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Video: Fans riot at Colo. Earth, Wind & Fire show

Some threw beer bottles, patio furniture and other objects at police

By Police1 Staff

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A large riot broke out in Fort Collins, Colo. early Sunday morning after an Earth, Wind & Fire performance at the NewWestFest music festival. Riot police responded by breaking up the crowd and spraying tear gas.

According to the Coloradoan newspaper, more than 400 people participated, some throwing beer bottles, patio furniture and other objects at police. The paper also reports that fans also “damaged cars, stole items from the festival vendor tents and set trash cans on fire.”

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