Riot officers called to Pennywise show

22 April 2008 | 1:24 pm | Staff Writer
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Police barred hundreds of people from entering the concert

www.punknews.org have posted details about a near riot which happened at an outdoor concert following the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.  Officer Jackie Bezart, spokeswoman for the Long Beach Police Department reported:



"The crowd got somewhat unruly and bottles were thrown at officers,"

Bezart said. "At that point we deployed additional officers to maintain

crowd control."



The incident also involved some injuries and even reports of someone being tased, Press-Telegram reported:

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Five people with minor injuries from the concert

or possibly from the altercation outside the venue were transported to

area hospitals, Duree said. Bezart said she didn't have any reports of

police officers being injured.



There is also some footage from the event on Youtube.  Pennywise are yet to release a statement.