Students attack Jonesboro, Ark., police election night. AP: Whitey racistly beats poor innocent Obama fans

The following Associated Press story made the Drudge Report Wednesday.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Police arrested seven people after a melee at an impromptu Barack Obama victory celebration near the campus of Arkansas State University. Three police officers suffered minor injuries.

A female officer's nose was broken when a man jumped on top of her and punched her without provocation, Jonesboro police Capt. Lynn Waterworth said. Waterworth declined to name those arrested until after a court hearing Wednesday afternoon.

About 200 people gathered at an apartment complex about a block away from campus in northeast Arkansas after Obama was declared the winner of the presidential election Tuesday night, Waterworth said. An off-duty officer moonlighting as a security guard for the apartment complex asked those who had gathered to go home, then called for help, she said.

Two on-duty officers arrived at the apartment complex, with the female officer calling to the crowd over her cruiser's public-address system, Waterworth said. The crowd responded by throwing rocks and beer bottles at police, with one man attacking the female officer, Waterworth said.

A distress call summoned more than 40 police officers from surrounding departments and the Arkansas State Police, Waterworth said. One officer suffered a cut to the forehead and another fell to the ground during the scuffle, she said.

"What should have been a happy, celebratory time turned into a bad experience for a lot of folks out there at the hands of a few," Waterworth said.

Julian Smith, 17, a freshman majoring in computer science, said the fight started as officers attempted to break up the celebration, which was already winding down.

A good friend of this page was on the scene and told me what REALLY happened. I promised him that I would not divulge his name, but it would suffice to say that his credibility is unimpeachable.

The comment about the "celebration winding down" is garbage. The students were out of control and were showing no indication of dispersing. In fact, MORE people were showing up when police arrived.

The female officer in question didn't just have beer bottles thrown at her, she was KNOCKED TO THE GROUND by an assailant and then stomped on the head. Seventeen people, not seven, were arrested; police dogs were used to separate the peace-loving Obama supporters from the evil, imperious cops, who were being pelted by rocks and other debris.

Was the AP there? No. They called the local newspaper after hearing about a "riot" that had been "forcibly suppressed." The reporters and photographer at the local newspaper told them that it wasn't a riot, it was a bunch of dumbass students fighting with police officers, but the AP had heard from the local TV station that it was a "riot" and that's what they were going with.

They were also going to go with the idea that the Obama supporters, backers of change, had been unfairly attacked by the majority conservative white police in a majority conservative white (read: RACIST) town.

"They had their story written before they even called," my friend said.

Yep, sounds like the AP at their finest. Never there, not fully informed, but more than ready to make accusations behind subtle innuendo.

UPDATE: The AP says there were only seven arrests, yet eight people have been charged with felonies in connection with the incident. The guy who stomped on the female cop's face? A RECEIVER ON ARKANSAS STATE'S FOOTBALL TEAM. If Mr. Kevin Jones is on the field tomorrow after (ahem) allegedly being involved with this mess, Arkie State should be ashamed.