Sounds like Kent State all over again

[9thIDdoc]

If you play with fire you might get burned. Anyone who thinks that throwing rocks and bottles (and maybe shooting) at armed and frightened young NG's is a good idea is probably too stupid live long anyway.

 

[9thIDdoc]

From: Chronology of events: KENT STATE: May 1-4, 1970

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"A group of history students, who had organized the protest, buried a copy of the Constitution, which they claimed had been murdered when US troops were sent into Cambodia without a declaration of war by Congress."


"Twice, while the rally was in progress, passing police cruisers were hit with beer bottles"

"... and a bonfire was set in the street."

"The crowd blocked traffic for about an hour and then moved toward the center of town. Some members of the crowd began to break windows. Primarily "political targets" were attacked, including banks, loan companies, and utility companies."

"The now 2,000 marchers swarmed the hill overlooking the Commons and crossed the Commons. Then they surrounded the ROTC building, an old wooden World War II barracks that was scheduled to be demolished. Windows were broken and a few persons eventually set the building on fire."


" Firemen arrived on the scene but their actions were abandoned because some of the crowd attacked the firemen and slashed their hoses. "

You conveniently leave out a few facts. The massacre took place on May 4, 1970. The fire hose was slashed on May 2, 1970 (two days before the massacre).

Kent State shootings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Get a clue, the rioting lasted throughout those 4 days. It takes awhile to call up the Guard. If they had stopped on the 2nd nobody would have gotten killed.

 

[Lakhota]

From: Chronology of events: KENT STATE: May 1-4, 1970

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"A group of history students, who had organized the protest, buried a copy of the Constitution, which they claimed had been murdered when US troops were sent into Cambodia without a declaration of war by Congress."


"Twice, while the rally was in progress, passing police cruisers were hit with beer bottles"

"... and a bonfire was set in the street."

"The crowd blocked traffic for about an hour and then moved toward the center of town. Some members of the crowd began to break windows. Primarily "political targets" were attacked, including banks, loan companies, and utility companies."

"The now 2,000 marchers swarmed the hill overlooking the Commons and crossed the Commons. Then they surrounded the ROTC building, an old wooden World War II barracks that was scheduled to be demolished. Windows were broken and a few persons eventually set the building on fire."


" Firemen arrived on the scene but their actions were abandoned because some of the crowd attacked the firemen and slashed their hoses. "

You conveniently leave out a few facts. The massacre took place on May 4, 1970. The fire hose was slashed on May 2, 1970 (two days before the massacre).

Kent State shootings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Get a clue, the rioting lasted throughout those 4 days. It takes awhile to call up the Guard. If they had stopped on the 2nd nobody would have gotten killed.

What did they do to deserve being killed? BTW, the National Guard arrived on May 2. The massacre took place two days later.

 

[The Gadfly]

Did it everr occur to any of you Marxists here that throwing rocks and bottles is NOT "speech"?

 

[The Gadfly]

The corrupt/greedy rich will not surrender easily. This will get much worse before it gets better.

NO ONE with an ounce of intestinal fortitude is going to surrender to any of you Leftist; not today, not tomorrow, not next year, NOT EVER!

 

[Lakhota]

The corrupt/greedy rich will not surrender easily. This will get much worse before it gets better.

NO ONE with an ounce of intestinal fortitude is going to surrender to any of you Leftist; not today, not tomorrow, not next year, NOT EVER!

Sure you will.

 

[9thIDdoc]

The massacre took place two days later.

Massacre? I don't think so. In any case the same thugs that caused the violence, arson, and widespred property damage must also bear responsibility for the deaths. No criminal actions=no deaths.

 

[Lakhota]

The massacre took place two days later.

Massacre? I don't think so. In any case the same thugs that caused the violence, arson, and widespred property damage must also bear responsibility for the deaths. No criminal actions=no deaths.

Yes, massacre! Guardsmen fired 67 rounds in 13 seconds.

Kent State Massacre 40 years on: Why four died in Ohio | News | National Post

 

[Lakhota]

Who could blame them for burning the ROTC building!?! They were protesting the escalation of the Vietnam war (invasion of Cambodia), and they didn't injure anyone. Not all those killed and wounded were even protesters.

 

[The Infidel]

You dumb asses are just praying for violence.... there is a dark part of me that wishes you would get what you want for once.

 

[9thIDdoc]

'Who could blame them for burning the ROTC building!?!"
Anyone with good sense.

"They were protesting the escalation of the Vietnam war (invasion of Cambodia),..." The Cambodian Incursion was NOT an excalation of the war. The NVA had built permanent building complexes and highway systems in Cambodia and had been attacking us from there for years. We didn't fight Cambodians but the NVA. We freed Cambodians from their oppressors and gave parts of their country back to them. Didn't last long but it was the right thing to do anyway. It also assured that we could pull out of Vietnam without having our rear guard overrun by hoards of well supplied NVA camped and trained just accross the border.

And, yes, they assaulted police, firefighters, and other students.

 

[Divine Wind]

If you play with fire you might get burned. Anyone who thinks that throwing rocks and bottles (and maybe shooting) at armed and frightened young NG's is a good idea is probably too stupid live long anyway.

I can understand a young, frightened Guardsman firing, but not the officer who issued live ammo to "frightened young NG's". Once those 67 .30-06 rounds were fired they didn't stop until they hit something like innocent students on their way to class:

The shootings killed four students and wounded nine. Two of the four students killed, Allison Krause and Jeffrey Miller, had participated in the protest, and the other two, Sandra Scheuer and William Knox Schroeder, had been walking from one class to the next at the time of their deaths. Schroeder was also a member of the campus ROTC chapter. Of those wounded, none was closer than 71 feet to the guardsmen. Of those killed, the nearest (Miller) was 265 feet away, and their average distance from the guardsmen was 345 feet.

Kent State shootings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The situation didn't justify the use of deadly force.

 

[AmericanFirst]

the right to protest is being taken away in this country

I guess it doesn't matter that the protesters were breaking the law and that fanatics are using the protests as their battleground? They want to protest, fine. Gather them in one area, put big fence around them to keep them contained, they can protest all they want without interfering with people who just want to enjoy the parks they have taken over.

 

[Wicked Jester]

Who could blame them for burning the ROTC building!?! They were protesting the escalation of the Vietnam war (invasion of Cambodia), and they didn't injure anyone. Not all those killed and wounded were even protesters.

Are you EVER not, a dumb lil' liberal idiot?

Seriously, there are some abjectly stupid and moronic libs on this board, but you take the fucking whole cake, candles and all.

No wonder we kicked the shit out of you drunken losers back in the day.....Now go clean that casino restroom, and lay off the firewater, Tonto!