FBI and police review YouTube videos of recent Kent State riot for evidence of excessive force

Source: Plain Dealer

by John Caniglia/Plain Dealer Reporter May 04, 2009 19:09PM

The FBI and local police have reviewed YouTube

( http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=Kent+State+riot&aq=f )

videos of a riot near Kent State University in April to determine if officers used excessive force in breaking up a crowd of hundreds of students.

It is unclear if any civil rights charges will be filed in connection with the police response to an annual off-campus block party that attracted scores of guests from as far away as Toledo, students said. About 50 students and guests were arrested, mostly for underage drinking and failure to disperse.

The FBI received one complaint of abuse. The agency has not opened an official investigation into the riot.

On Monday, May 4, the anniversary of the 1970 National Guard shootings that killed four students, the campus was quiet, though several students said the atmosphere has been tense over the past 10 days.
Some students said police roughed up people while making minor arrests. They said there was no violence, only people looking to have fun...



Read more: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/05/fbi_and_police_review_youtube.html

It happened over a week before May 4. It was a warm Saturday night in Kent. Parties were thrown. Hi-jinx occurred. Police were called. Riots ensued.

Kids today are unlikely to know anything about May 4. They probably wonder why there are memorials taking up four spots in the Taylor Hall parking lot.

(and read) many here justifying the murders of students.

Simply disgusting.

to reserve the term "pigs" for those who have committed acts of violence and not just a catch-all phrase for any police officer....