Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Ohio: 4 arrested during commemoration of Kent State Massacre

Kent police arrested four protesters who were part of a group of about 200 who blocked the West Main Street bridge for about an hour late Sunday afternoon.

The group was taking part in a scheduled march from Kent State University into the town as part of the May 4 commemoration of the campus shootings of protesters 38 years ago.

Police said members of the Kent State University Anti-War Committee and the Portage Community Peace Coalition occupied and blocked the bridge for about an hour.

The four people who were arrested about 4:35 p.m. were released after they were charged with failure to comply with police orders to clear the road, police said.

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