Riot Gear? Really?

HAWTHORNE, Calif. (KABC) -- Police showed up in riot gear to control a huge crowd trying to register for summer school in Hawthorne Monday.

Amateur video shows a number of police officers gathered at the Opportunities For Learning Public Charter School (OFLPCS) campus Monday.

School officials were overwhelmed by the number of people who lined up early to register.
As many as 1,500 people were lined up trying to secure one of the less than 400 openings for free summer school.

Thank God it wasn't art camp.  That might have required the National Guard.