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marym625

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35. Because they planned to keep the students in line

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #27)

Wed May 6, 2015, 01:49 AM

May 2015

At any cost. The guards shot at the order to shot. They knew there was live ammo.

It's a horrible event where there was no justice and truth has never been allowed in the pages of history

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Here's a picture of the Kent State shootings from 45 years ago today. We should never forget this. [View all] icymist May 2015 OP

So many memories from that day, we were so shocked, killing students. "four dead in Ohio," n/t RKP5637 May 2015 #1

Were the killers ever identified? n/t 951-Riverside May 2015 #2

The Ohio National Guard did this. icymist May 2015 #3

Sorry, I was asking about the individuals within the national guard n/t 951-Riverside May 2015 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words May 2015 #6

From what I recall, no Guardsmen were ever Ilsa May 2015 #9

From the Wikipedia: icymist May 2015 #10

the police have been getting away with murder NJCher May 2015 #23

I have never seen this picture. shocking Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #24

Yes. They were Americans. Lochloosa May 2015 #5

The situation was a powder keg already, but got real FUBAR after FBI informant Terry Norman fired FailureToCommunicate May 2015 #16

Ohio... MrMickeysMom May 2015 #7

.. liberal N proud May 2015 #8

I remember that song well, I was a teen at that time. Tears~ sheshe2 May 2015 #11

My husband remembers it so well, too... MrMickeysMom May 2015 #14

That is what I was thinking. Some real similarities between then and now. When ever an unarmed jwirr May 2015 #19

Hey, jwirr, I am down to. sheshe2 May 2015 #20

My brother suffers from severe depression and his wife has fit because he watches the news. I jwirr May 2015 #21

Oh, jwirr, so sorry. sheshe2 May 2015 #22

Oh man - that image. That young woman's shocked grief as the other student lays there dying. calimary May 2015 #37

That man with a flag Caretha May 2015 #12

protecting our 'freedoms'! KG May 2015 #13

Imagine a national guardsthing, I wouldn't use guardsman, that was stoked to kill him a filthy brewens May 2015 #15

My Father and Mother told me once that that was the day they lost respect for America. BlueJazz May 2015 #17

I wasn't even a year old but I remember people talking about it rbrnmw May 2015 #18

There is a tape that captured the order to shoot marym625 May 2015 #25

i will always remember kent state as the day tptb questionseverything May 2015 #28

I think that started with the civil rights movement marym625 May 2015 #29

inexcusable that current admins justice department will not reopen the case questionseverything May 2015 #30

I am not positive that is all the guard did marym625 May 2015 #31

I headed an active duty Army riot control unit that was on alert for the '68 Dem Convention pinboy3niner May 2015 #32

wow! marym625 May 2015 #34

So Unbelievable. colsohlibgal May 2015 #26

Why exactly was there live ammo involved? nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #27

Because they planned to keep the students in line marym625 May 2015 #35

This was the day I learned that: "Little Tommy doesn't live here anymore!" LongTomH May 2015 #33

I watched the news from an Army hospital bed in San Francisco pinboy3niner May 2015 #36