The best was when are school had a "riot". This happened when high schools, and some colleges across Southern California were protesting the War in Iraq. So... one of the political clubs decided to hold one the next day after every other school held theirs. It happened during lunchtime, and one of the security guards opened up the gate. There were only about 15 people that were orignally going out, but dozens of people swarmed the gate trying to ditch. Next thing I know, a trashcan gets set on fire. People start fighting for no reason. Staff and security try to break it up. Sodas get thrown, cups full of ice, anything people can get their hands on. Then one of the staff members has a seizure. The staff panic and drag him into the cafeteria. This continues for maybe 15 minutes... and then the sheriffs arrive and the real fun begins. Highlights for it would have to be...
Watching my friend Eric trying to break into a teachers car, but ending up getting tackled by a cop.
Some big black guy hitting running big boot on some mexican dude he hated. He followed up with a few stomps before getting jumped by some of the guys friends.
Seeing all the black and hispanic kids that got arrested cry about racism.
The rich kids who got arrested cry about being discriminated against since they had more money than the cops.
Hearing about my history teacher freak out about a trashcan on fire, he has a fire extinguisher in his class, yet he doesn't do anything. No one is around in his area, and it's not even a big fire. It would have only taken maybe a second to put out.
Eventually... things are back in order and everything is okay. We had helicopters circle the school a few times each day over the next two weeks. Security has been beefed and nothing like that has happened again. There still is the occasional fight, but nothing serious.