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kent-state-shooting — Part 04
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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 gxoup, possibly 10 to 20 persons,
who were actually attempting to break windows in the ROTC
building or set it on fire,
wi advised he had cbhserved 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 Grape
fie. He commented that at about this time, the activities
of the group attenpting to set fire to the building hed bcen
interrupted when someone in the crowd had spotted c young
man with & canera. The activity then centered on this person
and they began to beat him and take his canera and filn
ray Irom him. We Gescrined one of the persons enuaged in
this activity to be a white male, about 22-23 years of ace,
6' tall, 175° pounds, having reddish blond bushy hair, woarcing
an American Plag as a hesdband end caressed
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5 . in light bluc
dungareezs and wearing cheap white tennis shoes.
ee g advised the ROW building was not burning
at that 'tric, but he had scen what appeared to ke a light
inside the building and had asked the porson next to him if
the building was on fire. This individual had replied that
it 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.
that very soon after this activity,
the Kent Fi vepartmont had arrived end had placed their
equipment on the opposite side of the crowd, which was assembled.
on the Comnons.
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He suid he did not see all of the activity in |
connection with the firemen, but a pertion of the crowd had
pulley rayt of the £ire hose out on to the Cormons erea and
the hose had boen cut. He said the person he had first
Gesceribed above and two other individuals, who he did not
Closely observe and could not descrine, hud charged the
firemen, jostled them about, took the fire hose awmey
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~thei, and then directed it on the Lireien,
He connented that
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