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for those arrested on Saturday night, the granting of all demands made by BUS (Black United Students), and
the reduction of student tuition” (Best, 2010, p. 17-18). The National Guard felt that they controlled
campus and were calling the shots; therefore they declined to negotiate with the students. The National
Guard was able to break up the congregation before Mayor Satrom made it to the site. President White did
not make an appearance. There was a negotiation that the National Guard would back off of the campus if
the students got off the streets.
The Riot Act was again read at 11:00 p.m., and the curfew was to take effect right then (U.S.
President’s Commission on Campus Unrest, 1970). Students were informed that neither official that they
had requested to speak with would be making an appearance. Students were under the impression that the
officials were going to meet with them and felt that they had gone back on their words. The congregation
became irate and violent. They began to berate, cuss out, and launch rocks at the National Guard, as well as
any local law enforcement officers who were around. The National Guard responded by firing tear gas on
the people, which resulted in them fleeing. When the National Guard was trying to break up the
congregation, some injuries occurred. A minimum of two students suffered wounds because the National
Guard drew bayonets on them and Guardsmen suffered wounds from stones that were launched at them, as
well as a wrench that was launched (U.S. President’s Commission on Campus Unrest, 1970). Ironically,
Allison Krause, one of the most famous of the students killed by the National Guard the following day, was
one of the students who was running away from the scene (U.S. President’s Commission on Campus
Unrest, 1970). Students went into Rockwell Memorial Library. They were locked in and confined there.
Almost an hour later, they were released and permitted to make their way to their dorms. There were
many arrests: “Fifty-one persons were arrested Sunday night, most of them for curfew violations. This
brought the total of arrests to more than 100 since the disturbances had begun” (U.S. President’s
Commission on Campus Unrest, 1970, p. 258). The rest of the evening was quiet. Students, however,
loathed the National Guard now and wanted the Guardsmen off their campus, especially because the Guard
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