HUPD records indicate Moody placed the call at 10:06 a.m. and three officers, two uniformed and one plainclothed, arrived by 10:07 a.m.
But PSLM members said officers did not appear for five or 10 minutes--and they said they had time to leaflet the entire first floor of Mass Hall before HUPD officers arrived.
McKean and PSLM member Alexander B. Horowitz '02 knocked on office doors and handed out literature, while Offner spoke with a Mass Hall staffer whom she described as "confrontational."
"She was really flustered," Offner said. "She was bickering with us for several minutes."
When the two uniformed officers arrived at Mass Hall, they spoke to the students and suggested that they speak with Illingworth to get permission to demonstrate. The officers asked them to leave, and the protesters agreed to do so.
"They were very polite. There was no real confrontation," said University spokesperson Joe Wrinn. "They left voluntarily."
The officers then escorted the three students across the Yard into University Hall, where they met with Illingworth for about 20 minutes.
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