Detroit News: Police use tear gas to disperse 4,000 in riot near MSU; 52 arrested, others ticketed
EAST LANSING — Police used tear gas, smoke grenades and other devices that make loud noises and emit bright flashes of light to break up a huge crowd of 4,000 people near Michigan State University that erupted into a riot early Sunday.
People began partying at the privately owned Cedar Village apartments across the street from the campus’ northeast border about 1 p.m. Saturday and the crowd steadily swelled into the evening. East Lansing and campus police on Friday started warning people to stay away from the area after learning that an effort on the social networking site Facebook.com to resurrect Cedar Fest — a wild street party that often ended up in heavy drinking and burning couches — after a 20-year absence was under way.
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