'Reckless and destructive': Ontario university responds to gathering of nearly 5,000 people
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The 'fake homecoming' event was attended by approximately 5,000 people and saw damage and destruction to local property.
McMaster president David Farrar says that “several thousand” people attended the event in the Ainslie Woods area of Hamilton and that “disruption [and] disrespect of property” occurred.
Hamilton Regional Police (HRP) were called to attend the event just after 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 2. According to police, by 2 p.m., the crowd had grown to over 5,000 attendees.
Over the course of the day, police arrested and charged two individuals for Liquor Licence Act Offences, as well as five individuals for Breach of the Peace/Cause Disturbance.
Police are appealing for assistance in identifying those responsible for damaging and flipping over a white Mazda.
