Four students killed at Kent State (1970)

History.Com (This Day in History) ^ | 05/04/2017 | staff

[Kid Shelleen]

At Kent State University, 100 National Guardsmen fire their rifles into a group of students, killing four and wounding 11. This incident occurred in the aftermath of President Richard Nixon’s April 30 announcement that U.S. and South Vietnamese forces had been ordered to execute an “incursion” into Cambodia to destroy North Vietnamese bases there. In protest, a wave of demonstrations and disturbances erupted on college campuses across the country.

At Kent State University in Ohio, student protesters torched the ROTC building on campus and Ohio Governor James Rhodes responded by calling on the National Guard to restore order. Under harassment from the demonstrators, the Guardsmen fired into the crowd, killing four and wounding 11. The Guardsmen were later brought to trial for the shootings, but found not guilty.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

A recording of the event PROVES that FOUR pistol shots were fired BEFORE the National Guard volley was fired.

If you say so. Had to be the worst shooter on the planet if he couldn't hit a clumped up bunch of Guardsmen in 4 tries. But since nothing else is ever going to be done your conspiracy theory is as good as anyone else's.