WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Colby College students have demonstrated in protest against the arrests of two students at the campus in the early morning hours of Easter Sunday.

WCSH-TV reports that organizers of Tuesday’s lunch-hour rally say police and college security used excessive force and that the treatment received by one of those arrested may have been racially motivated.

Police from Waterville and three neighboring communities, plus sheriff’s deputies and state troopers, responded to a call for additional police support. Authorities say two drunken students were arrested after they interfered with efforts to help a student who was ill.

Protesters have released a video clip of the arrests that they say backs up their case that excessive force was used.