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Santa Barbara Riot: Police Blame Social Media

Santa Barbara riot erupted after social media increased the annual spring break party's attendance by thousands, say police who monitored the social media and sent reinforcements.

Twitter and Facebook chatter helped draw more than 15,000 people to the small Isla Vista neighborhood adjacent to the UC Santa Barbara campus for the neighborhood’s annual spring break celebration. Fires were set, police were attacked, and more than 100 were arrested.

Social media helped push this event from somewhere around eight-to-ten thousand people up to 15-to-20 thousand,” says Kelly Hoover, spokeswoman for the Santa Barbara Sheriff Department. While the event began decades ago as a spring break beach party, the revelers have been banned from the waterfront since 2009 and limited to parties at individual residences.

Read More Here: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2014/0407/Santa-Barbara-riot-Police-blame-social-media-but-was-it-underutilized

Anytime you get THAT many drunk semi-adults in one area, havoc will be raised.. but not only that.. You shouldn't be blaming the telephone for your incompetence local law enforcement officers

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