The violence occurred after a recent homecoming concert. “Police on scene called for back up,” reported Gabrielle Enright of WHIO. “Using the code 99, meaning an officer was in trouble.”
Soon the campus was flooded with more than 60 cops from 28 nearby departments. But even this army of police could not contain the fighting, property destruction, mayhem, chaos, defiance, attacks on police, and gunfire from this large group of black people.
Pepper spray finally did the trick. Much to the consternation of Ms. Gant, a CSU student: “All that force was not necessary,” she declared.
Three people were arrested and charged with misdemeanors.
At Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, police say they kind of expect it there too:
In September, a group of 40 in a “black mob went door to door to the white frat houses trying to get into private parties,” said one member of local law enforcement. “They forced their way into the last house, dragged several into the street and beat them. Three white kids were hospitalized. The state’s attorney won’t charge mob action because the white kids tried to fight back.”
“I have not personally seen the video but it was described to me by people who worked the case. One of the attackers was beating an unconscious white kid, knocked his teeth out. Another had a bottle broken over his head,” said the law enforcement official.
Local media’s account of the violence was curiously antiseptic, making it seem this was just some of the usual college hijinks that sometimes get out of hand.
It was not. Nine black people were arrested on various charges of assault.
Less than a month later, it happened again. Also at NIU. This time, the large group of black people tried to force their way into the Hispanic fraternity, Alpha Psi Lambda. They were also turned away.