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THE KENT STATE SHOOTINGS BY COLE RAINEY Throughout the 1960’s and 70’s there were a lot of protestors against the Vietnam War. At the college of Kent State four students were shot and killed by the National Guard. On May 4, 1969 students came outside and started protesting against the war. Nixon sent US National Guard troops to stop this but the students did not stop. The troops tried to use gas to stop this but the protesters threw rocks and kept standing. The National Guard then was ordered to fire and four students were shot and killed. Some others were wounded and lived. Most of the protesters in the US used this as a way to keep protesting later. If you learn about the Vietnam War, you will always talk about hippies and protestors. At this time a lot of people were against the war but at Kent State, Ohio things became ugly.

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