Riot In Riverside! July 4th 2008! riot brings mayhem.

[jacksonvilleconfidential]

Well apparently this story is being picked up by other media now.

I can confirm that.

[Eazy E]

Well apparently this story is being picked up by other media now.

care to elaborate?

[jacksonvilleconfidential]

Resident News and Folio. 

[Eazy E]

Resident News and Folio. 

Thanks.

[jacksonvilleconfidential]

Exit Stage Left.

[jacksonvilleconfidential]

That is terribly perplexing.

[fpj]

strangely, it turns out that one of the reporters working on this story was ALSO unable to find any trace of the police report of the raid on TSI.

That is terribly perplexing.

"Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence," or a really bizarre JSO filing system

[Lunican]

Here is a video of the scene. It appears to be a little bit away from any action because the cops are running past everyone in the video to some other area...

http://www.youtube.com/v/UgAqzc-8ReI

[BridgeTroll]

Here is a video of the scene. It appears to be a little bit away from any action because the cops are running past everyone in the video to some other area...

http://www.youtube.com/v/UgAqzc-8ReI

Doesnt exactly look like a riot... but could someone plese provide a transcript??

[RiversideGator]

That was definitely not a riot.  It was unintentionally humorous with perhaps a few people getting into a little trouble but no riot.  Unless there were later, far more serious events, no riot took place.  Thanks for confirming my earlier suspicions by posting this.   

[RiversideGator]

That part wasnt.  obviously.  Really.

I suppose we could run the footage of W.  victoriously reclaiming New Orleans for the United States and claim that there was a brief storm there using the same train of logic.

Perhaps you could post footage of the "riot" part of this street party and then I will agree with you.  Until then, you will have to excuse me if I dont take your word for it.   

[Lunican]

Does anyone know if the video was shot before, during, or after all the trouble? Part two of the video shows the theater pretty much empty.

[RiversideGator]

So I take it you dont have any other proof that this "riot" occurred?

[thelakelander]

So I take it you dont have any other proof that this "riot" occurred?

The police log and the earlier accounts of those who were there tend to prove that some type of disturbance occured.  It might have not been Watts, but there evidently was a skirmish.

[thelakelander]

in fact, this particular footage makes the street look like a lively fun place (with the exception of the cops running to take control of the fight (referenced in the log) over in the Wendy's parking lot. (very early in the event)

Yes, the video does make it seem like that area is a lively place.  I would love to see a district in urban Jacksonville that could attract crowds like that on a regular basis.  That's reminiscent of the crowds Ybor used to attract every weekend during the late 1990s.