47 years ago today; Four dead in Ohio...

[Cooley Hurd]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings



The Kent State shootings (also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre) were the shootings of unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, by members of the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970.

Twenty-nine guardsmen fired approximately 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.

Some of the students who were shot had been protesting the Cambodian Campaign, which President Richard Nixon announced during a television address on April 30. Other students who were shot had been walking nearby or observing the protest from a distance.

There was a significant national response to the shootings: hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of 4 million students,[10] and the event further affected public opinion, at an already socially contentious time, over the role of the United States in the Vietnam War.

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NEVER forget!!!

[madokie]

1. I'll never forget

I was approaching my 1 year anniversary of arriving in Vietnam when this happened. It took me all of a few days maybe a week to ten days to realize what we were doing there was as wrong as wrong can be. This pretty much cemented in my mind that when I got back to the states I would be joining the anti-war crusade and work to end the war.

[Lochloosa]

2. ...

[Kittycow]

14. Four dead in O-hi-oh. .

That's what always comes to my mind. I was seventeen at the time. I, too, will never forget.

[malaise]

3. That attack on students changed my life

Rec

[HoneyBadger]

4. Murderers

Makes me so mad.

[lark]

5. I will always remember that day.

I will always remember the CSNY song "Ohio". That's what runs through my mind, the pictures and the music, and it's just so sad and outrageous.

[lastlib]

6. There has NEVER been justice for the victims.

The killers have never been punished, nor have their bosses.

Instead we have gotten more Nixon, more Southern strategy, more unjustified war, Reagan, right-wing bigotry and greed, corporate seizure of power, etc. Kent State was the first clue I had that the overlords would do ANYTHING, even kill, to hold their power, and to keep their serfdoms. And those "four dead" were the first of many victims.

[font size=4]REMEMBER KENT STATE![/font size]

[ProfessorGAC]

7. I Worked With A Guy Who Was There

A chemist i worked with back in the mid to late 70's. He was a senior at Kent, (later went to Kentucky for grad school). He did not have fond memories of that day, for obvious reasons.

[livetohike]

8. We will not forget or forgive. Allison Krause was from a

town next door to my hometown. I was finishing my Junior year in high school. We were horrified. We are still horrified.

[mountain grammy]

9. Unforgettable day.

[saidsimplesimon]

10. "really bad or catastrophic"

The current FBI Director has indicated he, like former AG John Ashcroft, operated on a higher moral, religious ground when disclosing details of an investigation. If he is truly a man looking to unveil the truth to the American public, he should take a look at the old files on this case. The current Director's actions and words remind me of J. Edgar Hoover's stalking of protestors.

It is 50 years later and still no FBI word on who ordered the guardsmen to fire on protesters. It is a stain on the reputation of the US.

Thank you for reminding me.

[gademocrat7]

11. I will never forget this tragedy.

[raging moderate]

12. More killed at Jackson State University, that same week.

I think I remember that four students were killed at another college demonstration, that same week. This happened at Kent State AND at Jackson State, almost at the exact same time. And I think one of them was not even in the demonstration, but was a young father of a new baby on his way home from work, hit by a stray bullet.

[malthaussen]

19. Yes, I make a point of adding that at this time of year.

All-in-all, I'm surprised it didn't happen more. Now, with the array of "non lethal" methods of "crowd control" available, the Man can just use industrial-sized pepper spray, rubber bullets, and chemical weapons to attack protestors. Which is good, because I think if the shooting ever did start, it would quickly spiral under current conditions.

-- Mal

[FailureToCommunicate]

13. Never forget. And never forgive this weasel Terry Norman...

http://www.cleveland.com/science/index.ssf/2010/10/analysis_of_kent_state_audio_t.html

[Kittycow]

16. Geez. ..weasel is right! What a dick.

[elmac]

15. State sponsored murder

R.I.P.

[Kittycow]

17. Thank you for the pictures.

[elmac]

18. Your wecome

I will never forget them. If my memory is correct most, if not all, were just making their way to or from classes when they were cut down, not even a part of the demonstration.

[Kittycow]

22. That's how I remember it too.

They were just going about their business.

I often think that this could happen again these days.

[JohnnyRingo]

20. K&R

Thanx for remembering.

[KG]

21. whenever i'm told the military protects my 'freedoms', i bringthis this up.

[smirkymonkey]

23. This is what the GOP wants for today's protesters.

Don't think that it can't happen again.

[Rustyeye77]

24. NEVER forget!!!