College student dies after being injured following Red Sox game

[Kathy in Cambridge]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/10/21/college_student_dies_after_being_shot_by_bean_bag_bullet_near_fenway_last_night/

Hit by a bean-bag bullet used for crowd control by police.

So sad...she was only 21. :cry:

[flamingyouth]

1. OMG - that is HORRIBLE

I don't even know what to say. :cry:

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[Phillycat]

11. Oh yeah, because NY's never rioted after a sporting event.

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[WilliamPitt]

17. Nope. Just got here.

I'm not going to try to fold the death of a 21 year old woman into a pissing contest between baseball advocates. Anyone who does so should be totally fucking ashamed of themselves. Period.

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[Shakespeare]

27. Well said, Will.

What a tragedy.

[HEyHEY]

36. What? Do cops just wait for a chance to use those guns?

IF these bean bags can kill - don't use them.

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[YankeesFan]

22. This one's getting the ax too.

nt

[Phillycat]

23. The post will eventually be gone.

But the sentiment will always be true. :)

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[sir_captain]

28. Actually, in recent times, they haven't

I'm not quite sure why not, but NY seems largely immune to this phenomenon.

[WilliamPitt]

30. Because only stupid people or suicidal people

riot in the Apple and bring down the wrath of New York's finest.

As Moff Tarkin said, "Fear keeps the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station."

Nobody, but nobody, fucks with New York cops.

[YankeesFan]

31. Indeed

Maybe it's because our cops have more important things to do than break up riots and our citizenry know this.

When the Yankees won the ALCS last year, I don't recall any rioting. And if there was, it was minor.

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[Bluebear]

26. Red Sox fans? Or rowdy college kids from the world over?

It happens everywhere and you know it, and it is a damn shame. When did sports victory eual setting things on fire? I'm so sorry for this young girl.

Just wait till these young whippersnappers are drafted if Bush gets in again.

[bloodyjack]

33. It was so obvious he was trolling

"hay guyz red sox fanz all deserve violent premature deaths rite?"

[Fenris]

3. Non-lethal my ass.

:grr:

[7th_Sephiroth]

7. non non lethal

LESS Lethal, its the name of the ammo that protects them from lawsuits

[sniffa]

4. she died!!!?

OMG. arrgh fuck!

[johnnie]

5. This is really sad

I just don't understand why people freak out when a sports team wins. It's cool to be happy and all, but these riots are just plain ridiculous.

[Amaya]

8. Wow!

How tragic :(:(

[Lavender Brown]

9. It seems I keep reading stories like this

Horrible things happening at what should happy times... like car accidents occurring right after weddings and graduations. It is so sad. :(

[7th_Sephiroth]

10. anoter cop guilty of murder

i say kill every cop that kills a civilian, right or wrong

[Zuni]

21. It all depends if the cop was protecting himself or another person

[7th_Sephiroth]

32. cops put themselves in the line of danger

just so they can kill people

[sir_captain]

34. You are impressively cynical n/t

[7th_Sephiroth]

35. i'd just like to see murderers die

most cops are murders and rapists, one raped a g/f of mine

[sir_captain]

37. well, that's horrible

and I can understand why you'd feel that way.

[7th_Sephiroth]

38. she killed herself with my gun

cops are scum

[sir_captain]

14. That sucks

I just don't understand why people feel the need to have violent confrontations with police following sports games. That article says on one college campus, the kids were throwing beer cans and flaming toilet paper at the police? What the fuck? Why?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

15. Why? Testosterone and Immaturity

The Boston area has over 1 million college students.

[sir_captain]

29. Yeah, sadly, I guess that's it...

I distinctly remember remaining indoors after the 1999 ALCS, and am still glad I did.

[northzax]

20. what a fucking shame

kinda puts the whole sports thing in perspective, don't it? Hey, doofuses: you acted like fools, and now someone is dead. learn.

[Tiberius]

40. Which doofuses?

I'm not being cute, I'm just wondering if you think the police carry any blame in this situation. I was down there last night, on Boylston, just wandering around... the extent of my mayhem was a few high-fives to strangers.

A couple of observations: One, the crowd certainly needed to be dispersed. You can't let a mob like that just hang around for hours, so when the line of riot geared police and horses came marching toward us, we certainly did bug out of there.

But also there was a lot of talk today in town as to whether some of the police tactics were necessary. I wasn't on Lansdowne when folks tried to climb the Monster, but you wonder whether these so-called "less than lethal" weapons were really necessary. The mobs I was celebrating with didn't confront the police in the slightest. I suspect a bit of an itchy trigger finger... but again, I didn't see it.

[faithnotgreed]

25. senseless tragedy... prayers and sorrow for her & family

[miss_kitty]

39. it's stories like this that make me contented to live in Seattle

because we're almost guaranteed not to win a major league thing. Yeah I know the women's basketball happened, but the numbers for that just weren't there. If this town were to win an NFL or NBA championship, or the Series-I'd be very afraid for what would happen afterward.

This is very sad.