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Kent State — Part 13

41 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: May 2, 1970 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kent State · 41 pages OCR'd
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_ so oe oe ; oe coy 4, a : . . . + ‘ vo wo mareemangencatene “ ‘ : OTE gms ay ‘tense and the cnto f Ketfonst Guana ‘eontimea to te » deployed on | ereesed t to eyproxieately 850. at 8; 15 PN a crowd of 250 students formed | on the Commons oo ‘on Kent State University campus end the crosd wes dispersed by ~. the Kent State Untversity Police Departzent and the Ohio National Guard, end this crowd proceeded to the downtown area of Kert, Ohio, Increasing to approximately 2,000 individuals, At Kent - tae crowd was escorted by the Onto Rational Gucrd and the Kent, Ohio Police Departuent and wee sispersed into caller groups of 8e - 200 rersois, Sone of these groups returned to campus and whats one grove broxe ints the Litrery vhere they were couteined by the “Kent Gtote University | Police Department and the Onio National Gua poh Mes This group Was . containea until 10:00 ‘Pi vhen they were - an alloved to leave the idbrary without being arrested. Several inctéents of broken vindous énd roving groups © ee were encountered on } CAMPUS and tear gas vas sporadically used. .- An il: 700 PM curfew ves set up and was enforesé at 11:3) Pil by the Ohio Rational Guard, Kent State Untversit ~¥ee sity Folice Pe Depertrent andl the Ohio State Highway Petrol. A perimeter around Pe ~ the canpus was establiched and the campus was effectively protected, ie’ @here were nine arrests on campus, Eby 3, 1970, and 54 arrests in the - city of Kent, Onto, most of the arrests being for curfey violetion. ae or failure to disperses By. appro: ieately 2:00 An, May k, 3710, the situation on - coapus w2s egein relatively calm. oa . -, a on Konday, May h, 1970, at epproximstely 10:00 AM, a crowd © . ot stulents began forming on the Corssons, the focel point of the . 2 z d z, gathering being at the bel on the Conmone, Students rang the - - ; we Be bel to attract others and the crowd ‘steadily increased, Ss os Met ° che Ohio Nations Guard ‘continued ina Perineter around — Ss ea
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