John Smith wrote:
I don't listen to Rush, Fox News, or Hannity. Below I have copied the order
of events from the Kent May 4 Center www.may4.org. A web site to
remember those killed at Ohio State, so hopefully it will not happen again.

I can't imagine many 18 - 21 yr old soldiers who would not be scared to
death. If you saw pictures of the students yelling at the guardsmen and the
guardsman faces you would agree they were very scared.

How about the pictures of kids putting flowers in the Guardsmen's
rifles? That must have been scary too.

Yelling is not the same as shooting. When a man yells at you, you are
not allowed to shoot him in self-defense. There were rocks thrown, and
some of the students threw back tear gas cannisters (which fell short)
fired at them. Basically, the crowd of protestors was dispersing when
the Guardsmen opened fire. IMHO it was murder.

Thanks for posting the quote from the may4.org web site. It corresponds
pretty well with what I remember, except that some of the student
leaders later apologized for attacking the firemen and the court
decision that the soldiers were "ordered" to fire was widely considered
a whitewash since the "order" was given by "person or persons unknown."

BTW please note that this factual account does not ever once mention the
students surrounding the soldiers. Please acknowledge this error in your
earlier post.

DSK