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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by seahorse@midwest.social to c/ohio@midwest.social

Update, yes there are snipers:

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[-] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 249 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Nixon invades Cambodia, campuses across the country erupt in protest, armed troops deployed to deal with the unrest on an Ohio campus, guns pointed at students to intimidate them into dispersing...hmmm, can't remember what happened next...everything calmed down, I think, right?

Edit: Autocorrect betrayed me.

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 15 points 6 months ago

For those of us with third world level history what happened?

[-] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

National Guard units shot and killed four student protesters in Ohio at Kent State University in 1970, wounding nine others. I've read the police used excuses like they had intel there were communist agitators involved, funnily similar to what they say today.

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah cause agitators is a reason to shoot people. Can't let those commies speak!/s

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