30 Injured During Mardi Gras Revelry
Some participants in weekend Mardi Gras festivities threw beer bottles and punches and smashed windows, injuring about 30 people. More than 50 people were arrested.
Six people were treated at hospitals, including an Austin police officer. Police arrested 56 people on charges ranging from indecent exposure to public intoxication.
Police used tear gas and shot rubber pellets to disperse the crowd of party-goers, estimated at about 100,000 people.
In Seattle, about 200 police in riot gear used pepper spray, rubber bullets and concussion grenades to break up Mardi Gras festivities.
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