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5:21 p.m.: This story has been updated with comments from Kashawn Harris, the DJ at the event.

As Westfield police officers tried to clear a rowdy, overcapacity crowd from Shenanigans Pub last October, DJ Boogy made a decision, according to allegations filed in Westfield District Court.

It was homecoming weekend, and he was not going to stand for that.

DJ Boogy -- given name, Kashawn Harris, 25, of Springfield -- put on the N.W.A hip hop classic "[Expletive] tha Police," according to Westfield police reports. A Westfield police officer, who was trying to shut the music off to clear the crowd of over 350 people from the 160-capacity bar, took notice, and wrote him a summons for disorderly conduct.

"I believed at that time the combination of alcohol, the excessive amount of people in the bar and the song that the DJ chose to play at that time was an intentional act by the DJ to incite the crowd which showed a reckless disregard for public safety," Officer Juanita Mejias wrote in her report.

Mejias then made eye contact with Harris, who shut the music off. The party was over, but not before drawing a response from both Westfield's police and fire departments.

In an interview, Harris said he was not trying to incite the crowd, and that his side of the bar was already clear of people by the time he played the song. An alumnus of Westfield State University, he had been invited to DJ the homecoming weekend party at Shenanigans and was mid-set when the fire marshal declared that the bar was too full.

"I had no intention of inciting a riot," Harris said. "It was just college kids having fun."

Harris said he already had the song cued up before police arrived and played a snippet before shutting down the music. The bar was cleared shortly after officers entered, he said. It was not until a month later, when he received a court summons, that he realized he was being prosecuted.

"For them to even think I was trying to start riots was frustrating for me," said Harris, who typically performs at weddings, college events and Club Zone in Springfield. "That's not my kind of background, that's not where I come from."

Police and fire officials responded to Shenanigans around 11:40 p.m. on Oct. 17, where an event billed on Facebook as an unofficial alumni weekend party for local universities was taking place. A fire captain asked police to clear a path into the bar, which was packed well above capacity, Mejias wrote.

"While in the bar I could hear glass being broken," Mejias wrote. "I observed shards of broken beerbottles on the ground as well as liquid causing a dangerous slippery condition on the floor."

Officers began asking people to leave, but found it difficult due to the loud music. Mejias asked for the music to be shut off, when Harris allegedly began playing the N.W.A. song.

Harris was found responsible for disorderly conduct on March 11 and ordered to pay a $50 fine. He did not respond to a request for comment.

It is not the first time the song has provoked police response. According to a 1989 story in the New York Times, the group did not perform it during their first tour because off-duty police serving as concert security would have boycotted or shut down the shows.