Some fans made a Super show of idiocy

By Michael BeDan
The Metropolitan

The culmination of a cityās dream often leads to idiotic behavior. Lest anyone be misled, the behavior of a few rowdy fans and a few overzealous cops was nothing if not idiotic.

The raucous few who set fires, overturned cars and acted with juvenile abandon marred an otherwise memorable occasion for Denver and all of Colorado.

The Denver Broncos finally did it. Won the Big One. Longtime Broncos quarterback John Elway finally got his Super Bowl ring. The city is off the hook for past Super Bowl failures ÷ and is no longer the butt of David Lettermanās jokes.

And the crowd went wild. Parading through the streets, screaming, high-fiving and celebrating the victory.

It got ugly.

By the time it was over, a barrage of video clips showing police officers spraying tear gas at the mob had been replayed countless times. That police sprayed newspaper photographers, kicked and pushed a television journalist  ÷  who were simply doing their jobs ÷ and threw empty tear gas canisters at people is disturbing.

A Rocky Mountain News photographer snapped a shot of a woman being carried from the crowd by two cops. Sheād been struck in the head with a tear gas canister.

Police officers are trained to handle crowds. 

The whole scene ruined what should have been a proud moment for the city.

In all, it was a moronic display by a small group of misguided individuals.
One would hope that in the event of future celebrations, celebrants will act civil in their joy and the police deployed to serve and protect can maintain a higher standard of decorum.

A moment of this magnitude, regardless that it came as a result of the outcome of a childās game, can bring a city full of people together. More people showed up for the Broncos parade Jan. 27 than showed up for the Popeās visit a few years ago. But, as with any mass (other than the Popeās), the potential for violence is a reality.

Go Broncos?