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To: TommyDale
You obviously have swallowed the Marxist propaganda on Kent State hook, line and sinker. The truth is that radical leftists engaged in violent demonstrations for days before the shooting. Vandalism broke out in several store fronts and they broke out a bank window, setting off an alarm.

The next day, the ROTC building was burnt to the ground by arsonists. Fireman and police officers were hit with rocks and fire hoses were slashed. The following day, the violence by leftists ensued and ten national guardsmen were injured. The following day, 2,000 rioters gathered and infranty and cavalry of the US Army was brought in to disperse the crowd. The legality of the dispersal was upheld by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The dispersal process began, but several leftist rioters refused to disperse. The rioters responded by throwing rocks, forcing patrolman Harold Rice to retreat in a jeep.
Tear gas was used against the leftists, but due to the wind it was of little effect. The leftists responded by throwing the tear gas back to the police and guardsman. Guardsman were subsequently rocked by the rioters.

The Adjutant General of the Ohio National Guard told reporters that a sniper had fired on the Guardsman. The Guardsman, in fear of their lives and which they subsequently testified, fired.

Yes, it was just a little matter of students’ right to protest. /s

19 posted on 06/24/2009 9:35:39 AM PDT by MBB1984
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To: MBB1984

Sorry, you don’t shoot unarmed Americans no matter what you might believe.


28 posted on 06/24/2009 10:59:43 AM PDT by TommyDale (Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
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