Police clashed with skaters at 'hill bomb' event in San Francisco

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Officers with the San Francisco Police Department attempted to disperse hundreds of skateboarders and spectators alike on Saturday at an annual, unsanctioned skate event in San Francisco.

The event, known as the Dolores Hill Bomb, is an annual, albeit illegal, skate exhibition that draws large crowds to cheer on skaters brave enough to "bomb" down the steep streets adjacent to Mission Dolores Park at unforgiving speeds. In a press release issued Sunday, the SFPD described the incident as a riot in which 32 adults were arrested and 81 minors were cited for a slew of charges, including inciting a riot, unlawful assembly, violence against an officer and resisting arrest.

One officer had to be transported to the hospital for lacerations to his face after an altercation with the crowd, the SFPD said. Violence erupted when an officer attempted to detain a 16-year-old boy who spat in his face and then a 15-year-girl interfered, according to the press release. The crowd then allegedly attacked the officers with fireworks, smoke bombs, glass bottles and cans. The boy was also taken to the hospital to be treated for a non-life-threatening injury.