The Day The National Guard Shot Americans

May 4, 1970. The Kent State Massacree.

Fifty-four years ago, four students were shot by the National Guard during an anti-Vietnam War protest at Kent State university in Ohio – a tragedy that still resonates today.

Members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students. The impact of the shootings was dramatic. The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close.

So if you do not think that Trump would not use the military against citizens, think again.

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ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

Years ago i was watching a documentary on the Kent State murders and there was footage of a professor trying to calm down the officer in charge and being told to clear the quad or he'd order his troops to open fire again. :'(

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@ChipmunkErnie It was Geology Professor Glenn Frank.

Some faculty members, led by geology professor and faculty marshal Glenn Frank, pleaded with the students to leave the Commons to avoid any further escalation of the confrontation, with Frank telling the students:

I don't care whether you've never listened to anyone before in your lives. I am begging you right now. If you don't disperse right now, they're going to move in, and it can only be a slaughter. Would you please listen to me? Jesus Christ, I don't want to be a part of this ... !

His words are preserved in videos you can still watch. It is chilling realizing what was getting ready to happen. Frank's pleas caused the students to break up and leave, saving perhaps hundreds of lives.