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alfredo

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23. 7 of the 11 were shot in the side or the back. The nearest victim was 90 yards away.

Sun May 4, 2014, 11:42 AM

May 2014

I was in Detroit at the time. Several students and a professor took refuge in our apartment for a day or so until the shock subsided.

The war came home that day.

There were other murders. In Augusta Georgia on May 12 six Black men were murdered. They shot in the back by National Guard during riots caused by the murder of a mentally challenged 16 year old inmate in a local jail. The guards said he fell off his bunk, but that didn't explain the cigarette burns, the crushed skull, and signs he was flogged.

Here are the Martyrs:

Mack Wilson, Jr.
John (Johnnie) Stokes
William Wright, Jr.
Charlie Mack Murphy
Sammie Larry McCullough
John Bennings

Governor Lester Maddox ordered the use of force.

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Kent State University victims and students remember May 4th, 1970 shooting 44th Anniversary [View all] samplegirl May 2014 OP

I dont think the students shot were part of the protestors... HooptieWagon May 2014 #1

All 4 were students. Two were not protesting... Cooley Hurd May 2014 #4

7 of the 11 were shot in the side or the back. The nearest victim was 90 yards away. alfredo May 2014 #23

Why is understanding the Kent State Ohio Massacre critical? antiquie May 2014 #2

To end anti war protests The Wizard May 2014 #6

Too true. antiquie May 2014 #26

4 Dead in O-HI-O Cooley Hurd May 2014 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author The Wizard May 2014 #5

I offer this link without comment on its veracity Cirque du So-What May 2014 #7

Mitchner's "Kent State. What Happened and Why" is worthwhile. Eleanors38 May 2014 #8

Rough days. Kent State, Jackson State. Demonstrations round the clock, Eleanors38 May 2014 #9

Glad those ugly days are over. AScott May 2014 #10

They are far from over. RoccoR5955 May 2014 #12

Things are worse in the US now than they were in 1786? AScott May 2014 #14

Things are worse in a lot of ways. RoccoR5955 May 2014 #16

So the average African-American today has fewer rights than the average African-American slave AScott May 2014 #17

We all have fewer rights than we did two centuries ago. RoccoR5955 May 2014 #20

Two centuries ago, only white men had the right to even vote n/t arcane1 May 2014 #27

+100 Duppers May 2014 #24

I have both hope and dread for the new days. Eleanors38 May 2014 #19

44 years ago, I recall it like yesterday, the shock, disgust and fear. n/t RKP5637 May 2014 #11

Me, too. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2014 #30

And on the 15th, more deaths at Jackson State. malthaussen May 2014 #13

My family's house became "strike central" as we coordinated a Westchester County-wide strike of FailureToCommunicate May 2014 #15

My father seemed indifferent about the Vietnam War. E-Z-B May 2014 #18

Thanx for reminding everyone. Big, BIG K&R JohnnyRingo May 2014 #21

The last great sustained left wing protest movement. Warren Stupidity May 2014 #22

Remember when state violence against citizens was shocking? alphafemale May 2014 #25

Gerald V. Casale Of DEVO On Kent State Shootings rawtribe May 2014 #28

Then, as now, protest of the establishment's actions/policies is an impertinence which will not indepat May 2014 #29

Just an aside... yallerdawg May 2014 #31

I hope this discussion goes on for a long time..."a continued quest for truth." 7wo7rees May 2014 #32

We won't forget. n/t Comrade Grumpy May 2014 #33

May 4 commemoration at KSU still heavy on emotion struggle4progress May 2014 #34

Campus Reflects on 44th Anniversary of Kent State Shootings struggle4progress May 2014 #35

Echoes of Kent State still felt in Columbia 44 years later struggle4progress May 2014 #36

Historic MU protest was a birthday to remember struggle4progress May 2014 #37

Stepping into a 'claustrophobic' war protest at MU struggle4progress May 2014 #38

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