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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Fan Watch: The great, and unruly, party subsides after 2 a.m.

Matt Katz writes:

Just after 2 a.m., the police show of force continued, with officers on motorcycles and horseback clearing the streets around Broad. Initially, the police pushed out fans west and east of Broad, which caused some problems around the periphery for a while after midnight. A dumpster fire errupted at 16th and Walnut shortly before 2 a.m. in front of a Starbucks, but the Fire Department arrived quickly and doused the paper fire. 

One eyewitness said the police seemed to have been instructed to respond only to acts of property damage, and violence to others. Officers let fans celebrate, often wildly.

The motorcycle police rode down the sidewalks on Walnut Street, clearing stragglers out. While there were still people screaming and partying in Center City after two, the great celebration was winding down.  

 

 

 

Posted by Vernon Loeb @ 2:04 AM  Permalink | 68 comments
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Posted 06:19 AM, 10/30/2008
centercitysam
Horses ! What Horses. PPD did away with the Mounted Patrol years -sad to say. Maybe they were from another Jurisdiction ? Always great for crow control.
Posted 06:19 AM, 10/30/2008
centercitysam
Horses ! What Horses. PPD did away with the Mounted Patrol years -sad to say. Maybe they were from another Jurisdiction ? Always great for crow control.
Posted 06:19 AM, 10/30/2008
centercitysam
Horses ! What Horses. PPD did away with the Mounted Patrol years -sad to say. Maybe they were from another Jurisdiction ? Always great for crow control.
Posted 06:22 AM, 10/30/2008
centercitysam
Horses ! What Horses. PPD did away with the Mounted Patrol years -sad to say. Maybe they were from another Jurisdiction ? Always great for crow control.
Posted 06:22 AM, 10/30/2008
centercitysam
Horses ! What Horses. PPD did away with the Mounted Patrol years -sad to say. Maybe they were from another Jurisdiction ? Always great for crow control.
Posted 06:52 AM, 10/30/2008
janann
Center City Sam has a Twitch - GO PHILLIES.... Good for them..... I wonder if the fans will wake up in time to call in late???
Posted 06:52 AM, 10/30/2008
lutton
State Police Mounted Patrol
Posted 07:33 AM, 10/30/2008
miguel236
Woo Hoo!! Congrats to the World Series champs, the Philadelphia Phillies!
Posted 07:40 AM, 10/30/2008
mikejgrant
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA janann.
Posted 08:16 AM, 10/30/2008
stpetepaul
Congratulations to the Phillies team...a great victory! You sure taught our young Rays a serious lesson. As for you fans...THANKS...you've embarassed the city on national TV again... AGAIN! When will you learn to enjoy victory with class? When will it ever be cool again to say, "I'm a Phillies fan"? You ignorant punks RUIN IT for the rest of us living outside of Philly. I no longer proudly say I'm from Philly...but rather I'm from Havertown PA. Thanks you bunch of alcoholic idiots.
Posted 08:23 AM, 10/30/2008
Inthemiddle
stpetepaul you prude. Boston fans were worst a few years ago as for every other city that wins a championship. Your a fake and when asked where your from I bet you say right outside of Philly because you can't stand the boring town you come from. If we ruined it for you stop reading the Philly paper and get off the blog. I guess I'm a prime example for your post. Go Phils!!
Posted 08:34 AM, 10/30/2008
Trent
Wow, the scumbags of Philly have something to distract them from their pathetic lives. The city is still a trash can...
Posted 08:34 AM, 10/30/2008
Centanni28
FINALLY WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!! GO PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 08:40 AM, 10/30/2008
NETACONY
stpetepaul, many of the alcoholic idiots are college students that come to the city are from places like havertown you moron !!!!
Posted 08:41 AM, 10/30/2008
rbpeeple
St. Paul Pete...do you find that life is constantly disappointing you? Morons are EVERYWHERE...but a few ruin a Phillies world championship for you. Get over it!
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