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Michigan Festival Shut Down Due to Reports of People with Guns

Spring and summer festival season is here, and that means a lot of fun in Michigan is on the way. Unfortunely, one Michigan festival over the weekend got shut down,…

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Spring and summer festival season is here, and that means a lot of fun in Michigan is on the way.

Unfortunely, one Michigan festival over the weekend got shut down, due to reports of people with guns. Read on for the full story.

According to the Detroit News, officials in a Detroit suburb made the decision to shut down an annual festival a day early, following some fights breaking out and reports of guns in the audience. The event was the annual Berkley Days festival, which started last Thursday (May 11) and was scheduled to run through Sunday (May 14). According to the newspaper, broke out at the festival around 7 p.m. Saturday.

A statement sent out by the Berkley Department of Public Safety says that shortly after the fights broke out, officers responded to the fights. That's when reports of people with guns in the crowd sent attendees running out of the event space. With all the chaos, officials made the decision to cancel the festival for the remainder of Saturday evening. They also pulled the plug on Sunday's scheduled events.

As it turns out, according to a statement from the Berkley Department of Public Safety, officers found several toy guns on the festival grounds but no real firearms. Nobody was hurt, which is a good thing. Let's hope the rest of festival season goes more smoothly.

It's completely normal to feel angry at some point in life. Some people are better at dealing with anger than others. Some people are just angrier than others. And it turns out,  some states are angrier than others.

Michigan ranked number 10 on Best Life's angriest states in America survey. They created an Anger Index that consisted of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's most recent Fatality Analysis Reporting System and info by Auto Insurance Center, to determine the amount of each state's fatal accidents involving road rage.

Best Life also used the FBI's hate crime data to analyze hate crimes per capita, which they say is often motivated by anger. Their results showed that, on average, America isn't all that angry. But Michigan made the top 10 along with states from the West, Midwest, Northeast, and South.

Here are the 10 top angriest states in America.

10. Michigan

Michigan ranked number 10 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 33.08. Though Michigan’s fatalities caused by road rage is only 0.1 percent, its hate crimes per capita is at 7.7 percent.

Aerial view of downtown Detroit at sunset in Michigan

9. Massachusetts

Massachusetts ranked number 9 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 37.39. Toxic internet comments were a part of the study and this state scored high with 6.8 percent. Massachusetts hate crimes per capita is at 5.63. Lower than Michigan's in the number 10 spot.

Boston, Massachusetts, USA Skyline

8. New Jersey

New Jersey ranked number 8 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 42.83 percent. New Jersey also made it onto Alcohol.org's angriest states list.

Panorama of Jersey City

7. Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut Skyline

Connecticut ranked number 7 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 43.08 percent. The state has 5.7 percent of fatalities caused by road rage with a low road rage fatalities per capita at 0.4 percent.

6. Washington

Washington ranked number 6 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 46.90 percent. They also served up a high toxic internet comments percentage of 6.8 according to the Best Life study.

Seattle Downtown

5. Vermont

Vermont ranked number 5 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 55.34 percent. Though the fatalities caused by road rage are at zero percent. The state is at 5.29 percent hate crimes per capita.

Welcome to Vermont sign

4. Indiana

Aerial view of Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana ranked number 4 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 64.20. The state also came in with high percentages with fatalities caused by road rage at 10 percent and hate crimes per capita at 1.11 percent.

3. South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina Skyline

South Carolina ranked number 3 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 70.42 percent. The state's high toxic internet comments percentage was at 9.8 percent according to the Best Life study.

2. Colorado

Downtown Denver, Colorado Skyline

Colorado ranked number 2 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 70.42. Their road rage per capita is low at 0.9 percent. However, the study shows that fatalities caused by road rage in Colorado are at 9.5%. 

1. Alabama

Alabama ranked number 1 on Best Life's Angriest States in America list with an anger index score of 100. The only 100 anger index score on the list. At the time of the study Alabama had limited data on hate crimes per capita.

Birmingham, Alabama Cityscape

Anne Erickson started her radio career shortly after graduating from Michigan State University and has worked on-air in Detroit, Flint, Toledo, Lansing and beyond. As someone who absolutely loves rock, metal and alt music, she instantly fell in love with radio and hasn’t looked back. When she’s not working, Anne makes her own music with her band, Upon Wings, and she also loves cheering on her favorite Detroit and Michigan sports teams, especially Lions and MSU football. Anne is also an award-winning journalist, and her byline has run in a variety of national publications. You can also hear her weekends on WRIF.