The Kent State shootings occurred on May 4, 1970, when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on university students protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War. In a span of 19 seconds, guardsman fired dozens of rounds, killing four students and wounding nine others. [300×800]
by Pathetic_lriG43
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According to Wikipedia, 28 National Guard soldiers fired about 67 rounds over 13 seconds
I guess this the shootings depicted in watchmen ?
A terrorist*
We’re finally on our own.
Here is [an older submission of this photo](https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/6eiid0/the_altered_picture_of_the_kent_state_shooting/) on this sub where the fencepost above the girl was edited out by a newspaper, and circulated until 1995. It was thought that the post detracted from the picture.
Just a reminder that the person most responsible for this, Governor Jim Rhodes, was reelected two more times. He ordered an exhausted National Guard unit that had been policing highway overpasses because of a bloody independent trucker strike because he was losing a Republican Senate primary, and he wanted to look tough.
Now the state office building across the street from the capital is named after him, and there’s a statue of him in front of it.
Fun fact: the girl kneeling is 14 years old. I always thought she was a college student or adult.