That’s right, in this game the “excited” police are at 68, civil liberties at Zero.
I wonder how that compares to downtown arrests on a typical weekend?
One thing for sure the 200 cops in the State St. area were unnecessary on Friday night. By most accounts on Kristian’s live-blog of last night and from folks I talked to who were there, the police nearly outnumbered the bar-going crowd for much of the evening.
I’m surprised there isn’t a taxpayer revolt due to the City’s ridiculous planning for this event. For tonight, only 15,000 tickets have been sold, and yet there are plans for 250 police plus private security. It appears these silly plans have driven the partiers into the downtown neighborhoods for houseparties – and that was definitely true on my block last night.
And the police continue with their silly statements . . .
Wray said he was optimistic that tonight’s celebration, with the public’s cooperation, would be a “good balance of safety and fun.”
Um . . .was Friday night really a good balance? Or overkill?
p.s. 200 cops for 10,000 people is 1 cop per 50 people.
