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kerry-is-my-prez

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25. 28 of 77 national Guardsmen shot at Kent State, the rest refused.
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 08:12 PM
Nov 2025

There was a number of guardsmen who turned around and refused to shoot at them. Only 8 lower level people were eventually charged but got away with it. The officers who were there stated that they had not ordered the shooting order.

If you can’t charge people for killing and wounding innocent students inside the U.S., it doesn’t look too promising. They knew exactly what soldiers were there. Although I believe that Nixon was President at the time and we know he was a lawbreaker. It may have had a different outcome if someone else was President.

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What's next? "Kill them all" orders on US soil against Americans? Irish_Dem Nov 2025 #1
Is it clear? Fiendish Thingy Nov 2025 #2
Thank you, MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2025 #4
Ok, some carry out illegal orders and some don't. 2 Meow Momma Nov 2025 #10
This is what i have slightlv Nov 2025 #14
Thanks. It's like they WANT things to get out of control. paleotn Nov 2025 #15
Apparently carried out by Seal team 6 members. Should they not know better? Bev54 Nov 2025 #22
This was as much trial balloon as incident. / nt bucolic_frolic Nov 2025 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2025 #5
All involved should go to prison for a very, very long time. Lets hope an international court will get the ball rolling yaesu Nov 2025 #6
Trashing this thread for the nonsense. nt MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2025 #7
Remember the U.S. soldiers who gunned down civilians from Apache helicopters in Baghdad back in 2007? sop Nov 2025 #8
It has always been clear that some will. Look at US history, ffs. RockRaven Nov 2025 #9
Some might not shoot, Dan Nov 2025 #11
And some will shoot with malice and glee. ("When can we start using these?") erronis Nov 2025 #12
Soldiers? What were they doing? Swimming? paleotn Nov 2025 #13
I should have written "service members", not soldiers. 2 Meow Momma Nov 2025 #21
Even if once is too much, two words: Kent State duckworth969 Nov 2025 #16
Two words LilElf70 Nov 2025 #17
Two other words: AverageOldGuy Nov 2025 #18
It is a worry. Aussie105 Nov 2025 #19
And that Admiral COL Mustard Nov 2025 #20
Thank you! I thought I heard that right. nt 2 Meow Momma Nov 2025 #24
Thus far we have BaronChocula Nov 2025 #23
We have them shooting live ammo at protesters not just non lethal. They shot a lady five times and she lived Blues Heron Nov 2025 #28
Yes but BaronChocula Nov 2025 #31
28 of 77 national Guardsmen shot at Kent State, the rest refused. kerry-is-my-prez Nov 2025 #25
That's my thinking too. The military will kill civilians in the US. Bread and Circuses Nov 2025 #26
Correct, there are no orders the military will not follow - which boat strike did they refuse? None of them Blues Heron Nov 2025 #27
The problem is... WHO judges legality? WarGamer Nov 2025 #29
I actually believe soldiers wouldn't carry out that order. PragmaticLiberal Nov 2025 #30
Jesus Fucking Christ.nt LexVegas Nov 2025 #32
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