Nearly 100 people at Bates College in Lewiston rallied today in protest of police action on campus late last night.
Eleven people were arrested in connection with a gathering of up to 300 students that police say got out of control.
Students were celebrating when police got a call for somebody in need of help.
But police say students wouldn't let the ambulance through and became unruly.
Police say the crowd turned on them; one officer suffered a broken leg.
In the end police used pepper spray to break up the commotion.
Those arrested were charged of failure to disperse and disorderly conduct.
Protest Against Police Action Held at Bates College
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May 27,2010
LEWISTON — Police arrested 11 people on the Bates College campus early Wednesday for refusing orders to disperse... the only one serious injury: a police officer suffered a broken leg
• Samuel Guilford, 23, of Surry, on charges of aggravated assault, refusing to submit to arrest, disorderly conduct and failure to disperse;
• Paul Chiampa, 21, of Bryantville, Mass., on charges of failing to disperse and refusing to submit to arrest;
• Zachary Fenno, 21, of Armonk, N.Y., on charges of disorderly conduct and failure to disperse;
• Sarah Ewing, 22, of Washington, Conn., on charges of disorderly conduct, failure to disperse and refusing to submit to arrest;
• Kelvin Gutierrez, 19, of New York, N.Y., on a charge of failure to disperse;
• Charles Carey, 20, of Lincoln, Mass., on a charge of failure to disperse;
• Andrew Livingston, 23, of Waterville, on charges of disorderly conduct, failure to disperse and refusing to submit to arrest;
• Francis Suozzo, 21, of Golden Bridge, N.Y., on a charge of failure to disperse;
• Kevin Hanrahan, 21, of Glen Mills, Pa., on charges of disorderly conduct and failure to disperse;
• Kush Mahan, 22, of Kalamazoo, Mich., on charges of disorderly conduct and failure to disperse;
• Mark Stehlik, 22, of Buffalo, N.Y., on charges of disorderly conduct and failure to disperse.
FROM AND CREDIT TO MORNING SENTINEL and SUN-JOURNAL
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