people with minor injuries, such as facial lacerations, a head injury and a foot injury from broken glass.

Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2015/04/04/3784849_thousands-of-fans-pack-bars-yards.html?rh=1

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Article about the game: Wisconsin steals Kentucky's perfect ending in Final Four, 71-64 by the same publication; Badgers men's basketball: Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker lead upset of Kentucky in national semifinals by Madison newspaper

[SoapBox]

1. Too bad these hillbillies wouldn't have gotten equally upset over things like...

WMD's!

[Journeyman]

3. The WMD's had no history of success before they were taken down . . .

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

60. Nagasaki and Hiroshima ring a bell?

[Initech]

7. Lexington is actually a relatively blue city in an otherwise extremely dark red state.

My dad is from there and I know lots of people there still, that "hillbillies" remark should be taken back.

[LiberalFighter]

29. I would agree.

Eastern Kentucky and the dry counties. Now eastern Kentucky may not be their fault as they are trying to exist. Dry counties I would not give them any excuse as they are likely packed with religious nutbaggers.

[CBGLuthier]

11. Just for your edification most of my hillbilly ancestors were unable to attend college

What with being poor and downtrodden by elitist assholes with shitty attitudes. But a few of them did make it out and some of us prospered and are proud of our roots. I doubt many of those college students who rioted were true sons of the soil but I guess a lazy broad brush stereotypical slur is about all you can be bothered to muster.

[840high]

49. +10

[yeoman6987]

13. Another reason for "Go Duke".

They are making it easier and easier for me to justify Duke support for the win.

[blackspade]

15. Great, more gloating bigotry....

[FLPanhandle]

19. Hillbillies? Really?

I'm no UK fan, but I don't condone broad brush insults to groups of people.

[FarPoint]

21. I don't mind the term hillbillies.

My family is from Clintwood Virginia ....tristate border area of Tennessee, Kentucky....

[maddiemom]

26. Ever been to Lexington? Hardly "hillbillies."

Unfortunately this sort of thing has happened in many places, due to the overwhelming " importance"of college athletics: a national " problem."

[Lilyhoney]

34. Pleas learn something

On November 2, 2010, former vice-mayor Jim Gray was elected mayor, becoming the city's first openly gay mayor.[53] He was sworn into office on January 2, 2011, by Kentucky Supreme Court justice Mary Noble

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky

[tabasco]

40. Hillbilly is a compliment where I live.

Up in a holler in West Virginia.

There's even a high school team whose mascot is "Hillbilly."

Man High School Hillbillies

[bluestateguy]

2. Where are the leaders of the white community?

And the so called white role models?

America's white youth run the risk of becoming a permanent underclass!

Where's Sean Hannity? Where is Brittany Spears? Where's Peyton Manning?

[bravenak]

5. +1

[world wide wally]

8. where's Waldo for that matter?

[Blue_Tires]

9. +1000

[IronLionZion]

12. See, this is why law enforcement should stop and frisk white people

It is so typical of whites to destroy property and have no respect for the law or their own communities or their own safety!

Why haven't white people condemned this behavior?

of course

[annabanana]

14. HA!

astute observation

[pangaia]

35. And whay are they not being called "thugs?"

[Paladin]

39. Bullseye. Life in "post-racial" America. (nt)

[LeftOfWest]

59. Yes. Exactly.

well said bluestateguy.

Recommend your post.

[Chicago1980]

4. A lot of people had their brackets shot to hell...

Would be wrong for me to say, on Easter, that maybe God was mad at them?

First the floods and then this loss...

Just being a bit snarky.

[Initech]

6. Ha, I was out after the second game.

[LiberalFighter]

30. If I had drawn up a bracket I would still be in. On Wisconsin.

[Ed Suspicious]

10. One of the Harrisons bros was fed up with Frank the Tank. "Fuck that nigga." was his on mic

response to a question about the challenge his teammate experienced guarding Kaminski. Trending now.

sore loser. bad sportsmanship. Typical Calipari team. Also walked off the court without handshakes.

[blackspade]

16. A totally misleading description of what happened.

But you already knew that....

[B2G]

33. What exactly is misleading about it? nt

[blackspade]

47. It was not a 'response' to a question asked of him.

Rather it was an under the breath comment.
I don't blame him a bit for being upset over the loss, especially right after such a huge loss.
I would expect other teams (and fans) to react the same way (and they do).

It was a hard loss for a great team.
There were some terrible foul calls, but that is not what effected the outcome.
Wisconsin did a great job out hustling UK and maintained good discipline throughout.
UK held it together until the last four minutes and then fell apart.

From a UK fan, Congrats Wisconsin.

[maindawg]

17. Did not know that

Being a poor person I did not get to watch the game as I do not pay 80 dollars a month for some assinine cable tv package. I was hoping for Wis. just because I dont approve of the one and done J Calipari model. I think its wrong to award scholarships to people who are not students.
I think that poor sportmanship especially great athletes just shows me that the coach has failed to do his job. I hope there is consequences for that coach.
He should apologize to Wisconsin. The player who acted bad will be punished I am sure by that same coach,who is ultimately responsible.

[FarPoint]

23. I have always advocated that everyone stop using the term n*""er.

The term is used casually within rap music and African American youths without consequence. Maybe with this incident, change could evolve. We should not have a double standard outrage.

[Ed Suspicious]

38. I'm not a fan of the term, but just so I'm clear, when I heard it I heard it as "fuck that guy" not

not "fuck that 3/5ths of a person." I'm sure it was just a kid using common vernacular. I was far more concerned with the "fuck that" portion of the response.

[LibGranny]

55. My thoughts exactly!

Sore losers who expected it all to be handed to them!

[Augiedog]

18. Kentucky...

Will join the modern civilized world just as soon as they get rid of that stupid confederate flag....never gonna happ'n cause Obamaghazi ya know. What a bunch of sniveling bedwetters.

[The Wizard]

22. Kentucky didn't join

the Confederacy.

[pangaia]

36. Opppss.

[rexcat]

63. Kentucky was a slave state until 12/18/1865. Not part of the Confederacy but...

Early Kentucky history was built on slave labor, and it was an integral part of the state's economy. From 1790 to 1860, the slave population of Kentucky was never more than one-quarter of the total population. Kentucky did not abolish slavery during the Civil War, as did the border states of Maryland and Missouri. However, during the war, about 75% of slaves in Kentucky were freed or escaped to Union lines. Slavery legally ended on December 18, 1865(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_Kentucky).

Kentucky may not have been a Confederate State but the residents did not seem to want to give up their slaves. As it was during slavery, racism in Kentucky is a major issue today, as it is in the rest of the country.

[hack89]

24. Kentucky was a Union state. Nt

[leftofcool]

32. Kentucky=Union State.

[Journeyman]

46. History. It's not just a feature on your web browser. . .

[blackspade]

48. We don't have a Confederate flag....

[840high]

50. oopsie - don't feel bad

[Snarkoleptic]

20. On the upside, they have Obamacare and can get treated

for injuries and/or mental illness.

[riversedge]

25. Eeks-Saw the OP with "State" st and was more than puzzled. Madison WI has a State street--

right on the edge of campus--downtown. It is where the action is including the celebration last night for Bucky Badgers.

[GusBob]

45. The state street threw me for a moment

The Wisconsin celebration was there last night

[alp227]

57. State Street in Lexington is right across from the UKY Hospital. nt

[OldRedneck]

27. Let's see . . .

Kaintucky went 38-1. Not bad for an NBA farm team.

Wisconsin is not a fluke -- no superstars, just hard-working teamwork.

Kentucky, on the other hand, has a roster full of NBA first-round draft choices. Maybe too many of them were counting their NBA bonus checks and not taking care of business.

Did you go to the links in the OP? Check out the pics. Mostly white faces. Why didn't the cops shot, taze, and mace a few of 'em?

[Strelnikov_]

42. Thank you . . .

Just look at where the players are from, WI is an actual WI (and IL and MN) team.

Bo deserves a championship, he seems to have built a program the right way.

(disclaimer, not a WI fan, just a 'hater' of the 'power' programs that are gaming the system, and the NCAA that let's them).

[CanonRay]

28. In Lexington, Kentucky basketball is the ONLY sport

not much else matters as far I could tell in my time there. They must be hurting, but no excuse for that behavior. Shit happens in a one and done tournament.

[leftofcool]

31. Excuse me, I live in Kentucky in a rural area near the lake and I am no hillbilly.

I have 2 under graduate degrees, 23 years of teaching experience. My husband has one degree and 40 years experience in his field.

[rickford66]

37. First time I was in Kentucky, true story.

I went to a mall and I saw so many people, young, old, men women, children, with UK on their sweatshirts and thought to myself "Why so many British people in the mall?" It took a few moments for the symbols to register.

[George Beerlover]

41. I'm not giving up KFC!

Or bourbon.

[leftofcool]

51. +1

[Lunabell]

43. Anone get shot?

Oh, I forgot they were mostly white. Never mind.

[erpowers]

44. Since They Are Not Black

Since they are not black very few people will make a big deal about their actions. Very few people will call this a riot. Very few people will denigrate their entire race because of their actions. Very few people will claim these kids were raised wrong by their parents. Very few people will claim this is proof that there should be a large police presence in their community and reason why police should use extreme force when confronted by these people.

[2naSalit]

52. Indeed.

This is the acceptable way to display poor sportsmanship these days and as long as they are white-skinned, there will be few, if any, real consequences for them to endure.

They LOST and will have to get over it or their dismay will fester into yet another social ill on a personal level and perpetuate a social ill that already exists and needs to be done away with.

[heaven05]

53. true

[ladym55]

54. People act like jerks after major sports events

And not just when losing. Witness the damage done in the Mission neighborhood of SF after the Giants won the World Series. Alcohol in really large quantities and sports fans are a bad combination.

[PatrynXX]

56. Typical after game shit thats all

still it's just a bloody game smh sheesh. my parents pastor is a UK fan imagine that and it was civil. with smiles

[LovingA2andMI]

58. #CrmingWhileWhite

Nothing to see here as they are not Black Folks in Ferguson, New York City or Madison, Wisconsin....

[Blue_Tires]

61. Keep sucking, Wildcats...

[Stellar]

62. No one was called a thug like they were at Ferguson were they?

After Kentucky's loss, fires, fights and arrests on State Street
http://www.kentucky.com/2015/04/04/3784849_thousands-of-fans-pack-bars-yards.html?rh=1



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[Lydia Leftcoast]

64. They couldn't protest the Iraq War or the banksters or global warming, no they had to

save their protesting energy for something IMPORTANT--losing a basketball game.

Sports are out of control in this country, and I do mean that the pro sports establishment goes to great lengths to make sure that Mr. and Ms. Average American think that pro sports are earthshakingly significant, so important that entire channels are devoted to them and 1/3 of the average local newscast and 1/4 of the average newspaper.