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Witness reacts to mob violence on International Go Skateboarding Day
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Skateboarding is not allowed at San Diego’s historic Balboa Park, if there is a group of 49 people or more meeting at Balboa Park, they need a permit.
Last Wednesday, both of those rules were violated by a group of more than 100 skateboarders on International Go Skateboarding Day, but no one stopped them. And so far, no one is in trouble for the violence that followed.
When Brian Sanders got to Balboa Park last Wednesday, he quickly took his son into the Fleet Science Center, away from a group of skateboarders around the fountain.
“You could just feel there was bad energy there. You could feel that something was going to happen," Sanders said.
He walked into the Fleet Science Center around 4 p.m. and when he left at 5 p.m., the uneasy atmosphere had turned violent.
"It was lawlessness. It had that feeling of a riot. That’s how I describe it. I did see numerous people pushing and shoving and hitting each other," Sanders said.
Sanders called 911 and says dispatch told him police were on the way and park rangers were taking care of the situation.
MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/shocked-witnesses-react-to-mob-violence-at-balboa-park/509-83ff41aa-bb26-407a-a7cb-8eefec797bde