Augsburg College - Augsburgian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

 - Class of 1972

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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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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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demonstrators tangled through all of this, with rocks, gas, and insults Hung across the Mall. Several were injured - both police and students. At about 5:30 the police left the area. Rev. Vincent Hawk- inson of Minnesota Clergy and Laymen Concerned tried to calm the group. We don't want another Kent Slate. he yelled. I'm with you 100 percent. I've been fighting the war for seven years. I hate this goddamn war. Let's not kill one another. Let's not kill our brothers. By midnight a barricade built of snow fences, saw horses, trashcans, cement blocks and lumber stood across Washing- ton Avenue at Church Street. No traffic would be allowed to pass, .lust in case. Governor Wendell Anderson activiated three National Guard units to take their positions on campus early Thursday morning at the request of Minneapolis TOP LEFT: Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy speaks from the steps of the University’s Coffman Union while students look on. LEFT CENTER: A lone National Guardsman stands near the University’s Armory with a statue of a historic sentry in the background. RIGHT CENTER: A painted cry ’’Strike on a footbridge. ABOVE: University President Malcom Moos holds a news conference during the heated week on his campus. TOP RIGHT: A group of protestors spends the night camping by streetlight at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Church Street. Mayor Charles Stenvig. Campus activities on Thursday were relatively calm, or rather they remained peaceful because the police kept their hands clean. The barricade was manned by students all day long, and they also blocked traffic on University that after- noon. A march through the streets was likewise relatively uneventful. The demonstrators caused quite a disturbance later, however, when they moved onto 1-94 during rush hour, blocking traffic for an hour. Former Senator Gene McCarthy boldly stated in his speech during an afternoon campus rally that impeachment procedures should be started against President Nixon for his latest moves against North Vietnam. Traffic resumed at 5:30 at a normal pace, but not before demonstrators had proved how well they could dis- turb the normal pattern of life in order to make themselves heard. University President Malcolm Moos spoke to the crowds blockading the streets on Friday. Since dawn, police and National Guardsmen had been trying to clear the area with no success. Pressure was building. Moos tried to get the dem- onstrators to leave the area, but he also revealed an under- standing of their point of view. Looking tired and w ith hands trembling. Moos said. For 4 Vi years (as university president) I have advocated and used restraint. In the last day and a half I think things have been cool. I applaud you...I am respectfully asking you to leave Washington Avenue...If you don't leave, this is out of my hands. This is a city street. A little later the protestors were warned that in no sooner than 20 minutes National Guardsmen and Minneapolis police would arrive to clear the street. This announcement by Eugene Eidcnbcrg. acting University Vice President, was followed by additional comments that police would respond to acts of violence, and may use gas again. Minneapolis Police Captain Bruce W. I.indberg reported that officers were prepared to non-violcntly arrest anyone who wished to peacefully demonstrate anti-war feelings. Minutes later he announced that the crowd could stay in the street for the time being. You can have your street. We will not move troops in. There will be no violence. Within minutes, all 23

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