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Kent State — Part 19

72 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: May 20, 1970 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kent State · 72 pages OCR'd
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*% After a short of time, most of ‘the individuals in the Pit, including & zand the above named persons, ying out of the Pit and toward the Commons area € Seas GLA NOt pick wy any rocks along the way, nor aia he sce anyone else do so, The grouo, from. the Pit. appeared to bb be. led, at least partially, by Rt \RUPE and RICK | ot ae ee ae bed ° ‘Individuals of student age had already gothe: od _ aths.ommons whenki . | arrived there, Individuals, whom &< “could not ic Sacre po began throwing rocks at the ROTC building and the rocks =! |. a a beh sing the building and breaking glass. ~ ~ - > who were located near the front of he = 7 : g " puilding, were together Curing the: a - activities that followed. . OO oe be People ‘started chantSing "Burn, ROTC, Burn", and | oo, runerous flare tyne Incendiary Gevices were thrown at the a ROTC building. Wer. Soserved one flz [1 off the roof Ets and a white male with dark hair,. whom %: ould not identify 8 wicked it off the ground, and threw it into the building. a. The ROTC building caught fire, and later an athletic shed. ne located across the Comaons from the ROTC building. was fired | oo by unknown individuals, —. . Be. At one point, ~~ noticed a burning United .. ~- States of America flag peine NelG aloft and carried from - place to place by RUPE, who later threw same on the grounds. a ‘pase 8 a Po Later the crowd moved: off cammus along Main Street Ne St Abs Aftoryards, thn. l : ‘in Kent, after which time units of the National Guard be- Reo. gan arriving to maintain order, From Main Street, the: By crowd again moved to the KSU Commons, and sat on Blanket - Bo ' Hilz {a section of the Commons) watching the ROTC batlatng ‘ae burn. By this time, the ROTC building was completely in - wale flames. — ee a er. es po - Around 12:00 P.M... everyon a a eee rank res it ce, which was va ents Og 2 - for Cuyahoga Falls ink? - oe e * eM TL, * * « . a Sind ‘ : : $e. cae. : ma . * iaey ware eae a earn een seentnsa_yengrane — . - pe . CF AE tg Ta Aer wy , canned, eee a Tw —e! oa _~ “, Fad ee
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