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BOTTOM LEFT: A Minneapolis Police officer meets protestors face-to- face as tempers flared at Cedar-Riverside. CENTER: Billows of tear gas rise above the University's Mall as choking students try to flee the fumes. TOP RIGHT: A demonstrator raises a clenched fist high above a mass march to the State Capitol in St. Paul BELOW: A column of police march- es down Cedar Avenue from Riverside on a warm spring day in May. At the site, the group was ordered by police to leave the parking area, and conflict erupted when the protestors un- ceasingly attempted to get within the fenced-in construc- tion site itself. Mace and riot sticks were used to keep the pro- testors out. to which some of them responded with rock throwing. Kggs and marshmallows replaced rocks amid cries by fellow protestors of No rocks! No rocks! It was announced then that dedication ceremonies had been canceled and the crowd turned to blocking traffic in order to be heard. In this spirit began the barrage of demonstrations which were to disrupt the peaceful lives of Twin Cities and United States residents in general for the next few days. President Nixon’s announcement Monday night that harbors in North Vietnam were being mined as part of a program to cut off the weapons and supplies it needs to continue its aggres- sion, along with the renewal of bombing attacks on North Vietnam in April spelled h-S-C-A-L-A-T-I-O-N and T-R-A-l-T-O-R to students and many others and set off their reactions. It appeared to them as if President Nixon did not want to end the war. The movement, always meant to be peaceful, ended in confrontation the first day. But Wednesday was by far the most disheartening day. Police and students clashed phys- ically with clubs meeting flesh, flying rocks meeting anything in their path, and tear gas meeting the lungs of those gathered on the street. More than 125 persons were injured. A rally
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Students Shake City Violence on a Spring Day EDITOR'S NOTE: Cries of antiwar protests were heard and the bruises of police riot sticks were fell in Minneapolis after U.S. actions in mining North Vietnamese ports touched off a week of violent dissent on May 9, 1972, and the four days thereafter. This story is intended to remind you. the reader, of that disrupted week, and it is hoped that you will profit through con- sidering the causes and effects of protesting. by Nancy Holland Tuesday, May 9, 1972, was the first really nice day of the 1972 spring season. Dedication ceremonies of Cedar- Riverside Associates “New Town-in-Town housing de- velopment were scheduled to begin at 2:00 P.M. with George Romney, secretary of HUD. one of the honored guests. Opposition began as a peaceful demonstration. Leaflets were handed out staling Secretary Romney is coming to dedicate Cedar-Riverside Stage One. He is not meeting with the people but only with the private investors. We must make ourselves heard. We must have more to say about what happens to our community. A meeting was planned for that afternoon, followed by a march to the construction site. At the meeting a list of four demands was drawn up. in- cluding the recommendations by the West Bank Project Area Committee to developers for the establishment of a peo- ple's corporation to assist in the development of the area, and also an end to imperialism here and abroad, self de- termination for Vietnam and self determination for Cedar- Riverside. It was decided that trashing of properly and police would only be a last resort, and marchers agreed to help control one another. Blocking traffic was suggested as a viable alternative. Meanwhile at the University, students gathered in front of Northrup Memorial Auditorium for a rally protesting President Nixon's escalation of the Vietnam war. and more specifically the mining of North Vietnamese ports, a U.S. action that sparked a wave of nation-wide dissent. About 5(X) protestors marched to the Cedar-Riverside construction site, being joined along the way by those meeting to plan a protest of the development.
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began at noon on Northrup Pla a. But speeches didn’t satisfy the restless crowd and they were anxious to demonstrate to the community their disapproval of recent war actions. Groups of 25 to 30 people were formed and they began to march toward the Dinkytown Air Force recruiting station. Finding it empty on arrival, they soon moved on to the Armory. The demonstrators chose to express themselves there by breaking windows in the building. Police Captain McDonough of the University Police told the group that they could stay if they discontinued their destruction. Mem- bers of the group responded by burning the window screens which had been removed. Destruction continued. A few min- utes later, on the arrival of the Tactical Squad, protestors were chased off the street. Once again the crowd began to throw rocks, eggs and bottles at the police. One band of demonstrators overturned a car on 18th Avenue and threw a match into the pool of gasoline which spilled out. Flames soared, the gas exploded. Police then tried to restore disci- pline, clearing the sidewalks and chasing protestors down the street. Arrests were made. In many cases, police held protestors to the ground while handcuffing them, then beat them with fists. The group decided to meet and regroup at Washington Avenue and Church Street. They moved in about 2 P.M., blocking traffic on both streets. At 2:30 the crowd moved eastward on Washington blocking Oak Street traffic. At 3:00 the Tactical Squad arrived, armed with riot sticks and masks. They spread out across Oak Street in columns of 20, and the police captain announced into a bullhorn “Clear this area or you will be Maced.” Then the police charged, swing- ing riot sticks and squirting Mace. They then moved on to the group at Washington and Church Street, still swinging their sticks, and pushed the demonstrators back onto the Mall. The police then regrouped at the intersection and charged the crowd again, this time wearing gas masks and hurling tear gas. Students were chased up the Mall, only to follow the policemen back onto the street .when they re- turned. About 5 P.M. protestors lore down part of the fence dividing Washington Avenue and strung it across the street. Police tried to clear away the fence once, and they clashed with another group on the north side of the street. Police and 22 ? U+Sl
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