Friday, May 1, 1970; It's the 4th now...

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At Kent State University, a demonstration with about 500 students was held on May 1 on the Commons, a grassy knoll in the center of campus traditionally used as a gathering place for rallies and protests. As the crowd dispersed to attend classes by 1 p.m., another rally was planned for May 4 to continue the protest of the expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia. There was widespread anger, and many protesters called to "bring the war home." A group of history students buried a copy of the United States Constitution to symbolize that Nixon had killed it. A sign was put on a tree asking: "Why is the ROTC building still standing?"

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



The Shootings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings#The_shootings

Another unidentified person told UPI:
The shots were definitely coming my way, because when a bullet passes your head, it makes a crack. I hit the ground behind the curve, looking over. I saw a student hit. He stumbled and fell, to where he was running towards the car. Another student tried to pull him behind the car, bullets were coming through the windows of the car.

As this student fell behind the car, I saw another student go down, next to the curb, on the far side of the automobile, maybe 25 or 30 yards from where I was lying. It was maybe 25, 30, 35 seconds of sporadic firing.

The firing stopped. I lay there maybe 10 or 15 seconds. I got up, I saw four or five students lying around the lot. By this time, it was like mass hysteria. Students were crying, they were screaming for ambulances. I heard some girl screaming, "They didn't have blank, they didn't have blank," no, they didn't.

[Voltaire2]

1. After the massacre the students were, and still are, being blamed for 'instigating'.

Also 'outside agitators'.

In response, across the country, campuses were occupied. That was very inconvenient for people who didn't give a shit that our own troops were killing us.

Also on May 15 1970 the Mississippi police decided to get in on a good thing and The Jackson State Massacre happened. As all the dead were non-white people, there was a lot less grieving done.

[twodogsbarking]

2. The history in my life time is not always written down the way it actually happened.

I would guess that has been true for most of time. Thank you so much for your comment. It was an ugly time that should never be repeated.