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Q 1* wh1c'h'_'_92-irei'e occurring. From class he _ A __' }_ and stood on thef front grounds 'offJo'l'ms_0§1_ " minutes. From there "ho 92_¢a.1ked,do1-m Eb th-o the 'commons9'. Whilo standing 1>y1;he_=_
L using a bull horn,.'ordere:! the peop1¢1_"¬9o1- then proceeded to a point-just outsid¢j"_j4:;1P - cffioe at Joimson Ha_:oI!.._-T He Stayed there _
~ and during this time tho tear gas j8to1*l:ei!
Ha11¢ He than went inside J9=_1n8.on Hall to use». From the bathroom ho uatoheil the activity and :_fi@j',;j.-;h--__._ 92 line oftho Rational G!-bird.-i" ':Ihi1e he was
i_;_-o__ '92!athro'o:'a_ he heard and olziserved tho Guard 1 r.ostr$.ci-.ed and he did not see anything in-' part.
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IV BUPNILG OP THE POTC BUI'DldG
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remark ho was given a W11
order to identity himself to
advised he left
Center iataiy ;1oined a
the Commas area. Ho said the groupxrent _trom"§I_1a
to Tri Towers and than back past __Ea-stway" Center t
in the; area o£_,tha U. 31.; Amy
is immediately adjncont .§;o'_1:1f1e
l hsestimated theoro7u<_I to be
1 he 1,'e1t mat oi tho ' _1_>orsons§there
Ha stated there was a. group oi about
persona who were in the area. or a 1ar;;e92o:r-ock
oi the R0512 Bui1d1qg4nea_rost__tl;o'Cqmnohs_.-
ing and "throwing i92001<925 _.'a.nd
res_u1t1!18 j1a,_se,vera1__i=h<> ar° r'.*h¢f¢ 7was
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who yore act ital;
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KBU!, Kent ' 19 majoringhe lived 1n JohnSon nan oand was on lupus on my 2 1970,;-§.;Hé-7:45 ms and s=oo rm on anal date, 116 went
Activities Center at KSU an-:1 beeemeonwtodont
assist inegx-eventing vi01enca£:mongi_tha o ' nuB1
of students
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young white males go to a moto_r_cyc".l.é
RON Building, next to the streetof the building, He advised they
en the ."..ete1'c_~,'c1ea:1£{r.:taT!1g'et eelo
He said the rag appeared to be a
rag from the gas tank, the two persons _end of the ROTC Building where they tripe-to pt;a window, when they were u'risuocessiuj3.t'Q.t _t11i.'s*they went to another window a1roady_-ihroken 0111;window was the second one from the __en¢l,"_9n
the building closest to the COmn:onB_'4.'§I!G"
I3 not see which oi these nerso:1s'92:ree t!_92e*1r;!_iZ "92 e __ _ - g .-.._. gsoaked rag and which one lit it, 1aut'_it'_eppearedthey held the rag up to the window, 1 t, andHe remarked a fire had flared up, theand the crowd cheered, " '
_t _ adv lseq utter
'l:he.fJ_.a1a1ng rag into the ROTC
the crowd in-different directions
able to keep eneof these _1a_
jzilrougia time ore?-*3 on th _$_tI_.1derx¬euzmzng mg ~ joined "at sm.qp,ot
Periodically, this personbuild 13$. He eonuneute<l__,1}e__' ' who threw the . ,WWI! Bllilding, alga:
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was t!11sApe1'sQ:1-$1110 had soaked the mg in theIEO said he had no; clasacaly o'i;ssrvc:1_ thohad cng:'.g:,§d in "the 1_i{;l921_'-1113 oi v1_:he'g:~.*soand could 0211;; ch;-s.'c1*1hoc1 him. as being r.
5l0", medium size anal sm:9213.or thark thepcraidil, - ; '
A . E qacIvi::ocl v11-Sunday, !.a;r 3, wze
1:00 1-El am :.-,0 "11, hu Ind soon the cr...0n he . _ * -. I;
mvove a'3$.rs-i:,' looking at isiw b1u:ne:1 sizructzuwaBui1d$.n:;. He saw this pr:r::on loolfad at the%*.;?Jc~192i: 15 or 20 minutes :~.:E1;r~:r'i'.-h1c192_'ha"::.111.ad
g:-mrizcd later ti:-1'; saw-: evening he ma again
5:11:13 pars:-"m sittzlng with a. group of other2.11.11!" tare-'92. oi? tl1a1a'f$U C:_u-#.;:i.92:3, - V ' ; .
' _ QAY.-is riisplaj-ed twp gilzofiiograohsof person .. e maria the following _i§ient§.f
, .1 .-;-,._ '- -_ -<- - " ' He siid. 9-eson itylng
to Mm by name, but 1-':a$ _'tI1e-Yperson hatire:-éé who 11111": 1¢1pate.a,1&z' -.1110 p1a':.c'$,n:92Q;Eboa? % rag 1n"znofanwcT§ui1a1§g may 2
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ment to and 4A have idem:1::|.ea tnemseres
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation..- - _ ,_ ,. _.g ,1" _.,a~<?i -i-
. II ' ' ' _ I am a student at Kent State U:921vere}i.3:}{$i?7'__§§i_eI11;.j',
, and prior to I-Say 4,_ 19-'70, I lived' W Johnson Hall on the Rent: State U'n192_ro1:s$,!:.y_A ing of my 2, _1a'zo..- 1: ma
in an effort to stag 'eny.'.'vi.<:-_
lence among the Rent state University _atu6~ents.,. -V -N Qm- 1 1- " 1; 4-1-. 4- c r " ¢.1....'-mg. ..........." "T" *""'?~ _ _ 1-» -u . _~~.-..;_ _-,;,.~'_-1_c-1; a..~..'.... GUS ....a92. %'u?%H;.i1g .1. T313 GE 1-aw vvna|||uu§ ;-~@-.~»~campus. On the eve.
as a student cleputy,F .
near the U.S.t Army ROFDC Emildlag; where aof about 4000- stuéents bad gathered. 1-iosi:
" these students were on1ookers,'but there 92-BSA
~group of 50 or 60 students who were=_ac'ti.'ve in 1.1:
throwing stones and other oibjeets at the amt: _
building causing windmrrs to be hriiajeli. N10111: 1.9-"
persons in this group x-are active in tying
fire to the 0.5. Army R018 imildighnd I
_ two unknown white males throw 1: bottle at
' building which I beliewge was a fire boat».
. bottle hit the -side o£__t'h_e building,-1
pavement wnere_ it b1qo1~:_e,=-
young white males goto
hear the street on ROIC bu116ing,'whe::é 1111
into the gas tank-0f__the
the rag from the".--gag
on the {:o:=mons side
"but they were
went_ About tep rlnioiizsill-;es
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. [.1-,¢_ ~.=/xv. _the rag up.to the window, lit
_ e the buiiéing. then ourtainsthe crowd cheered. I did not see
persona held t11'é~rag'"'or
these two persona ran back into __could only keep one of them in ' view;' - "After t'hr0'wl.hgi'it'h'e to ' '
is described as I white male about 226'0! to 6'1" 1.90 pounds Ionqbrcnm hair, " {full "boar.-6 "and
brown corduroy jacket "possibly with _aorange '1' shirt with thin R'!OI'12OBt§1_:,b1udark blue bell bottomed 1>anta'__and_:1ight
_I can only recall the other person asmale, 5'10 , medium size,person I've described. '
the first person I described;-71:00 H-I and 12$ Pi! standing looking11.3. Army ROW: building for about '15and then left. Later that evening Iqrou or persona sitt ointhe !'Hub'5.Qcentpstate pniversit mg a. Among this y compocgain h_ee3c__Ltne person I_,.:.:£ . it _ .
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e- 011 ~43? 2» 1970 _ This group was formed for the1 of cooling. of! students at a rally to take plac
evening. To identify members of the group, all. of than wre blue am bands. - -
A The faculty tzzanbers wereto c-i.rc:u1a'to'the crowd and atten-pt to head off trouble. Theyhanded out a sheet of papa!-t$hOH1T4lg the curfew
and various legitimate aotivitiea ti-ting la."-.-eRv -A campus that evening. ' -
"* ' _* " - ha. -sum: 5-man: or the Geology
K88 seemed to be in charge of the group.
P92-orasas.<ed tObeamanb'er of"%§ a rofessot in the
involved
: the .Ionors Coll
'- Dep6J'.t.11e.1t; F1-:5:_"_ Of the and a teaching ello.. w_ name of numerous other faculty members - invol none of their names.
"7 _ to thelisilcampus at .7800 p-R-5 1- , 70, and at that time, a large '~ ' ' of students og amound on -¢31e_CD!?!tl0n.$¢¢1,1l';_t ~»-mm T - - to = -- ,- Y-Y talged will.-Sh a few smoo-~t
, and there, Irfknewt none of the otudents to whom
and, infant, knew none o tho emonstraiaotrstthe whole everytnq. He noted no one" agitatking,
t Suddenly, some time shortly titer thesounded, the crow-ad a.=1:a=@a towards a bell
obi oi the_0ommons_. two"5.nd1
stoqgl-_up and-rangthe bell
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of '1:-1 '1'ow_ers. The culty menhens §l$_._<1l'a_ short time later, the mob returned the
guessed the number of persons 1n thQW'_1GDb at thatbe applfqximdely 500 to 600.» In they-crowd werepersons who had walki talkies an! alsopeople with cameras. He saw one _p¢32_.0011 with e.',_
lgiigbatn up and his film taken away. --_'___-Hethe identity of this person.
. . ~ ' 1. ' . -, Q,_;; -._ ' noted that '-therejrere very £e92»;,1£;--'§.;;_'::;i.e;'
ved in this a'¢t1vity.'* He statue any, bla invol _ _ _
that there was one small students -observi-is
the mob and one of these
one with the camera to
was at -_Tri rowers. However.-,;
_ . _ -ne " " 1.l.ea-Nbriefly, a oouljdheerthey'shou1d- _ _ ___ay or 11811;--éhoteci by him, and he knew none
driftedl toward the union
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' ' In addition to the f1rebombs~ bu11ding,'£1-area thrown fromthe
at the building." had thetwo -or three poop "e x- . ctually vedand throwing of the firelnombs and the
.. 7 ' e s H. l H rem, in the __ ' ' _ - spot in the cro9292d._ said, he-Eras appro:-:i_mat__e!.~ . ..imY 40 yards from the a was .un_ab1e to see 1-ihoof these individuals were and would not be able to-7 ' identify them again. He kept '_circu1ating and. surged and milled around the building
_ Very shortly after the or-igi.- " the fire, the fire department showed up.. saw no more incidents in the building
department showed up
_ - '.t'he:re department parked close tobuilding. They were trailing a hose from aStudents grabbed this hose and other studentshacked on it. The hose was dtagqed away mm the; There no "£1-om the po11_ceG:pa!:tmen1:_ tuei-etime. ~ecognized no one involved i__n'. activi 0' ' I - ' ' " ' e I--~ -=. '_ -; 7 . ;¢Ls92-"~' ».,_'
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vihom he thought were I-<51 police,"the direction of Bo-92ma;n Hall.the_f1remen. ' --{yell went .<.>92l!.-. eeongto get ' rocks. i-The dcriawonstrators threw?
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as follow:
Mat bum and
Ken Oh1o,_va§ in3., 1970, and returned to Kent, G:1o_on_Se.tu1'day,' Ia; 2,
- P0110-ring an anniversary dinner nth wife
lhyz, 1970! Iventt-ottnbom Kent, G110, where I was told by
aaaresult
itstufbance taking place at that tin.
-- '1 then went to Kent -sum th1$'Q§81|-I ,¢1me,"'at
_'t1n_=Iventtot1aoareaottl:oKent*8ta*bptIn1vi>x*a1iqL1brarycn ,__ _ Kain Street in front of the Ltisrary, arriving were at ap;i1'budra;i.tQ1yQ 9:15 PH. an &ppr01d.m1»01,1 ma time I l_1oted__n'ar_o92i;~ of
._ jpproazinsately 1,000 in number, v1l.k1ng"uea§ bu lhin Street '_m1dsiJ.e of the street. I noticed tI;a.t-''1__e~r0 to 11¢ 5
individuals who were more leads;-sn1,_o: tug
wi. Tnéqé _ iniiviiiuain 92§hm-ma um am*3" *4 HM, vhv :>1>¢@"¢' *§31¢.§n&1vidua1s, and I byerhea:-Q
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'_ throw rocks and bottles over my head tn the direotloa thewhich vale on Main Stbeet I noticed no reepon V. ,.ome
I it f I o In 5Qthe Guard and I do not know that particular iiidi- to V 5 involved 1n throwing objects tome" the rm" ya": ¢0IIp0l5Bd or a eonvoy of Jeeps, tmoju and what__ to be ha]: tracks. To my lmovleqge, they 61¢ not _stop'" A time that I left the area. '
located on Lincoln Street, Just south or Ihin Street, Olnpun lnrormtion booth in located. At this point IJ sound otbreaking glass and noticed. one __'at 1611! 10% light and '8e'vere1 youths an-om; _glass or the Information booth. I then noticed "several1:» the booth attempting to set re to the booth by.IlBv8_papBrs. I did not see any or these individualsidentify then. After balpil-lg other Individmls In the ueiintéxtinguiahthe res in; the lnfornation booth, Ithen left the1'l1_<=.iJRi:_lv1<1ua1s_vho ha broken the 51. ; bu11d11gmeqm to {set the mum; on time me we
on-1o "Ithenwenttothe1:ark1n31otofthe _
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Ii followed the cram! southeast across the ceguo01 Reerve Otoerq T1&1n_1ng CorpsV66 Qt heating the ire
interfering idth f1reme;" _' 'I then to tits
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out. c:-;c'.=.:.:1_ne1i he is acqua-mted uith mostY __ gtu'3en";:; who r~,'1:c-'m,=.'.1'r:er: 0.? the ?Iou.=':{; Soceic-.1:?.:-:t_ I. 1-.'eathe1'a'::=.n factrlcvn of the fisudents for a. Dcmccx-aide
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flareup oi same, it is his Lngrassion tIm"£ire*oonb
or gasoline; He si:s._ted tige _£;§.r{e__ in:._=13-e likeap1'eaz= and ui: I-'$.3??: epai-c:.enn~ue.s ammqgg .i!y_'_;;-office uE;ere- he 1-:-as located. Ups: iahe .a1~fri_va.1De-pnrtnemz, £11-enen atbemgated to get nei-.3: theeztmguish the '01.".-ze ; ho:-zeve-r,_ they were peltedand efiser laying out their hoses, according tokano!;.§1¢£ ib'j; i.;.~§;i:92§;;§§g;?;giwho i92.n:=,o;~r:ec1 !15.1;92, the fire hoses" :_.=e.92:~e_ slashed n1bh._students. He stem:-:3 he dixi not observe the fireciit; ho:-aever, the 1~i.re Department pulle haul; and"'§hé".'_bu$3_é$_§ishereaaer was £032-pli=.i3C'1y destroyed by'f1re_ and he imoteé firezaen had no police pzetecioa at "the time _ti1<-=3 e.§i*._erip£;e¢i_
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V _ "=-*ae.<3Vi.s6l'1 the-m11o':raa1em._>.1 Guam! Qthe Kent S ate campus at é.pp2'0Xii:*.:e_.¬e].y 10_:lL_5 p.n.,
groups, oi students <31sp-:.-r2ed' on t*.1:-:11*'d:>:n.- fe '1{e s1:s.
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.V State campus appeared rather calm with the;e_A wondering what would happen next. -A1groupf§f._. e$unday evening and the instigators, hqfeme ;A language toward the Guard apparently drifheé
_acticn. He stated at no time die he observe, --1 firearms on their person and he observedl A by any of the raica w with ine 7. and demonatrations.: po1pted;0u that92; '5 -with other members o e saudeat gdernmcnfi~¢' ~ the President iniceting their belief that the 0h1eg . Guard's-presenee_en the campus was ueceesdry'toe;@= destruction of property. He stated very few" ' ' were naticed at any of the rallies-and'they;were! -their absence. " "' - A A :=.~. , A7,». e advised on Sunday; Nay- gj
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QEDERAL BUREAU OF QIWESTEGAHUII
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. On Saturday evening. Nay A-2, 1970
State University KSU! held a rally or _the Commons at icsu. _It started out as a march'_§'r_j0§ntl..§§; '§!campus. in an effort. to L92p¬O1t, andplace at the Commons. .. _ jfo loafer! thethe campus to be certai. a no black S_bt18I'l92:5_5_§<;§II!8_fi.__1§@
volved in this demo'nstr:at.1on= 'h§'bje_1l1g_._§__ of
Bla<=k-~V"1*'=Q<l-$!=¥* .E§- When he to t1ié'*¢5 '§55518i.§those gathered were shout1hq' siogans such -is _'0n'e}three four, we can't win the yer. j -- a darktime, and possibly 9: 30 P-11." and a wa1k&;Taylor Hall area across to Johnsoi92'_ _ ted"£1ate8§§§being thrown at the ROTC Building. It was not burning"-x,
the time, but the flares made a red glow. Then some, '.='
the students, individually. started breaking _
ROTC Building and flares we're thrown in the wind as
some men from the Sheriff th tear gas;@_:?_e'the tear gas was thrown, to go t0__'the
Culture Center. He that no
bedone to this building, as there hae been rumors that
these students were going tohurn this Black
There were lots of rumors going around; "one _ ing
blaick girl had been bayonette. ;-_1'hese were
to get the blacksto participate-.._1n __!;h_!,sbut__the blacks did not_part1<_:ipate.. -.5 5 "
qsaid the aboutappeared to wolved in
K Building. ' It 92éas_<3at:1_g a
._see them clearly?-onlfiéala
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7 _ _ dentswhite students are nnt good, and no radicalwould cobfide in a black student. ! '
' 7 '_st ted £1a za e wou d'was at least 100 yards away from the burningat all times. He did not at aqy time seeflares or starting fires. He saw no bnefiremen, nor cutting hoses. _; _¢ ;»m;;
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a the fact that he was being interviewed
a violation involving sabetoge due to the
_ Building at Kent State University. me then
in information: 'yh,
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Q _Kent Inter Hall Council, and that he was near the
4 Activities Center between Johnson and Stoffer Halls atime of the burning. He stated ' l radical,he observed and knew by nama'wa's who _$asf_.__the Commons stirring up the crow at a oroximately 8:00P
Saturday, May 2, 1970. He advised that he saw threefour persons throwing railroad tyne flares at the- but that none of_them went through the broken-w1ndogs_
- the building, He stated that after-these efforts were
. successful, a single student lighted a d
er-f_ rag into the building. He advised that
_; g. crowd as a student marshal, and' ' lives in _Lakewood_,
H e that imediatel
ts? 3;,-the fire 1 V mov nq through Fletdh§Q92 . "fire rouse out
*$ i* demonstration. He advised that
'" "" who is from Lakewood, Ohio, had
him.
.at a meet1ng_1n the Rotunda atea.on_Sun 1, Hay 3,<19?0whidh'time plans were formu1ated.or a demonstraticqhmq ' . ' ."__ H. -
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aHonday, ay 4 1°70 He statedas are
tories, and pile their roots or bricks
the entrances to the buildings. fa;of the shooting incident, and throuqhou
leaders wore red headbands, earr1@e-tea
red oieces'o£ cloth to their
itanE*studehton was disnersed, students would
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