14 Arrested In Post-Super Bowl Campus Riot
BOSTON — Fourteen people were arrested after police donned riot gear and cleared a crowd at the University of Massachusetts Amherst after the Super Bowl.
Hundreds of students stormed the campus after the game ended, NewNet5.com reports. Police threw flash bombs to break up the crowd.
The students who were arrested could be suspended.
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