Crowd smaller at Mifflin Street Block Party but arrests up

There were fewer people and only one report of violence. But the relatively uneventful Mifflin Street Block Party on Saturday did little to dissuade Madison?s top cop that the decades-old event needs to end. An estimated 5,000 people filled porches, homes and yards in a two-block section of West Mifflin Street. Unlike last year?s sponsored event, no drinking was allowed on sidewalks or the street. That resulted in Madison police as of 7:45 p.m. Saturday arresting and citing more than 400 people.