Carnival workers and teenagers engaged in a “riot” at the end of the first night of the Brockton Fair, a civilian patrol group in the city told The Enterprise. The unarmed Operation Arch Angels patrol group, known for their red berets and jackets, claimed that it all started when a large group of teenagers tried to steal a prize from a carnival game after the Brockton Fair finished up on Friday. That’s when four carnival workers stepped in trying to stop the teenagers, and followed them out of the Brockton Fairgrounds, they said.“Vile words were extended between the two groups,” said the Operation Arch Angels group, in a statement shared on Facebook. “One kid pulled out a switch blade, a metal chair was thrown, then rocks were thrown.”The group of carnival workers followed the teenagers out of the Brockton Fair, causing mayhem in the middle of Forest Avenue, where rocks were thrown around.“We had to provide crowed control,” the group stated.Brockton police received several calls about a large fight involving a group of kids on Forest Avenue, on the side of the Brockton Fairgrounds, at 12:21 a.m. on Friday.Brockton police responded for a disturbance, but considered the matter settled without reporting any arrests.The Operation Arch Angels group said one carnival worker hurt his leg during the melee, and one vehicle was hit with a rock.

Carnival workers and teenagers engaged in a “riot” at the end of the first night of the Brockton Fair, a civilian patrol group in the city told The Enterprise.

The unarmed Operation Arch Angels patrol group, known for their red berets and jackets, claimed that it all started when a large group of teenagers tried to steal a prize from a carnival game after the Brockton Fair finished up on Friday. That’s when four carnival workers stepped in trying to stop the teenagers, and followed them out of the Brockton Fairgrounds, they said.


“Vile words were extended between the two groups,” said the Operation Arch Angels group, in a statement shared on Facebook. “One kid pulled out a switch blade, a metal chair was thrown, then rocks were thrown.”

The group of carnival workers followed the teenagers out of the Brockton Fair, causing mayhem in the middle of Forest Avenue, where rocks were thrown around.

“We had to provide crowed control,” the group stated.

Brockton police received several calls about a large fight involving a group of kids on Forest Avenue, on the side of the Brockton Fairgrounds, at 12:21 a.m. on Friday.

Brockton police responded for a disturbance, but considered the matter settled without reporting any arrests.

The Operation Arch Angels group said one carnival worker hurt his leg during the melee, and one vehicle was hit with a rock.