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Kent State — Part 21

114 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: May 2, 1970 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kent State · 112 pages OCR'd
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FEVSRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION... pate UN 49 1970 1 | a who has just completed his sophomore year at Kent State University (KSI) interviey wa < advised that he is ag in arcnitecture at KSU. vised that on the morning of Saturday, May 2, ee that there would be a raily held at the KSU campus at 3:00 PM that evening. He advised that the rally was to be held on the Commons. He advised ‘that he arrived about 20 minutes early that evening and Saw @ crowd of approximately 500 people there, and noticed . several teachers in the crowd wearing blue arm bands. He advised that he does not know. why these teachers were there, but did recognize one or two of them as having been involved in campus demonstrations the previous year. GRRE «2:5: that the crowd seemed unorganized .&t. this time and that shortly after he arrived two males ran over to the Victory Bell and began ringing it as a call for more people to join the crowd. He advised that "radical types" then ran up the hill toward Taylor Hall, fod headed toward the Tri Towers Dormitory chanting “one _two three four, we don't want your (obscene) war". He advised that some of these individuals apparently were carrying cans of spray paint concealed on their person because immediately upon arriving at Tri Towers they began spraying anti-war and anti-NIXON slogans on the Sidewalks and pillars of Tri Towers, : . CEE”: :;- that apparently the reason for the crowds moving to Tri-Towers was to encourage the ‘Students living there to come out and join the crowd. He advised that the crowd got no initial response from those inside the dormitory and then numerous people decided to enter the dormitory and run through the halls in order to roust out some students.. He advised that he remained outside in the crowd and shortly after the dormitory On at Illinois File # CG 98-1975 n 6/12/70 7 : " . This d «contains aeither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. H is the property of the FBI and is Ic ‘FEla document contain men ws your agency, it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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