Quote Originally Posted by FlashLackey View Post
When you present things like this as if they support your position, it just damages your credibility. The guardsmen were greatly outnumbered by a crowd advancing on and attacking them.
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Did you not read the sourced account from Kent? The crowd was advancing on the guardsmen, forcing them to back up.
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I think this statement is startling strong in favor of my position. A mob of 500 violent protesters bearing down on a blind guardsmen and you're surprised that he fired his weapon to defend himself?
When you present opinions like this as if they were facts that support your position, it just damages your credibility.

Let's get back to the facts for a moment.

There are no eye-witness accounts that support the assertion that any of the college students were "advancing on" or "bearing down on" the guardsmen.

The only basis for this opinion is that in their official legal defense for firing on unarmed civilians, the guardsmen stated that they felt like the crowd was advancing on them.
That is from your own link.
Do you think the guardsmen's lawyers would have them say anything differently then what they did to protect their asses and the administration's collective ass?

As a matter of fact, all of the other eye-witness accounts from students, faculty members, and bystanders disputes the guardsmen's feelings.
Why do you not give any weight or credibilty to any of the other witness statements, accounts and interviews?
You immediately sided with the authorities without question.
Did you even listen to the interviews in the broadcast I linked to?
Do you think those witnesses are lying?