Kent State University Incident

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Deaths at
Noon).
The following day Kent State University was under the protection² of the
Ohio National Guard. Around noon on that day, students fromed in protest.
They were told to disperse, but refused. The first action of the National
Guard was to release tear-gas grenades upon the masses of students (Guard
Fired in Self Defense). These grenades were marginally successful, and
only caused a temporary retreat. The students then responded by throwing
concrerte, rocks, and everything else they could find. This was the first
of a group of poor decisions that led to the bloody disaster of May 4,
1972 and all of the other problems associated with the disaster (Kent
State Continued).
From a distance of about sixty feet from the crowd of students, a member
of the National Guard believed that he heard sniper fire. In response to
these alleged shots, he opened fire on the students with his M1 .30-06
caliber rifle. He was immediately backed up by several of the men in his
squad, ...

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