I'm just sick of the idea that these people were victims. The protesters at Kent State were not peaceful. They had already set the ROTC building afire. That's why the National Guard had been called in. Protesters were approaching the National Guard screaming obscenities and throwing rocks and bottles at them. Individual guardsmen testified they were afraid for their lives.
I think the shootings were justified.
The people throwing things at them were over 60 feet away with most of the crowd already dispersed. Tear gas and rubber bullets may have been justified, but lethal force was not. Two of the four victims weren't even protesters, but rather students just going to class. One was even an ROTC student who was shot in the back almost 400 feet away from the guardsmen. Why do you hate the ROTC, G-Man?
