Colby students rally

During a peaceful "walk out" demonstration on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, Colby College students listen to an eye witness account of Sunday morning's arrest of three students on charges of assault and criminal trespassing. Students who spoke about the incident asked that their names not be released. Students wore red to symbolize the blood that was shed during the incident.

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[drummer25075]

Typo on my previous comment, 2:16 not 3:16 is where the glitch is.

[drummer25075]

Where is the missing footage at 3:16??? Why was the only student that was posted as 'giving their account of the incident' black? I thought the school was mostly white... Where are those 'accounts'???

[bro2baseball]

COLBY SUCKS

[oldjoe5]

The few black and hispanic kids at Colby are hardly trust fund babies.

[skinnyyylove]

I could not agree with you more. I hate Colby. I went there for a while and left to go to another college because it was nothing but drunken bullshit on that campus. The students there could not care less about anyone but themselves and mommy and daddy's money. Knowing many of the students involved, I'm sure that it was another drunken shit show that took place--not police brutality. The security officers are great at Colby, and those rich bitches should go back to their mansions in Mass.

[SkeetMan34]

you people make me sick. I live less than a mile from colby in waterville. Ive seen how you respect our town. how you look down on everyone but your rich snobby friends. I work more in one day then you trust fund babies work in a year. Ive had my run in's with the waterville pd and ya know what... everytime ive ever been drunk or disorderly ive accepted that I screwed up and not played the whole bullshit race card or rich kid angel. pathetic... go back to mass. Im tired of your shit in our town

[oldjoe5]

Nice spin to blame the victim

[oldjoe5]

Out of control? They were on the ground bleeding with the cops sitting on them in the video I saw.

[FUNCHOMCLALA]

I saw the video. It looked like the students involved were out of control and helped to make a small incident into a big one. Why not comply and sort it out at Security HQ? Why was it so hard to submit and go along peaceably? It's probable that the officers were in the wrong, but it seems like the best way to resolve the incident would have been to stay calm and comply, not all the chaos that followed. It reminded me of "don't taze me bro".

[snowqueen33]

There is some context missing here: We are at the 10th anniversary of the Columbine shootings. Police and school security officers are afraid and have been trained not to take chances when it comes to students. I find it unfortunate that police feel they must treat young adults harshly. I am a Colby Alum, and I teach at a Maine college. I am disturbed, but not surprised by this incident. Additionally, the drinking, underage or not, is what started this unfortunate event.