The story is from the Manchester, New Hampshire Union Leader:
6 students arrested after Hesser dorm brawl
Police charged six Hesser College students with felony riot early Tuesday morning when confronted with 50 screaming students while answering a call about an out-of-control fight, police said.
The incident took place during finals week, and the six students, three of them women, appeared in Manchester District Court Tuesday. Five face additional misdemeanors such as assault or resisting arrest. All were held on $1,000 cash or surety bail.
They were forbidden from returning to the Hesser College campus unless allowed by college authorities.
Police Chief David Mara said he is satisfied with the way police acted, but several Hesser students complained of excessive force.
50 screaming students and the same students are complaining about excessive force? All six arrestees are from neighboring Massachusetts -- all resisted arrest in some measure. All are black. The comments section is a wonderful train-wreck. A few samples:
who made this a racist issue anyways? Its quite Simple, MA losers + act like ghetto thugs = Arrest.
And:
One thing comes through loud and clear after reading the comments posted by Hesser students and graduates : They don't know how to structure a sentence; they don't know how to spell; they don't know proper punctuation; and they basically do a very poor job of expressing themselves. If this is the caliber of student that Hesser graduates, then the school is an embarrassment to the education system.
And:
If these students are paying their own way, then give them their day in court. If they are going to school on my dime, their behavior doesn't warrant a free education. Remove and replace with students who want to learn, not fight.
Hesser offers very easy to get scholarships and loans. And (from a Hesser student):
Everyone is quick to down Hesser students and call them imature but profiling people on were they come from and what race they are is not too imature right please most of the people that commented on this page need to grow up and stop being so imature especially because they weren't even their!!!!
I rest my case -- lots more at the site... Hesser's website is here: Hesser College
