Remember the story about the election night celebration of Obama’s victory at apartments at Arkansas State University? Cops tried to bust up the party. A melee erupted. Some cops were injured. Did cops overreact to the celebrating because the crowd was predominantly black? The cops, naturally, say they were in the right and those arrested in the wrong.

On the jump: a note from an ASU student offering another viewpoint on the night.

 

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