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Subj: Today in History - May 4
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1970
National Guard kills four at Kent State
In Kent, Ohio, 28 National Guardsmen fire their weapons at a
group of antiwar demonstrators on the Kent State University
campus, killing four students, wounding eight, and permanently
paralyzing another.
Two days earlier, the National Guard troops were called to Kent
to suppress students rioting in protest of the Vietnam War and
the U.S. invasion of Cambodia. The next day, scattered protests
were dispersed by tear gas, and on May 4 class resumed at Kent
State University. By noon that day, despite a ban on rallies,
some 2,000 people had assembled on the campus. National Guard
troops arrived and ordered the crowd to disperse, fired tear gas,
and advanced against the students with bayonets fixed on their
rifles. Some of the protesters, refusing to yield, responded by
throwing rocks and verbally taunting the troops.
Minutes later, without firing a warning shot, the Guardsmen
discharged more than 60 rounds toward a group of demonstrators in
a nearby parking lot, killing four and wounding nine. The closest
casualty was 20 yards away, and the farthest was almost 250 yards
away. After a period of disbelief, shock, and attempts at first
aid, angry students gathered on a nearby slope and were again
ordered to move by the Guardsmen. Faculty members were able to
convince the group to disperse, and further bloodshed was
prevented.
In 1974, at the end of a criminal investigation into the Kent
State incident, a federal court dropped all charges levied
against eight Ohio National Guardsmen for their role in the
students' deaths.
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