Someone threw a firecracker.
No sooner did I have that thought than I heard what I thought was somebody throwing a firecracker.
The police said the violence flared when stewards tried to detain a man they believed threw a firecracker.
AFP/Getty Images A protester wearing a T-shirt reading 'We are not terrorists' throws a firecracker on 11 July 2012.
One of the girls, Lissette Mercado, 13, said she had thrown a firecracker that exploded near the officer.
In 1998, a Princeton student was charged with throwing a firecracker into a crowd at a basketball game at the Palestra, Penn's gymnasium.
Nine years ago, when Vince Coleman threw a firecracker at fans, Bret Saberhagen squirted reporters with bleach and the Mets lost 103 games, Fred Wilpon told the players how he felt.
The officer, Ranji Singh, 33, of New York City Family Court in the Bronx, was picking up his children from Public School 102 on Archer Street when a girl threw a firecracker at him, said Dennis W. Quirk, president of the New York State Court Officers Association.
For that matter, why leave out the acquisition of Vince Coleman, best remembered for throwing a firecracker at fans; Bret Saberhagen, best remembered for aiming bleach at reporters; and Mo Vaughn, best remembered for being a physical wreck when he arrived at Shea Stadium.
In November, Dinamo Moscow goalkeeper Anton Shunin was injured when fans of Zenit St Petersburg threw a firecracker onto the pitch during a Russian Premier League match.
