Students riot at Waller Creek
October 22nd, 1969
October 22nd, 1969
At least it was a somewhat understandable protest and did not involve fake wieners.Quote:
On this day in 1969, students from the University of Texas at Austin demonstrated against the environmental desecration of Waller Creek, which flows through the campus. <snip>
The Waller Creek Riot was touched off when the UT board of regents decided to bulldoze several hundred feet of Waller Creek to expand Memorial Stadium. In an unsuccessful attempt to stop the bulldozing, student protesters chained themselves to trees; the chairman of the board of regents, Frank Erwin, complete with hard hat and bullhorn, personally oversaw their arrests.
