Forty years ago today, Ohio National Guardsmen murdered four unarmed students at Kent State and wounded nine others, permanently paralysing one. (CHT Making Light for the reminder.)
The students’ crime? Protesting the invasion of Cambodia (or, in some cases, walking nearby while others were protesting it).
“That is government; that is its justice; that is its morality.”
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[…] The State In Action. Austro-Athenian Empire (2010-05-04):Forty years ago today, Ohio National Guardsmen murdered four unarmed students at Kent State and wounded nine others, permanently paralysing one. (CHT Making Light for the reminder.) The students’ crime? Protesting the invasion of Cambodia (or, in some cases, walking nearby while others were protesting it). “That is government; that… […]
A somewhat related post from Making Light.
For the best eye witness accounts of the Kent State shootings by various Kent students and national guardsmen who shot students, check out the Emmy Award winning documentary, “Kent State, The Day the War Cam Home.” It was just released on DVD for the 40th anniversary. In its review of the program, The Hollywood Reporter stated, “This extraordinary hour long doc is so good, so well constructed, that it can’t help but leave viewers feeling as if they themselves were on the bloody scene of the Kent State carnage…” for more go to kentstatedvd.com