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Kent State — Part 6

70 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kent State · 70 pages OCR'd
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cv se-aiaa a 2 . os OMA small group of “the , crowd,’ cocbspay” "20 people, picked up cocks and beyan thr owing then. at the ROTC buildi . Some of the rocks broke out windows if the building. - At’ t! time Someone in the crowd threw a red flare on the roof of. the ROTC building, but the roof was metal and the. flare ro! oft without doing any famage. ats Sof re bee ot te tases: —_ ee one the crovd with 4 or § other faculty ‘Rarshals, oe —aand Glen Frank. ee ee "At this time the rock throving ceased ‘and 4 or. young peaple came out of the crowd, unidentifiable to nee! took handkerchiefs from their pocket, dipped then into = the gasoline tank of a motorcycle (parked on the edge of *” the parking lot) ran to the ROTC building, ignited the _ handkerkerchiefs and dropped them thrdugh the broken... = “window Of the building. Approxinately 3 or 4 handkerchiefs vere dropped into the building all through the Sane window, located on the woutheast side of the building. oe — nAt thts point the orowd Béened to. move ‘bask ‘and waited for the building to catch on fire... In about 5 te 7 minutes a single fire truck appeared coming down Portage. Drive, parking in the lot to the north of the ill-fated RO’ _ building. At this tine a Small L flpoker of ‘flame could be Z seen | through the window. ot as "A single fireman cane ott of the truck with 2 ~ ‘hose and when the water pressure was turned on, four young people came out of the crowd and wrestied him to the grounc I could not identify these people, but I did not bee anys. weapons in their hands. I was about 46 feet fron the. incident. The fireman then retreated to the fire truck. “At that time 2 or 3 young people slashed the fire hose, ee 7 “apparently with, knives, which I could not, Bee... ee "A second fire ‘truck arrived with a “group of ae “approximately 20 armed men in blue uniforms, apparently . a iF Pol ~ — nome ah r. — police officers, Ths unifornsed men formed 405 TxXGUT OF the ae ROTC building and fired tear gas into. the. 2 Sronde 0» * ¥ . “ Soe “The crowd then ‘pulled back to’ ‘tha northeast, tye ; to ‘the @dge of the tennis courts.: And the firezan attenpte _ to Pat ths fire out. _ Than a _Broup | of. students Bet f8 | to BOTS eee
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