Video of the College Park Maryland-Duke Riot

by Ben Broman on Mar 4, 2010 3:44 AM EST

Don't know if you've heard, but some rioting's been going down in College Park. Steinz at The Bog has some stills of the carnage, as well as some video of the storming of the court, but if you want more, you're in luck. Regular poster Mr MaLoR went out through (and/or participated in) the activities and was able to grab some video with his handy-dandy iPhone, and he kindly decided to share it. Props and thanks go out to him.

A few warnings: it is cell phone quality video, but it's not like you should be expecting somebody to bust out a Sony HD handheld in the middle of a riot. Pretty good stuff, all things considered. Second, it's a little bit NSFW at parts, an f-bomb here and there. It probably won't offend you, but just don't blast it at work. The first two vids are the riot squads, the second two are the riot. For what it's worth, he relays that "it was a lot worse than the videos". First is below, rest are below the jump for space reasons:

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Thank You Mr MaLoR!

for those insane videos. I felt like I was right there. Wow, there were riot shields and horses. Crazy! Good job!

"We're only going to score 17 points?!" - Tom Brady

by iLL on Mar 4, 2010 3:56 AM EST reply actions

Riots?

Because you beat Duke?

Who hasn’t beaten Duke?

Casually.

by CasualHoya on Mar 4, 2010 10:03 AM EST reply actions

25 teams this year.

I must admit some of our fans are just stupid… There is no reason to riot. Why not just party and have fun?

by MurlandTerps on Mar 4, 2010 10:54 AM EST up reply actions

It was a party. Just so happened to be a 10,000 person party and in the middle of the street.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Mar 4, 2010 12:25 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

I lol'd

by Ben Broman on Mar 4, 2010 4:33 PM EST up reply actions

Maryland should have higher standards

This is in the same ballpark as chanting “overrated”

Tennessee doesn’t have near the tradition in basketball that Maryland does, but we didn’t storm the court after beating Kansas or Kentucky.

The worst court-storming of the year has to be Ohio State after beating Illinois!!?

by golfballs03 on Mar 4, 2010 12:27 PM EST up reply actions

Were you celebrating the final home game

in the career of one of the greatest Terps ever to put on a uniform? A game where these seniors upset the numebr 4 team in the nation and hated rival?

That’s the difference.

Rioting though, unecessary, but fun.

by s.r.genovese on Mar 4, 2010 12:49 PM EST up reply actions

"RIOT"

“Riot” is a word that conjures up some negative images and feelings, and deservedly so. But should we really consider it a riot when the entirety of UMD’s nightlight is centered around two square blocks and 4 bars and it just so happens 1500 of UMD’s several thousand students are out celebrating? The cops expected a lot of drunk kids, maybe even some unlawful activity. But as soon as PG cops brought out the cavalry and the riot gear, they made it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

And BTW golfballs03, it’s simply absurd to think that us beating Duke was the only reason we stormed the court last night. There is more than just the score that inspires a court storming like that.

by PAB522 on Mar 4, 2010 4:31 PM EST reply actions