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Old 11-05-2008, 05:50 PM
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Ark. police hurt trying to break up Obama party
Nov 5 04:16 PM US/Eastern
By JON GAMBRELL
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Police arrested seven people after a melee at an impromptu Barack Obama victory celebration near the campus of Arkansas State University. Three police officers suffered minor injuries.

A female officer's nose was broken when a man jumped on top of her and punched her without provocation, Jonesboro police Capt. Lynn Waterworth said. Waterworth declined to name those arrested until after a court hearing Wednesday afternoon.

About 200 people gathered at an apartment complex about a block away from campus in northeast Arkansas after Obama was declared the winner of the presidential election Tuesday night, Waterworth said. An off-duty officer moonlighting as a security guard for the apartment complex asked those who had gathered to go home, then called for help, she said.

Two on-duty officers arrived at the apartment complex, with the female officer calling to the crowd over her cruiser's public-address system, Waterworth said. The crowd responded by throwing rocks and beer bottles at police, with one man attacking the female officer, Waterworth said.

A distress call summoned more than 40 police officers from surrounding departments and the Arkansas State Police, Waterworth said. One officer suffered a cut to the forehead and another fell to the ground during the scuffle, she said.

"What should have been a happy, celebratory time turned into a bad experience for a lot of folks out there at the hands of a few," Waterworth said.

Julian Smith, 17, a freshman majoring in computer science, said the fight started as officers attempted to break up the celebration, which was already winding down.
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Here where I live (a town that is approximately 82 or 83 percent Black by the way) when news of the Obama victory broke, everyone drove down the streets honking their horns. Also, I heard fireworks and lots of celebratory gunfire. It sounded like New Year's Eve around here last night. However, no stories of riots or anyone getting hurt.
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Well he said he was going to change things.
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Well he said he was going to change things.
He did. However, this story really has nothing to do with that. This is just a bunch of drunks throwing a wild party and fighting with the police, something that has been happening for a long, long time.
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