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Five-Officer Wedge Needed To Diffuse Problems In Crowds

5-Officer Wedges Needed To Diffuse Problems In Crowds City Couldn’t Handle Trouble At OH-Fest, Chief, Mayor Find By LIBBY CUDMORE • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – If one person gets hurt in the OH-Fest crowd, it takes five people, including law enforcement and EMTs, to reach them, according to City Police Chief Doug Brenner. “We form a wedge to move through the crowd,” he said. “But if there’s 10 people fighting, we’re quickly overwhelmed.” Such concerns were…
April 24, 2019
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SUNY-O Cancels Rapper Kingston’s OH-Fest Concert

SUNY-O Cancels Rapper Kingston’s OH-Fest Concert Too Little Time To Reschedule It On Campus, College Declares ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta this afternoon cancelled tomorrow’s OH-Fest concert after students learned the featured artist, rapper Sean Kingston, had faced allegations of involvement in a gang rape in 2010, and they gathered last evening in a “community dialogue,” trying to decide what to do. Mayor Gary Herzig, concerned about protests, this morning withdrew the city permit for OH-Fest to stage the concert in…
April 19, 2019

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