Pumpkin Fest 2014: I’d heard there were police with riot gear breaking up a party so I headed down to the college neighborhood yesterday around 6pm after a successful afternoon of handing out Foundation for NH Independence fliers and Bitcoin fliers. Blake Street was packed with people when I arrived, but police were at about a block away in each direction. I asked one house if I could get up on their porch to get a better shot of the crowd and he was gracious enough to invite me up into his room to get a shot from the second story. In the few moments it took to get up there, the large crowd had split and bottles were being thrown. While I don’t think the police should be arresting people for victimless crimes, this riot was actual criminality. People were getting hurt, property was destroyed and littered upon. Because they have no obligation to protect you, KPD decided to stay safely down the street. Here’s video from the middle of the bottle war.
More Pumpkinfest Riot coverage to come here at Free Keene.
