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#USHistoryRevisited
#KentStateShooting by #OhioNationalGuard(5/5)
...where law enforcement officials have issued a caution to their troops to be careful because 👉"we don't want another Kent State..."👈
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Do read the whole article:
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#USHistoryRevisited
#KentStateShooting by #OhioNationalGuard(4/n)
...should be remembered in order that we can learn from the mistakes of the past. 👉The #Guardsmen in their signed statement at the end of the civil trials recognized that better ways have to be found to deal with these types of confrontations.👈 This has probably already occurred in numerous situations...
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#USHistoryRevisited
#KentStateShooting by #OhioNationalGuard(3/n)
...The Ends of Power, Haldeman (1978) states that 👉the shootings at #KentState began the slide into #Watergate, eventually destroying the #Nixon administration.👈
Beyond the direct effects of the May 4, 👉the shootings have certainly come to symbolize the deep political and social divisions that so sharply divided the country during the #VietnamWar era."👈"... most importantly, May 4 at #KentState...
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#USHistoryRevisited
#KentStateShooting by #OhioNationalGuard(2/n)
...back then--in contrast to June, 2026--it even was a legal deployment if the #Ohio #NationalGuard 💂, requested by #Kent #MayorSatrom.
Even so, it seems to have proven to be the first stone in the avalanche that was to shatter the #Nixon Administration:
"H. R. #Haldeman, a top aide to President #RichardNixon, suggests the shootings had a direct impact on national politics. In...
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#USHistoryRevisited
#KentStateShooting by #OhioNationalGuard(1/n)
Thanks for sharing this excellent article on the #KentStateShooting on May 4, 1970.🙏
#History does not go around in circles, but it certainly provides spiraling fractal dynamics:
All members of the #tRump Administration should pay heed to what transpired after the killing of 4 and the wounding of 9 by the #NationalGuard at #KentStateUniversity.
Back then, it was unprecedented;...