NATIONAL BRIEFING / OHIO
Times Wire Reports
An end-of-the-year block party at Kent State University went out of control as police fired pellets and used pepper spray to break up hundreds of students who set a string of street fires.
Video posted on the Internet shows students hurling furniture and street signs into the flames Saturday night as a SWAT team in riot gear converged on the crowd. Kent police said the party grew violent after one reveler was arrested and students began pelting officers with debris. At least 64 students were arrested.
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