Gallery: Kentucky Wins but Students Lose in Basketball Riot Photos

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    *Rioters burn posters and their own shirts after the Kentucky’s 67-59 victory over Kansas in the NCAA national championship title during celebrations on State Street in Lexington, Kentucky, on April 2, 2012.* *Photo: Christian Randolph*
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    *Rioters, who grabbed hold of a fire hose while firefighters were putting out a small fire, take several hundred feet of the hose down the city block on April 2.* *Photo: Christian Randolph*
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    *A women flashes her breasts and is groped during celebrations early on April 2.* *Photo: Christian Randolph*
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    *A rioter is pinned and arrested by Lexington police during attempts to put out fires early in the morning on April 3.* *Photo: Christian Randolph*
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    *People scatter as Lexington police move in to make an arrest early in the morning on April 3.* *Photo: Christian Randolph*
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    *A rioter is brought down and arrested by a Lexington police officer dressed in riot gear on April 3.* *Photo: Christian Randolph*
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    *A rioter, covered in his own blood from cuts sustained while breaking a car windshield with his bare hands, cheers on a crowd as it continues to smash the car after Kentucky’s 69-61 victory over Louisville in the national semifinal Final Four game on State Street in Lexington, Kentucky on March 31, 2012.* *Photo: Christian Randolph*
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    *A rioter runs past a car that was flipped and burned during the riot in Lexington on March 31.* *Photo: Christian Randolph*
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    *After smashing out its windows and doing their best to break off the doors, rioters tip over a car on March 31.* *Photo: Christian Randolph*
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    College Heights Herald

    *Rioters smash out the windows of a car during celebrations on March 31.* *Photo: Christian Randolph*
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