"Mini-Riot" Breaks Out After Teen Party Held at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Downtown Minneapolis

A "mini-riot" broke outside a Hyatt Regency Hotel located downtown Minneapolis, Saturday night. Earlier reports had characterized the "wild scenes" on the busy streets outside the hotel, where the teen party was held, as a riot, but it has since been downgraded to a "mini-riot." Um, exactly what's a "mini-riot?" Didn't realize riots come in different flavors! In any case, we all know they're really calling this a "flash mob" and there's no justification for the behavior of these youths. It's wrong and self-destructive.

Three people were arrested Saturday night when a melee that a police spokesman described as a "mini-riot" broke out in downtown Minneapolis after a teen dance party.

Dozens of police officers from Minneapolis, the State Patrol and other law enforcement agencies responded to a chaotic scene after the Big Bash 2 party, which was held in an exhibition hall next to the Hyatt Regency Hotel at 1300 Nicollet Mall.

At about 10 p.m., police responded to a report that hotel security employees were fighting with event-goers, said police spokesman Sgt. William Palmer. Shortly after that, partygoers began moving north on Nicollet Mall, throwing patio furniture from restaurants into the street and getting into confrontations with people they encountered.

Several large fights broke out within the group, which eventually congregated in the area of S. 10th Street and Nicollet, blocking the intersection.

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