Crowd on the east quad of Townhouse Apartments
Had the weather been ten degrees warmer Saturday afternoon's "daydrink" at Townhouse Apartments could easily have doubled in size, becoming another Blarney Blowout.
In 2012 and 2013 the western most quad became ground zero for rowdy behavior requiring police in riot gear to disperse.
In 2012 and 2013 the western most quad became ground zero for rowdy behavior requiring police in riot gear to disperse.
Temperatures peaked at 53 degrees
Line up of police patrol cars and detective vehicles around 2:30 PM
Posted on Fade the day before
The youthful crowd starting forming around noon and Amherst police arrived in force around 2:00 PM. But their response was relatively low key, mainly handing out summons tickets for alcohol related infractions.
The crowd peaked at about 1,000, or about half the size of the previous riotous Blarney incidents.
The crowd peaked at about 1,000, or about half the size of the previous riotous Blarney incidents.
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In 2013 the catalyst for confrontation occurred when a young women in the middle of the crowd passed out from too much alcohol.
As AFD was administering aid they were met with bottles, cans and snowballs from an unruly minority in the crowd. APD with the aid of state and UMass police successfully shut down the event, arresting six.
Will the crowd get out of control the next time? That depends.
On the weather.
On the weather.
Yeah, they are picture oriented.
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Both are anonymous and local (I think the range is 1.5 miles), so very popular.
Makes them feel like they are in a secret society.
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