Forum Post: Shades of Kent State?
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 22, 2011, 9:49 p.m. EST by jbrowdy
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It seems to me that the spirits of the four students killed by police at the Kent State protests a generation ago, back in 1970, are hovering over us these days.Could it happen again? Yes, in a heartbeat.
Read more at Transition Times: http://bethechange2012.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/shades-of-kent-state/
The students killed at Kent State were not shot by the police (as the original poster mistakenly said), but by members of the Ohio National Guard.
Hi jbrowdy, Good Post. Good link. Best Regards, Nevada
I believe they were killed by Ohio's own National Guard weren't they? As students put flowers in ends of guns held by these soldiers. They had photographers then and tv cameras. The OWS participants are just as passionate about the many causes we support today as those kids were about stopping the war in Viet Nam.
Yes it was the National Guard that KILLED the protesters.
I believe they were killed by our own National Guard weren't they? As students put flowers in ends of guns held by these soldiers.
There were no flowers in the guns at Kent State. Go read all about it on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings
Oh for christ's sake. Will you stop!
I'm afraid you're right.
I have found myself wishing those cell phone videos had been available then. Kent State was a partying school - far from a political hotbed. I've always wondered what really happened there, and suspected that it was even more ridiculous than we were told.
At least U Cal is taking the police actions seriously, apparently. Stay tuned....