Four Dead In O-Hi-O

The presence of armed soldiers on a college campus would seem to me to be more of a provocation than anything else.

The presence of armed soldiers on a college campus would seem to me to be more of a provocation than anything else.

In May 1972, the AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION (ACLU) filed several suits totaling $12 million in damages in federal district court against the Ohio National Guard and the State of Ohio. More than a year later, in August 1973, the Justice Department announced that it would reopen its investigation. Also in 1973, a federal grand jury reviewed Justice Department evidence and issued indictments against eight former guardsmen, officially charging them with violating the CIVIL RIGHTS of students. In 1974, a federal district judge acquitted the guardsmen of all charges, ruling that U.S. prosecutors failed to prove willful or intentional deprivation of civil rights.

Read more: Kent State Student Killings http://law.jrank.org/pages/7983/Kent-State-Student-Killings.html#ixzz0n3nlbk4q

Always the jackass, HS . . . if there is no dispute, then tell that to David,
who was the clown claiming there were no gas masks.

The legal whitewash of the event leaves me unimpressed. Plenty of protesters threw rocks in Chicago in 1968

and despite the brutality of which the Chicago police were accused, they didn't seem to need to resort to lethal force to deal with the situation. The "Days of Rage" march in Chicago in 1969 involved thousands of demonstrators and included incidents of rock-throwing and the wanton destruction of property. The police did not resort to lethal force.

I'm not surprised that a shill for conservative hysteria like you defends these shootings, though.

The evidence presented here now
suggests that there were gas masks at the scene,
tho not necessarily at the time of the shooting. (emphasis added)

High Seas, sometimes "the rules" are anti-democratic & should be challenged. And perhaps the law was an ass in upholding such rules? The presence of armed soldiers on a college campus would seem to me to be more of a provocation than anything else.

In 1974, a federal district judge acquitted the guardsmen of all charges, ruling that U.S. prosecutors failed to prove willful or intentional deprivation of civil rights

The evidence presented here now
suggests that there were gas masks at the scene,
tho not necessarily at the time of the shooting. (emphasis added)

Are you getting so old that your eyesight is failing you?

Are you suggesting that there were rocks on the streets and sidewalks of Kent State University?

Do you really lack sufficient imagination to understand that people who throw rocks provide themselves
for the eventuality that there will be no rocks lying in the streets?

In 1974, a federal district judge acquitted the guardsmen of all charges,
ruling that U.S. prosecutors failed to prove willful or intentional deprivation of civil rights

It would be interesting to know what could have been considered
a "willful or intentional deprivation of civil rights" of the students!

You're wasting your time, Setanta.
No matter what evidence you provide, you're going to get the "rocks" defense. That overrules everything!

Rocks again.

Rocks again.