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Kent State — Part 6
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mis. group. ro ‘hard-core people seemed: ‘to: bey }
fox the most part, @reésed in the usuzl "activist" garby
headbands, fatigue jackets, ete. He later saw two of |
them close up but neither of these were familiar to him:
and he could not identify them again, Another incendiary
_@Gevice was then put into the building and the fire depart
ment arrived shortly thereafter, After. a period of non=
a action, the crowd moved in towards the building again, °
a third incendiary device was thrown into the building.
_. The group of students then grabbed the firemen's hoses .
and cut them and took them away. did nat sec
students throwing rocks at the firemen, however. The
-£ire truck toox off then as apparently the harassment was
too intense, Then the Kent City Police came and the
National Guard moved on the campus, the demonstrators sc:
and there was very little activity at all. As the demon:
—_ moved away, they set a secondary fire in @ shack by the
tennis courts. Some trees also were put on fire and none
students were involved in atten ting to extinguish the Ff:
: Asaw an individual ~_
identifying himself as a Plain er reporter who bad ~
a camera with him, Ke did not know if this individual’ -
was taking pictures of the ROTC Buikiing.
sy advised that it was his impression that.
tthe leaders of the mob were unidentified. He feels that
the leaders were extremely sophisticated and able to tur
the mob on and get out of the way, He saw no one photo-
’ graphing the incident, but did see numerous persons in t)
crowd with wolkie-talkies. None of the persons with wall
talkies appeared to be students, He stated there seemed
be a plan to burn the building from the way thet the mob
-moved in an cut seemingly waiting for reaction on the ©
part of the Security Police, and from the fact that Incet
. diary devices were readily available.:
er aduiend that the individuals who got up
tte the crowd moved to Tri.Towers to ~-
gather more support was unknown to him, nor could he
identify this individal again if he were to seé¢ biti Ho
am
_ ever, he thought he recognized this person again carxryin:
the"Black fleg of unarchy“in the fatal incident on’ May’ 4
“ey 1970, This individual wes definitely of college age. age
“ut
was unable to advise any further information regarding
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