Reasons Why the Catman Should Never Wear A Badge: #139

It's late May, and that means that colleges across the country are preparing for graduation. For many, it's a time of mixed emotions. For all, it's a time of mixed drinks. This morning I received an e-mail from a friend (and fellow alumnus) about a party at our alma mater that got a little out of hand.

According to the student quoted in the article, when the police arrived, they "were abusive to students, pulling hair and pepper spraying even nonviolent bystanders." (There are unconfirmed rumors of pinching and tickling.) By the end, the article reports, "a number of students, bruised and bloodied, were also being loaded into ambulances. Others roaming the street were shirtless and barefoot." In conclusion, the student remarked, "it was barbaric."

Although, when asked what was barbaric, neither the student nor the reporter could remember if they had been talking about the party or Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, which had been playing on TV earlier that night.

In any event, I passed this news item along to the Catman, who responded in typical fashion:

Catman: haha a bunch of upper middle class white kids at a presitigious liberal arts college, must have been pretty scary.
Catman: "whatever dude, we're gonna wear our birkenstocks and listen to our music and those pigs can't stop us, someone get out the frisbees!"
Catman: i would have just started shooting