Police Used Pepper Spray And Tear Gas On A Block Party Near Western Washington University This Weekend
Police originally broke up a noisy house party that had attracted a few hundred people, the Seattle Times reports. The crowd, which included WWU students, then moved to a nearby park, where people began throwing bottles at the police, prompting the riot-esque response.
WWU student newspaper the Western Front has an extraordinary photo album of the ensuing 500 person riot, including shots of college-age people antagonizing the police and the SWAT team response.
In a joint university statement, the WWU president and student body president noted that while not of the three arrests made so far have been students:
Various photos shared on Twitter demonstrate the scale of the block party and the alleged destruction that came with it:
As well as the police response:
One popular photo on Twitter shows a college-age female twerking on a Bellingham cop car: