May 5th, 2008 4:49 pm
May 4 commemoration ends with arrests War protesters refuse to leave bridge in Kent
KENT, OH — An anti-war march and protest in downtown Kent following Sunday's commemoration of the 38th anniversary of the May 4, 1970 shootings at Kent State University resulted in four arrests.
protesters who sat down in the middle of Kent's West Main Street bridge
The march, organized by the Kent State Anti-War Committee and the Portage Peace Coalition, began on campus and proceeded west along East Main Street, stopping at the KSU U.S. Air Force ROTC building in the Terrace Annex to post paper peace signs on the doors
Police clad in riot helmets and armed with pepper-ball guns attempted to re-open the bridge to vehicle traffic
early on officers stood by and allowed the protesters to chant, dance, play music and hang signs from the bridge
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