Reaction To UCSB Deltopia Riots
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Partiers in Santa Barbara were taking the term "rage" a little too far Saturday night.
Party goers posted wild photos during University of California, Santa Barbara’s Deltopia rager after thousands of partiers started rioting, and people got stabbed, The Daily Nexus, UCSB’s student-run paper reported Sunday morning.
Gotta riot, but first - let me take a selfie. That was the mentality of thousands at UCSB's Deltopia rager Saturday night. (Twitter/@mikeyd_lahc)
The riot police used tear gas and to subdue the crowd that began rioting on Isla Vista streets.
"Getting tear gassed, brb," wrote one rioter who posted a photo to Twitter with a bandana over his face.
The tumult kicked off when a party-goer cracked an officer over the head with a backpack full of alcohol bottles.
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The officer were originally checking out reports of two stabbings in the area, KEYT, a local Fox affiliate, reported.
More than 100 people were arrested, ABC30, the local affiliate, reported.
Three officers were injured when rioters threw bottles and bricks at them amid the chaos.
Rioters also set mattresses on fire in the streets.
Check out the social media madness.
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