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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Fan Watch: Police clear Frankford and Cottman; officers injured in vehicle

Jonathan Tamari writes:

At 1 a.m., dozens of Philadelphia police on bicycles and horseback came through and cleared the streets at Frankford and Cottman Avenues in the Northeast, which had been the scene of drunken revelry since the Phillies won the World Series three hours earlier.

There was some sporadic confrontations between the police and fans as the clearing took place, but the intersection was totally cleared and most fans were heading home. The streets were littered with broken glass, and shirts and other items of clothing festooned power lines.

Meanwhile, two officers in Center City were taken to Hahnemann University Hospital with back ad neck injuries after their police cruiser was hit by a drunken driver, police said.

At Broad and Walnut, riot police seemed to have the crowd under control. Fans were slowly dispersing, though police were reporting that fans were flipping cars at Broad and Lombard.

Sizeable contingents of officers were converging from three sides on Broad and Sansom Streets.

Posted by Inquirer Online Desk @ 1:15 AM Permalink | 20 comments

Comments

Posted 01:39 AM, 10/30/2008

HappyJack

My sympathy to the injured cops. How much more of a moron can somebody be than to get drunk and crash into a friggin' cop car?

Posted 06:03 AM, 10/30/2008

Hop

You posted that headline to make it seem like the cops (who I'm very sorry that they were hurt and I hope they get well soon), your headline makes it seem like the cops were hurt at Cottman and Frankford. That's sensationalism, is that what you learnt in school? Headline grabbing? Shame on you for such a cheap shot. You disrespected these cops and an entire section of the city in one article.

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Posted 09:06 AM, 10/30/2008

trinitee79

I live by Cottman and could hear the fans from my place. It was insanity and I'm actually surprised that there wasn't looting or car flipped over where I live.

Posted 09:49 AM, 10/30/2008

Flyers2001

Philadelphia did its self right last night. Besides a minro few it was a class act and Philadelphia should be proud.

Posted 09:54 AM, 10/30/2008

jbailey3030

The crowd at cottman and frankford celebrated the right way - a great time, but no crime....unlike the center city morons. I guess daddy will bail thos spoiled brats out of jail

Posted 09:54 AM, 10/30/2008

Nek Danig

I saw Jay Grace down there.

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Posted 10:14 AM, 10/30/2008

mayfairmurph

Hey Mr. Blogger drunken revelry???? Where you there. Of course some people had beers but that does not make the enitre crowd drunk. And do you have to be drunk to have revelry. I THINK NOT..... Typical negative writing about Philadelphians. This is not North Philly. It was Northeast Philly. If you wsrite about North Philly is it fair to write drugged revelry... Think about it before you wirte it...

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Posted 10:35 AM, 10/30/2008

Philly Keith

I will remember the clothespin & LOVE park for the rest of my life. Big crowd, everyone had a great time. No violence or signs of trouble. It did get a bit out of hand at Broad & Walnut but the riot police did a really good job keeping everything in order. Big shout out the the men & women who had to clean those messy streets up last night. The streets were a mess late last night but this morning they were a tad below spotless by the time I eventually made it to work!

Posted 10:36 AM, 10/30/2008

simplyamazed

It is one thing to celebrate the win, it is another to find it necessary to jump around for over 3 hours. Most of the people involved were not even alive in 1980---they do not understand the drought! Hop---the heading of the article was grammatically correct. Please note the semi colon. I think it is time for you to go back to school. Learnt? You should have used 'learned' in that context. I love your run on sentence. Remember the saying "People in glass houses should not throw stones". As far as there being no crime, note the vandalism and looting that took place in Center City. If you partied in one location, it would be difficult to judge what occurred at another location. I believe the article was viewing the situation from a broader scope than what happened at one intersection. Lighting fireworks in a crowd is not a class act, it is idiocy. Climbing on top of other people's vehicles is pure disrespect. Spray painting signs is senseless and vandalism. This is supposed to be a time of joy. A long awaited achievement. It is our time to show the nation that we are not the morons that sportscasters describe us as being. Many of the events last night did nothing to eliminate that myth.

Posted 10:46 AM, 10/30/2008

mixy

Dear Hop, Clearly you did not learn what a semicolon is in school or how to use it. So let’s have a little lesson in grammar. You will notice that the headline “Fan Watch: Police clear Frankford and Cottman; officers injured in vehicle” contains a semicolon in between the words “Cottman” and “officers” Here is the definition of a semicolon. Grammar Dictionary: semicolon A punctuation mark (;) used to join two independent clauses in a sentence. The semicolon shows that the ideas in the two clauses are related: “Jack really didn't mind being left without a car; he had the house to himself.” The two independent statements are related because they both have to do with fan celebration. The headline does not say that the officers were hurt at Frankford and Cottman. There is nothing sensational about the headline. Your lack of understanding is what’s amazing. This is why newspapers have to be written for a 5th grade reading level.