Sabz5150
FALCON PUNCH!!!
I was there, and it was sheer insanity! Henrico PD had *FIVE* cops there to control what I am guessing was over six thousand people!
For those who dont know what this is, Henrico Schools gave students iBooks for school as a pilot program for four years. Now, they are moving to Dell laptops and selling off 22,000 iBooks for 50 bucks a piece to Henrico residents, 1000 laptops at a time.
Today was one of those sales and there was a line that stretched as far as the eye can see. The plan was to let in the cars that were lined up to get in (only a limited amount of cars were allowed), then the line was allowed in. The INSTANT the gate was opened for the cars, everybody rushed the line. People got knocked over, trampled, hit with chairs, punched, kicked, some people tried driving THROUGH the crowd, it was a riot scene. Its hit CNN, Slashdot and several other news sites.
Links:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/computer....y.ap/index.html
http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/05/0...80&tid=98&tid=3
Oh yeah, a pic!
I did my share of running, but I didn't go apeshit and trample people. Once I saw the situation get REAL BAD, I grabbed my girl and left. It wasnt worth it.
So on my list of things to do... be in the middle of a riot... check.
For those who dont know what this is, Henrico Schools gave students iBooks for school as a pilot program for four years. Now, they are moving to Dell laptops and selling off 22,000 iBooks for 50 bucks a piece to Henrico residents, 1000 laptops at a time.
Today was one of those sales and there was a line that stretched as far as the eye can see. The plan was to let in the cars that were lined up to get in (only a limited amount of cars were allowed), then the line was allowed in. The INSTANT the gate was opened for the cars, everybody rushed the line. People got knocked over, trampled, hit with chairs, punched, kicked, some people tried driving THROUGH the crowd, it was a riot scene. Its hit CNN, Slashdot and several other news sites.
Links:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/computer....y.ap/index.html
http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/05/0...80&tid=98&tid=3
Oh yeah, a pic!
I did my share of running, but I didn't go apeshit and trample people. Once I saw the situation get REAL BAD, I grabbed my girl and left. It wasnt worth it.
So on my list of things to do... be in the middle of a riot... check.