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by Jill Aho | Senior News Editor
One University student was arrested early yesterday morning after a fight broke out in front of Taylor's Bar & Grille, drawing roughly 100 spectators and resulting in three total arrests.
University student and journalism major Lydia Edmunds Webb, 23, was arrested while leaving the incident.
Melinda Kletzok, public information director for the Eugene Police Department, said a crowd of around 100 people gathered outside the bar where five people were fighting, and the crowd began chanting when police arrived. The crowd ignored police orders to disperse until two men, Michael Clifford Corey, 22, and Jacob Alan Beck, 21, were arrested, along with Webb.
Around 2 a.m. Sunday, EPD officers responded to a call involving the fight in front of Taylor's and were met with a large and disorderly crowd.
"As the crowd continued to escalate in activity and intensity," Springfield police were called in to assist EPD, Kletzok said.
Webb's roommate, Vanessa Ward, said she saw a fight break out between two men on the outside deck of Taylor's. Ward said she has been to Taylor's many times when the bar has closed and kicked everyone out. She said people usually linger as they figure out how to get home.
After discussing with her friends whether to try to get a cab, Webb decided to use the ASUO Designated Driver Shuttle for a ride home. As the friends walked to the DDS van, police began shouting at them.
"It's really hard to actually portray the tone and the way (the officers) were yelling at us," Ward said. "It's not like we did something wrong."
As the women went to climb into the DDS van, Webb said an officer pushed her toward the van and she told him it was rude. The officer responded by telling Webb if she spoke again she would be arrested.
"I turned around and I was like, 'Really?'" Webb said. That was when the officer handcuffed her.
Ward said she was already in the van when the officer handcuffed Webb and shut the van door.
University student and journalism major Lydia Edmunds Webb, 23, was arrested while leaving the incident.
Melinda Kletzok, public information director for the Eugene Police Department, said a crowd of around 100 people gathered outside the bar where five people were fighting, and the crowd began chanting when police arrived. The crowd ignored police orders to disperse until two men, Michael Clifford Corey, 22, and Jacob Alan Beck, 21, were arrested, along with Webb.
Around 2 a.m. Sunday, EPD officers responded to a call involving the fight in front of Taylor's and were met with a large and disorderly crowd.
"As the crowd continued to escalate in activity and intensity," Springfield police were called in to assist EPD, Kletzok said.
Webb's roommate, Vanessa Ward, said she saw a fight break out between two men on the outside deck of Taylor's. Ward said she has been to Taylor's many times when the bar has closed and kicked everyone out. She said people usually linger as they figure out how to get home.
After discussing with her friends whether to try to get a cab, Webb decided to use the ASUO Designated Driver Shuttle for a ride home. As the friends walked to the DDS van, police began shouting at them.
"It's really hard to actually portray the tone and the way (the officers) were yelling at us," Ward said. "It's not like we did something wrong."
As the women went to climb into the DDS van, Webb said an officer pushed her toward the van and she told him it was rude. The officer responded by telling Webb if she spoke again she would be arrested.
"I turned around and I was like, 'Really?'" Webb said. That was when the officer handcuffed her.
Ward said she was already in the van when the officer handcuffed Webb and shut the van door.
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Yo-Yo
posted 3/12/07 @ 12:19 PM PST
whaaaaa....whaaaaaa...the police arrested me. Different drunks, same story: I was drunk and being obnoxious and the cops arrested me because I was being mouthy and wouldn't leave the area. (Continued…)
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