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Death, horror, torture
sands of revelers took to the streets around Channing Way and Piedmont Avenue in Berkeley’s Southside neighborhood Saturday night in what many called “a riot” that ultimately resulted in property damage and at least three assaults, one of which sent a victim to the hospital.
Police believe the assaults may have been committed by the same three people, who were taken into custody around 1:10 a.m., after daylight saving time ended.
Police said early Sunday they did not know what sparked the activity. According to one report from a UC Berkeley student on Twitter, however, “There’s a riot in berkeley like a real one bc they shut down all our parties.” The Southside neighborhood where the crowds were reported has a large concentration of fraternities associated with the university.
According to a dispatcher, the watch commander was unavailable to provide information about the crowd situation as of 12:35 a.m. Sunday because she was “in the middle of trying to coordinate 5,000 people in a riot right now.”
http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/11/01/breaking-berkeley-police-respond-to-huge-southside-riot/
