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An off-campus end-of-semester party turned into a melee in Middletown, Connecticut Thursday night, as Wesleyan students clashed with police.

One report contends that used pepper spray, tasers, and dogs on the students, five of whom were arrested on incitement to riot and other charges.

Before dawn, as many as sixty students converged on the police department to file complaints about officers’ tactics.

The Wesleyan student newspaper, the Argus, published a special edition on the disturbance on Friday. Wesleyan blog Wesleying has been covering the situation as it develops.

Update: Here’s an analysis of the events of Thursday night that struck me as well worth reading.