In an ongoing sign of the times and reflective of just how hedonistic our youth culture has become, vandalism and property damage are how today's youth celebrate victory in sport. So what happpens if KY goes all the way? They burn down Louisville?
Kentucky fans
dance around a fire on State Street as they celebrate Kentucky's 69-61
win over Louisville in an NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball
tournament game, Saturday, March 31, 2012, in Lexington, Ky. (AP
Photo/The Courier-Journal, Amy Wallot) NO SALES; MAGS OUT; NO ARCHIVE;
MANDATORY CREDIT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Riot police used pepper spray in small amounts for crowd control as thousands of rowdy fans swarmed into the streets near the University of Kentucky campus, overturning cars and lighting couches ablaze after a victory over cross-state rival Louisville in a Final Four matchup.
Police had been bracing for the possibility of post-game violence and resorted to pepper spray though large amounts weren't needed before they ultimately began dispersing the throngs, Lexington police spokeswoman Sherelle Roberts said.
She said 150 officers deployed on the streets at one point to quell what she called "a very dangerous situation with the fires and the violence" that dragged on for hours.
"It's a fairly difficult situation, but not anything we didn't plan for," Roberts told The Associated Press.
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I was there, it lacked many of the salient features of sanity.
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