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Kent State — Part 15
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be very active in directing the group, He noted that the ;
majority of persons in the crowd were onlookers and that -
there was only a very small gxyoup, possibly 10 to 20 persons,
who were actually attempting to break windows in the RoTC
building or set it on fire.
; advised he had cbserved another young white.
male, who he could not otherwise describe, with what appeared
to be a flare, and this person was in the southeast corner
of the building. He noted that the individuals who had
attemptcd to set fire to the ROTC building had keen trying
to do this with matches and had set some of the Graves on
fie. He commented that at about this time, the activities
of the group attempting to set fire to the buildine hed been
interrupted when someone in the crowd had spotted c young
man with a canera. The activity then centered on this person
and they began to beat him and take his canera and filn
ray Lroia him. Ue descrined one of the persons enuaged in
this activity to be a white male, about 22-23 years of ace,
foacinag
_tight bluc
6' tall, 175 pounds, having reddish bioud bushy hair,
an American Flag as a hesdband and ares sea in
dungarees und wearing cheap white
a gadvased the ROYC building was not burning
at thac™tmic, but he had scen what appeared to be a licht
inside the building and had asked the porson next to him if
the building was on fire, This individual had replicd that
At was not, but thut a flare was burning inside the building.
It is his opinion that a flare had not started the fire that
caused the ROTC building to burn.
stated that very soon after this activity,
the Kent Fr Penartrmont had arrived and hed placed their
equipment on the opposite side of the crowd, which was assembled
on the Comnons,.
c
He suid he did not see all of the activity in ©
connection with the firemen, but a portion of the crowd had
pulley earyt of the fire hose out on to the Conmons erea and
the hose had boen cut. He said the person he had first
Geseribed above and two other individuals, who he did not
closely observe and could not describe, hud charged the
firemen, jostled them about, took the fire hose ame
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zyem
~thelm, and then diredted it on the Lireien,
He econnented that
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