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The National Guard killed 4 students at Kent State.
75% of Americans approved of the Guard's actions.
Accidentally. They were never given the order to fire and did not target any students specifically.
Well I guess that makes it all better... :roll:
Accidentally. They were never given the order to fire and did not target any students specifically.
So what was the accident? Did they think they were given the order?
If I recall correctly, they were never sure why one guardsman fired a single round, but when they heard the shot the hyped up guardsman fired in what is called "sympathetic reaction". 66 more rounds over the next 12 seconds before the Guard commanders managed to stop the firing. IIRC about two dozen Guardsman actually fired which means on average they fire 2-3 rounds each.
Accidentally. They were never given the order to fire and did not target any students specifically.
Accidentally. They were never given the order to fire and did not target any students specifically.
Someone in the student crowd fire a pistol and the NG responded.
Sad situation.
Looks like negligence caused this accident.
Accidentally. They were never given the order to fire and did not target any students specifically.
I'm sure that makes Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer, and William Schroeder, feel much better about dying. Scheuer and Schroeder were not even part of the antiwar protests.
If you want to call scared kids with loaded rifles negligence? Kids killing kids, the American way.
Wasn't the Boston Massacre basically British troops firing on civilian protesters who were throwing bottles?
It's interesting that the first casualty was a Black guy--Crispus Attucks. With all the White people around in that protest somehow it's the Black guy who gets shot by the police.
Miller and Krause certainly were. Miller was pretty prominent and Krauses bag had pieces of concrete in it.
So what was the accident? Did they think they were given the order?
Isn't that what I said? Theys till did not deserve to be shot by the Ohio National Guard for their opposition to the invasion of Cambodia.
Jim Rhodes can roast in hell for this decision. I opposed when Akron U named an athletic building after Rhoades when I was a student. They could have named it after Judith Ann Resnick, who was also an alumni of UA, who died on the Challenger and never had to change the J-A-R tiles on the floor.
Athletics Facilities - James A. Rhodes Arena - University of Akron Athletics
I read years ago that one or more of the students fired one or more shots and set off fireworks.
Krauses bag had pieces of concrete in it.
Judy Resnik was a great person I'll grant you that. I followed her career with interest. Some thought she would've been the first American woman in space other than Sally Ride.
Judith Resnik was born in 1949 to Sarah and Marvin Resnik, an optometrist, in Akron, Ohio.
Not true either.
Absolutely true.