Quote Originally Posted by silverx2 View Post
The kent state rallys: A bunch of kids who didnt think the united states shouldnt invade a country. BOO ****ING HOO i wish everything was peachy and full of eskimo kisses but its not, those kids had EVERY opportunity to disperse, if there had been no riots earlier, and if most likely a group of those same ****ing rally people not started burning buildings and throwing rocks at ****ing FIREMEN and police officers the national guard NEVER would have been called.

Freedom of speech, NOT FREEDOM OF VIOLENCE against Armed soldiers, Police officers, and VOLUNTEER ****ING FIREMEN.

Excuse me if i feel no remorse about people in an angry mob that got hurt after throwing rocks are armed soldiers. the innocent bystanders should not have been outside, its sad they died its not entirely their fault but the national guard is not to blame.
Silver, this was on a busy college campus at lunchtime with most students having lunchbreak in the campus square as usual or walking between classes.
None of the students or faculty knew that the guard would be firing live ammunition at everyone in sight.

The few who were having a rally were being peaceful until they were provoked and then attacked by the guardsmen with teargas.
The "rocks" that were being thrown were handfuls of gravel from the gravel parking lot and they were being thrown in the direction of the guardsmen who were several hundred feet away and out of distance.

There are two sides to every story.
You should do a little research into what witness accounts say before you decide who was in the right and who was in the wrong that day.

Yes, the students who crossed the line should have been arrested and charged with disturbing the peace, resisting arrest, etc.
Their is no way that the guardsmen were justified in shooting live ammunition into a crowded public place with more innocent bystanders present than protestors.