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Tuesday, April 15, 2003 Police arrested 90 people and twice fired pepper gas to disperse a bottle-throwing crowd of about 4,000 that spilled into downtown streets. Police met the crowd in riot gear - masks, helmets, clubs and shields.
Shop owners were sweeping up broken glass and repairing storefronts Sunday, after a celebration turned into a window-smashing, rock-throwing melee.
A crowd estimated at 2,000 torched Dumpsters and overturned cars. Vandals set five vehicles on fire, and pelted emergency workers with bottles, rocks and chunks of concrete.
Firefighters trying to enter the area needed an escort from police clad in riot gear. Thrown debris smashed one fire truck windshield.