(Top row, left to right) As bystanders watched from the rear, the confrontation began when a State Police officer rolled a tear gas canister toward students, and a student threw it back, with the gas exploding over the heads of State Police. (bottom row, left to right) After a State Police officer tossed a second gas canister, a student threw it back at the sheriff’s deputies in front of the palm tree, forcing many to scatter as they tried to don their gas masks. A gubernatorial commission determined that Denver Smith and Leonard Brown were shot close to the bush near the wall of the administration building moments after the photo was taken. Courtesy of SU Archives
