When police overreacted to the violence of students' protesting a segregated bowling alley, they killed three students and wounded more than 30 others.

This prompted a warning from the police, but later Wong admitted that the police had overreacted.

He said that the police overreacted and that they would not be in the building when classes resume.

Unable to identify the Provos, the police overreacted and the wedding turned into a public relations disaster.

Now, in the spotlight of pitiless publicity, the police are overreacting in the other direction.

All three activists said that the neighbors they met had been civil and that the police had overreacted.

Some residents said the police had overreacted and arrested the innocent along with the guilty.

Students said the police had overreacted and demanded the release of a student being held by the police.

"The police overreacted," she said, adding that witnesses could corroborate her accusation.

Even in light of the new information, Dr. Hirsch said he did not believe that the police had overreacted.