Cops stayed cool when downtown got hot Monday night

By Francesca Chambers

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Ryan Whitesell, Lawrence resident and KU bus driver, high-fived a line of police officers while he carried around a pitcher and plastic cup of beer.

“I love it because they’re very relaxed and they’ve got KU pride just like we do,” Whitesell said.

Several fans climbed on top of Urban Outfitter’s sign, breaking lights on their way up. Police officers asked the fans to climb down and let them go on their way.

After the Kansas basketball team went into overtime, police barricaded Massachusetts Street from traffic between Sixth and 11th Streets because four people reported criminal damage to the hoods of their cars to the Lawrence Police Department Saturday.

Fans, including Kelly Lais, Lawrence resident, set off fireworks and lit the street with sparklers merely feet from police.

Lais said if the police had asked her to stop using sparklers she would have, but she thought they were more worried about violence.

— Francesca Chambers

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