Once the hype around Freaknik reached a fever pitch, and downtown Atlanta was overrun with the young and nasty, Mayor Bill Campbell cracked down, appointing a special committee on Freaknik consisting of city council members. Violence was on the rise—in 1995 a reported 2,000 crimes were committed, ranging from indecent exposure to rape.
Women assaulted at Freaknik fiesta ATLANTA (AP) -- The party may be over for Freaknik, Atlanta's annual spring festival for black college students. Shocked by TV footage of gangs of men groping women during the festival last month, the
...but, of course, the story linked in the OP already has this language:
Freaknik 1995 wrapped up with grim reports. The rape unit at Grady Memorial Hospital treated 10 victims—far more than in a typical weekend. Police made at least 93 arrests and revelers looted stores in Underground Atlanta and Greenbriar Mall. Three people were shot.