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After the festival winded down around 6 p.m. a large group of festival goers leaving the area attacked at least two cars, one of which drivers was pulled from his vehicle and beaten near N. 1st and W. Burleigh, Schwartz said.
Footage captured by WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) showed a large group of people who surrounded and jumped on a car stuck in traffic and smashed out its windows. That car's driver escaped unharmed, the station reported.
Next the crowd targeted another vehicle, smashing in the hood and trunk and shattering its windshield, the station reported.
The driver got out and was attacked, being thrown to the ground and kicked in the head, Schwartz said.
Around the same time a large fight started in the area between groups of girls and then grew larger as more people got involved, she added.
Police in riot gear attempted to disperse the crowd who resisted, Schwartz said.
An officer wearing a face shield who tried to break up the fight was hit by one of the girls in the face. The shield shattered and the officer was cut by the shards, requiring stitches, Schwartz said.
Police in riot gear were called in at the end of last year's Juneteenth festival to break up a disturbance involving a group of people who tore down a tent and used its poles to beat each other.
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After the festival winded down around 6 p.m. a large group of festival goers leaving the area attacked at least two cars, one of which drivers was pulled from his vehicle and beaten near N. 1st and W. Burleigh, Schwartz said.
Footage captured by WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) showed a large group of people who surrounded and jumped on a car stuck in traffic and smashed out its windows. That car's driver escaped unharmed, the station reported.
Next the crowd targeted another vehicle, smashing in the hood and trunk and shattering its windshield, the station reported.
The driver got out and was attacked, being thrown to the ground and kicked in the head, Schwartz said.
Around the same time a large fight started in the area between groups of girls and then grew larger as more people got involved, she added.
Police in riot gear attempted to disperse the crowd who resisted, Schwartz said.
An officer wearing a face shield who tried to break up the fight was hit by one of the girls in the face. The shield shattered and the officer was cut by the shards, requiring stitches, Schwartz said.
Police in riot gear were called in at the end of last year's Juneteenth festival to break up a disturbance involving a group of people who tore down a tent and used its poles to beat each other.
Video: http://www.breitbart.tv/html/1962.html
More: http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/8083422.html
Edited by: Bart