What the hell is up Baltimore?

Granted, I work in Emergency Services so I love cops, but looks like Baltimore police took offense to the peaceful riot rejoicing the election of new President Obama:

At least 16 arrested after election celebration in Charles Village

By Gus G. Sentementes

A group of at least 16 people, including a Johns Hopkins University professor, say they were wrongfully arrested during a spontaneous post-election celebration early this morning in Charles Village, while Baltimore police say officers acted to disperse a large, loud crowd after receiving complaints from neighbors.

None of those arrested, who gathered outside Baltimore's Central Booking and Intake Center after their release about 9 a.m. today, said any was charged with a crime. Some said they had been threatened with charges of inciting a riot and disorderly conduct, though they said the gathering of about 200 people was peaceful but loud.

"It was nonsense," said Aaron Goodfellow, 41, a professor in Hopkins' anthropology department. Goodfellow said he and a graduate student left an election night party after news broke that Sen. Barack Obama was elected president. They saw the gathering and stopped to participate, and both were later arrested, he said.

"It was just pure enthusiasm. There was no destruction of property," Goodfellow said. About the arrests, Goodfellow said: "It was out of control, excessive and, yeah, I'm really angry."
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