
Moment ‘Karen' mum confronts 300 raving students who BOO her for demanding they turn down music but viewers are divided
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THIS is the moment an angry mum confronts 300 university students having a noisy house party and demand they turn the noise down.
Footage of the un-named woman pleading with the party-goers to turn the music down because her daughter had GCSE exams the following day has been posted on social media.
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Around 300 students attended the noisy house party in Leeds
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Police had to be called to break up the party which went on into the early hours of the morning
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The student party, celebrating the end of their exams, spilled out into the street
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The un-named woman was among 30 householders complaining about noise from the party in a garden but was mocked online for 'being a Karen' by some commentators.
Police had to be called after university students descended on Cliff Road, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, to throw a final end of year party outside, as neighbours' requests to turn the music off went ignored.
After leaving the party at 2am, the students then continued the party in the street, blasting music from a car until 3am on June 2.
First-year cybersecurity student Gene Vale, 19, who attends Leeds Beckett university, arrived at the outdoor garden party at quarter to one in the morning.
He said: "We were just chilling and this woman just barges in - there's an alleyway next to the house, so you can just walk through an alleyway.
"She walks through the alleyway and barges through everyone, goes straight up to the DJ and says 'can you turn it off?'
"He says 'oh, you're ruining the party' and everything and then she tries to explain her daughter has a 9am exam the next morning and says 'you're not being very considerate'.
"Obviously, it didn't really end up working out for her, because the guy who actually was DJ'ing didn't really care.'
The student - who plans to change his course to content creation and media studies come September - filmed the party and uploaded clips to TikTok.
Leeds City Council officers who had descended on the home had to call for police backup after their requests to turn down the music went ignored.
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Student Gene said the music in the back garden ended at around 2am - with students then taking the party out in to the quiet cul-de-sac as a driver blasted music out of their car.
He said: "When everyone was at the front of the street, a car was playing music on full blast.
"That ran for another half an hour until the police - everyone was gone by 3am.
'It took quite a lot of time to get people away because everyone was stood about wanting to see what was going on."
While Gene says he does have some sympathy for the upset neighbours, ultimately, he says, they should be more empathetic.
He said: "If I was in their situation, I'd be upset and I'd be angry - especially if my daughter's got a 9am exam, for example.
"But, I'd never complain - I don't think I could ever bring myself to complain - because there's clearly a reason they're doing it.
"Obviously it was their last big send-off party, you just have to put yourself in their shoes and think how gutted I would be if someone was complaining."
On TikTok, commenters were sympathetic with neighbours.
One user said: "Not a Karen, it's reasonable? I had a 9am chemistry exam and the uni house next door had a party.
"Went into the exam absolutely knackered. Just go clubbing or do the party on a weekend like a normal person."
Another wrote: "This is one of the many reasons why people are against the amount of students in cities as there are no caps on students numbers any more, too many students and things like happening too."
A spokesperson for Leeds City Council said: "Incidents like this remain rare, largely due to the strong partnership working and investment that's been made over time by Leeds City Council's Dedicated Service, a project jointly funded by University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University.
"With regards to this incident, the Dedicated Service out of hours noise team received two calls from one resident relating to a large house party with external speakers and laser lights.
"Council officers arrived on site and unacceptable noise was witnessed from a distance of 100 metres.
"When the officers approached the house there were approximately 300 people in the garden area and an unknown number inside the house itself.
'Initial requests to turn the music off were refused, however once the tenant of the property had been spoken to the music was turned off and people started to disperse.
"Due to the number of people leaving the address, police attendance was requested.
"The occupants of the address in question have been dealt with under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 via the Leeds Anti-Social Behaviour Team with further investigations on-going."
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Footage of the student party was posted on social media
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Leeds City Council officers who had descended on the home had to call for police backup after their requests to turn down the music went ignored
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