@lukeoneil47.bsky.social The version I've always heard was "people got rowdy, then the cops showed up & started beating everyone they could get their hands on" The Globe goes with "riot" but all the pics show ... the cops beating (& kneeling on the necks!) of everyone they can get their hands on

When Boston went ‘Basket Case’: Looking back on the Green Day Hatch Shell riot 30 years later - The Boston Globe

When Green Day came to Boston on Sept. 9, 1994, it was far from a welcome to paradise.