Police Raid Yale Party With Assault Rifles To Catch Underage Drinkers

I didn't put it in the title, but it's worth noting that a student was apparently tasered and beaten into unconsciousness during this incident, with the cops involved screaming "Anybody else? Who's next?" after it happened; several students got into trouble because the cops banned the use of cell phones during the raid. The task force responsible for the raid was tasked with cleaning up the violence on the streets of New Haven.

This is very sad, when I was at school years ago I always found the New Haven police to be pleasant and helpful, but the officers involved in this incident seem to have stepped over the line. From what I can tell, this was a fairly responsibly managed party (it was one of the yearly "screw" parties, not just some random gathering), they were actually checking IDs at the door, which is more than a lot of (most?) New Haven bars can say...

The Yale community is fuming over this, and I don't expect the issue to go away without at least a few heads rolling.

A couple other YDN links on this topic:

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/oct/02/video-nhpd-rai...

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/oct/02/five-arrested-...

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/oct/04/alchemy-lawyer...

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/oct/04/univ-may-launc...

at least the police chief of new haven has recently avowed there's no problem video-recording NHPD officers at work, unlike some other jurisdictions.