“About 250 District police officers were assigned to yesterday’s game, five times the normal roster. At the two-minute warning, they took up positions ringing the field, many wearing helmets and wielding batons, gas masks strapped to their belts.

When time ran out, the first men over the fence were tackled. But as the minutes passed, what began as a trickle turned into a stream, and the police and ushers were overwhelmed.