“Mob mentality gone wild” were the words a newspaper article used to describe the 2002 riot during Madison, Wisconsin’s annual Halloween party on State Street.
That year, drunken costumed revelers harassed police, threw bottles, overturned bicycle racks and vandalized stores along the street, which runs between the State Capitol building and the University of Wisconsin (UW) â?? Madison campus.
Reports state it took more than 100 police officers armed with tear gas to finally disperse the crowd, estimated at approximately 65,000 people.