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Originally Posted by garysanfran
The riot was probably over hyped, because it was still a hostile "invasion of Hells Angels, hide your kids", that the media fostered at the time.
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It was NOT overhyped!! I was there and I was terrified. We had just ridden over to Weirs to see what was going on. We arrived after the worst as the National Guard was clearing the street but we didn't realize what they were doing. We had no idea we should have gotten out and continued to sit in the car until they got to us. They surrounded the car, guns up and told us to get out. As we did, I spilled my pocketbook both in the car and on the ground and tried to pick it up. Wrong thing to do, I got hit on the butt with a bayonet. I had a black and blue across it for quite a while. They wouldn't let us get back in the car and leave but drove us like animals down the street. Fireworks were going off everywhere but we really didn't know where to go. They would not let us leave in our car. I ended up sitting in the back seat of a guy that happened to be a Mass. cop for protection until it was over. It was a long time but finally we were allowed to go back and get the car and leave. It truly did feel like a war zone. I think we got there about 10 or 11 and it was 1 or 2 before we could leave.