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====Kent State Shooting ==== ====In the 1968 US presidential campaign, candidate Richard Nixon ran a platform that promised ' peace with honor'' for the Vietnam War. Until the end of April 1970, Nixon did just that. On April 30, 1970 he announced during a televised speech that American forces invaded Columbia. ==== ====In response to Nixon's announcement, students across the United States began a protest. The protests by students at Kent State University in Kent Ohio began on May 1970 at noon. They led a rally on campus. Night rioters built bonfires and threw beer at police off campus. The mayor asked to governer for help, so he sent the Ohio National Gurad. Shots were fired at the ROCT building, so the National Guard used tear gas to control the crowd on May 2,1970. The very next day another rally was held and dispersed by the National Guard. All of these protests lead up to the Kent State Shootings ir the Kent State Massacre. ==== ====May 4th 1970, a rally was scheduled at the Commons. The National Guard ordered them to leave, trying the tear gas again since the students refused to leave. The gas was ineffective from shifting winds. The National Guard scattered the students with bayonets attached to their riffles. The students retreated, and during thier retreat, for an unknow reason the National Guards began firing at students. 67 bullets were shot in 13 seconds killing 4 students and injuring 9. Some students were shot and not even part of the rally, just walking to their next class. ====

The Kent State Massacre angered many and incited additional protests at schools all over the country.
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