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On 23 Apr 2004 00:26:11 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

Harry are you talking about those bunch of scared kids who were surrounded
by 1000's of anger protestor throwing rocks and bottles?

Oh, Christ!!!
Some things cannot be left unchallenged.
Aplogies in advance to all:

No. Harry is not talking about a group of scared kids "surrounded by 1000's of
anger (sic) protestors throwing rocks and bottles"

Shut off the Limbaugh show and do some acutal research on Kent State. Think it
might be signfiicant that not a *single* guardsman was injured? Those thousands
of protestors with rocks and bottles must have all been lousy shots. If not,
thousands of peope throwing rocks would have simply killed off the entire squad
on the spot. The shooters were initially separated from the crowd by the brow
of a hill, and had to
crest that hill in order to open fire. You must be very young.
Here are a few incidents related to Kent State and its aftermath to help you
begin your liberation from propanganda and set you upon your quest for truth.

May 3 Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes personally appears on campus and promises
to use "every force possible" to maintain order. Rhodes denounces the
protesters as worse than brownshirts and vows to keep the Guard in Kent "until
we get rid of them."

May 4 Four students are killed and nine others are wounded when a contingent of
Guardsmen suddenly opens fire during a noontime demonstration.

July 23 Key portions of a secret Justice Department memo are disclosed by the
Akron Beacon Journal. The memorandum describes the shootings as unnecessary and
urges the Portage County Prosecutor to file criminal charges against six
Guardsmen.

October 4 The President's Commission on Campus Unrest concludes: "The actions
of some students were violent and criminal and some others were dangerous,
reckless, and irresponsible." The shootings are branded as "unnecessary,
unwarranted, and inexcusable."

October 16 The "special" state grand jury exonerates the Guardsmen, but indicts
25 individuals, mostly students, for a variety of offenses that occurred on
campus before the shootings.

Late October-November Demands for a federal grand jury mount after it is
revealed that the "special" state grand jury ignored key evidence and that one
of the "special" prosecutors told a newsman he felt the Guardsmen should have
shot more students.

Following year:

The "special" state grand jury is even further discredited when Ohio officials
dismiss charges against 20 of the 25 individuals indicted by the grand jury.
Ohio prosecutors claimed they had insufficient evidence to convict any
protesters.

1973:

May 10 In a meeting with the student petitioners, K. William O'Connor, a
high-level Justice Department official, admits that the Justice Department
already has sufficient evidence to prosecute six Guardsmen.

A bit of truth leaks out:

August 3 Assistant Attorney General J. Stanley Pottinger announces that the
Justice Department will officially conduct a new inquiry. Senator Birch Bayh
follows Pottinger's announcement by releasing a letter he received from one of
the Guard's company commanders. On the basis of that letter Bayh charges that
armed FBI informant Terry Norman may have been "the fatal catalyst" for the
tragedy.

NOTE: That letter was from one of the Guard's own company commanders, not some
left wing apologist.

1974:

October 7-17 Attorneys for James A. Rhodes unsuccessfully try to block the
release of Rhodes's deposition in the civil case until after the Ohio
gubernatorial election. The deposition reveals that Rhodes's attorney, in a
move reminiscent of the Watergate cover-up, offered into evidence an incomplete
transcript of Rhodes's May 3, 1970, press conference. Among the remarks deleted
was a comment by an official that the Guard would resort to shooting if
necessary.

Etc, etc, etc,

Now, other than "Everybody knows" and/or "I heard on Fox News, Hannity, or
Limbaugh" what facts can you cite that support your allegation that thousands
of angry protestors surrounded the troops and pelted them with rocks and
bottles?

Those innocent kids exercising their First Amendment Rights don't deserve to
have their memories villified, especially when there isn't a shred of evidence
supporting the wild allegation.

A real man would apologize for such a slanderous error.

Has Hannity or Limbaugh discussed this recently? You must listen to them a lot
more than I, Chuck, as I don't recall anything about this matter. Of course, I
focus a lot more on Mr Colmes.

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

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