6 Arrested In Post Super Bowl Chaos At UMass

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AMHERST (CBS) – After the Patriots lost Super Bowl LII there was chaos at UMass Amherst.

About 2,000 students gathered on campus after the game and there were multiple fights, according to the university.

Currently at the UMass post Super Bowl riots. Beer cans, glass bottles, TVs and laptops are being thrown. #SuperBowl @MDCollegian pic.twitter.com/ZwcznYceG7
— Gretchen Keller (@gretchenkellerr) February 5, 2018

They said some people set off firecrackers and smoke bombs.

Police clearing out the crowd in Southwest at @UMassAmherst after the #Patriots lost #SuperBowl52 pic.twitter.com/j7KItRyBJB
— Morgan Hughes (@HughesMorgan_) February 5, 2018

Officers used pepper ball, which disperses a powder not a gas, to break up the crowds.

Six people were arrested and 12 were taken to the hospital.