Mayor considering banning alcohol at bars in the Fenway area during series

[Champ]

Mayor Thomas Menino told the news media this morning that he was considering banning the serving of liquor in bars in the Fenway Park area once any World Series game gets underway.

Menino made the comments after some Red Sox fans became unruly -- lighting fires and destroying property -- following this morning's Red Sox victory over the Yankees.

The mayor also said he was considering banning still and television cameras from inside bars in the Fenway Park area during games because he felt they contributed to inciting the crowds, mostly young people. He described what had happened in the wee hours outside of Fenway Park as "'senseless''.

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

[Quetzal]

1. My brother was one of those individuals outside of Fenway

He said that there were at least 20,000 people there. And when the cops came through to clear the crowd, the launched tear gas as a dispersal tool. The crowd dissapated in under a minute according to him.

Luckily, his frat is right on Commonwealth Avenue, so he was able to get out of there quickly and safely.

How was it up at Northwestern? I heard it was insane.

[rfranklin]

2. Why? Were the police inebriated when they killed that girl?

Too often the police are way too eager to confront crowds and use their toys such as pepper gas, batons and bean bag guns. And there seems to be a growing trend toward "premeptive" attacks on crowds like those we saw in New York City during the Republican convention.