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<br /> • Confrontation: Violence erupts after police
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<br /> ' / it ` ~`' By SARAH HENDERSON by a rock. Officer Doug Mozan's arm
<br /> ` � 1 y was cut. Four other officers suffered
<br /> ' and JOE HARWOOD
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<br /> s / ° `." g T The Register-Guard
<br /> shoulder, knee, neck and elbow inju-
<br /> A reggae concert at a Eugene riv- nes, Eugene police spokesman Tim
<br /> I , I ,,„ Birr said.
<br /> t 1 erside park turned ugly Sunday, The officers were pelted with ev-
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<br /> ` .; , f a ". , when at least six ponce officers suf- elything from a flower pot to a jar
<br /> r( i1 ° *' fered in uries and a 1 0 - ear - old boy
<br /> �Y j y full of food to a water cooler, Birr
<br /> ,� . . -, - = went to the hospital after he was bit
<br /> said. Several other officers sustained
<br /> ,° — , , , ` - ' in the eye with pepper spray.
<br /> : ri r 4•` 42 . The injuries resulted when police minor cuts and scrapes, he said.
<br /> ;,p- 1 . 1 tried to shut down vendors operating Police and-festival-goers disagree
<br /> r °' l ' -= on virtually every detail of what
<br /> ` . ` • . at an afternoon concert at Maurie happened during the melee, which
<br /> i. - " - e r ' ' Jacobs Park. City officials said the
<br /> . - l itself lacked occurred during the Vortex festival
<br /> = d . , , * `f• ven dors and the festival at the park along the Willamette Riv-
<br /> `' `_ = • y `A %- the necessary permit to use the er. They do agree that about 300
<br /> people attended the music festival,
<br /> . • „ f ' ' k °` The youth, Kyle Brooks, was re- which began peacefully enough.
<br /> ' '\ ; leased from Sacred Heart Medical
<br /> rt , ' i � „ Festival organizers could not be
<br /> '•. ,, „ , s ° ” g . te a ' p being , Center after d e ` 4 '� ' ' �' in'u a nurs Birr said that city parks staff and
<br /> in supervisor treatefor said. an Po- ey reached for comment Sunday night.
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<br /> a ‘ cz � ue i . f '''" + ^ ”' lice also treated Brooks at the scene, neighbors called police about 2 p.m.
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<br /> Norman Mesman pou ring sterile water into his eyes. to complain about unpermitted
<br /> Kyle Brooks, hit by pepper spray, is cradled by Officer Ron Clayton received
<br /> hi/ mother, Sherri, loefore going to the hospital. - seven stitches for a jaw cut cause s°
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