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AMHERST — Students are expected to gather at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the UMass Amherst Student Union building for a protest march in reaction to the police response at Saturday's Blarney Blowout celebration, which resulted in multiple injuries and arrests and prompted the school's chancellor to condemn the actions of students who participated in the drunken disturbance.

"We will be gathering (Tuesday) at the Student Union in order to protest the actions of the local and campus police departments in conjunction with the Chancellor's office," reads a statement on the THIS IS UMASS Facebook page, which is not officially affiliated with the flagship state university.

"This is our opportunity to join as students and have our voices heard about this weekends (sic) police brutality, lack of safe student spaces, and the disconnect between students and administration," the statement reads.

Dozens of young people, including local college students, were charged in connection with Saturday's brouhaha, which featured pepper spray and revelers clashing with police.

More than half of those arrested, cited or summonsed in connection with the incident appear to have no connection to the university. Even so, UMass Chancelor Kumble Subbaswamy said the debacle "brought shame on our fine university."

Specific allegations of police brutality were not cited by the march organizers. Most of the citations and criminal charges were brought by the Amherst Police Department, whose chief could not immediately be reached for comment.

According to organizers, today's march is intended as a "peaceful event to show (the) administration what the real UMass looks like; a proactive student body that won't allow them to slander the UMass name."

The march will wend wend its way from the Student Union to Subswammy's office in the Whitmore Administration Building.

Students were expected to meet prior to the march to make posters and placards.

The march comes during a second day of arraignments in Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown for those arrested during Saturday's incidents.

This is a developing story. Updates will be posted as our reporting continues.