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Michigan State riots
| quote: | Police: About 60 arrests made after Michigan State loss
April 3, 2005, 11:56 AM
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Rowdy Michigan State fans were doused with tear gas, and about 60 of them were arrested after their men's basketball team lost in the Final Four.
But police said the disturbances, which lasted for several hours into early Sunday -- and resulted in at least five assaults on officers -- were tamer than in earlier years, when the Spartans made similar NCAA tournament runs.
"If you look at where we'd been and where we are (now), we have made considerable progress," Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon said. "There are a lot of things that didn't happen."
Simon returned to East Lansing just a few hours after watching the men's team lose to North Carolina, 87-71, in St. Louis. After the press conference, she was headed to Indianapolis, where the Spartan women play Tennessee in their Final Four on Sunday night.
Police said they planned to have a large presence ready in East Lansing in case trouble broke out after that game.
Thousands of fans took to the streets after Saturday night's contest ended. Police reported one serious injury -- a possible broken arm suffered by someone in the celebration -- and several minor injuries.
The main centers of activity were downtown, and near a student housing complex bordering the northeast side of campus. The complex, called Cedar Village, has been a problem spot in the past.
Police fired several canisters of tear gas into both areas to scatter clusters of people that at times exceeded 1,000 people. Police said they broadcast warnings before using the gas, but several celebrants said they did not hear the warnings and felt they were targeted unnecessarily.
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