Here's a picture of the Kent State shootings from 45 years ago today. We should never forget this.

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25. There is a tape that captured the order to shoot

It wasn't discovered until 2006 by Alan Canfora, one of the victims who was shot in the wrist. Among evidence sitting with the FBI was a recording of the events. A student, Terry Strubbe, hung the mic of his tape recorder out the window. In it you can hear the order to shot. Something that had been denied by the National Guard.
The tape has been verified as authentic. In the search for justice it has been used to try and reopen the case. But that request has been refused

Order to Fire

http://www.may4.org/ordertofirestrubbetapeevidence.html

ORDER TO FIRE – OHIO NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
*includes handwritten statements, May 4, 1970, as written by shooters*

"When the firing happened, I felt I did not panic, held my ground, and obeyed my orders...I don't feel they were people but 'savage animals'."
--Sergeant James Pierce, Ohio National Guard, Troop G, handwritten statement, May 4, 1970.

 

 

“I thought I heard someone say, ‘Turn around and stand your ground’. At that point, everybody turned around…”
--Ohio National Guard SP4 Lloyd Thomas, Jr, Troop G, Federal Kent State lawsuit trial testimony, 1970.

 

 

“As a Guardsman who was present at Kent State, I cannot wholly dismiss the possibilities of a deadly collusion…I know others who welcomed the deadly confrontation.”
--letter to the editor by anonymous “GUARDSMAN”, Akron Beacon Journal newspaper, August 18, 1971.

http://www.may4.org/ohionationalguardordertofire.html

The recording