Strawberry Festival's future in limbo
Police chief asks council to cancel next year's event after mob of 1,000 mars 31st annual weekend celebration.
Christine Ferretti / The Detroit News
BELLEVILLE -- The fate of the city's beloved National Strawberry Festival is in question after
a mob of about 1,000 people stopped traffic, pounded on vehicles and hurled bottles at police officers during the annual event last weekend.
The violence was so bad Saturday at the 31st annual festival that Police Chief Gene Taylor asked the City Council this week to cancel next year's fete. City Manager Walter Mears said council members will meet soon with the chief to discuss the recommendation.
Fights erupted throughout the 2-square-mile city, and the city's nine officers and 16 reserves were no match for the troublemakers that emerged from the 200,000 spectators, Taylor said. No one was injured.
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A bit old...but I don't recall seeing this on VNN.
Can't even hold a fucking strawberry festival without savage fucking porch monkeys fucking it up!
Here's more on this:
Belleville Police want to cancel Strawberry Festival
-Jim