On May 4, 1970 the National Guard fired at a crowed of students at Kent State University in Ohio. The shooting was very dramatic, killing four and wounded nine students. The shootings began symbolize the political and social division that divided the country during the Vietnam era. General Canterbury of the National Guard is the one who made the decision to order the demonstrators to disperse. The students of the university soon found them self trapped on the football field.
The guardsmen fire into a crowed of unharmed collage students. The guardsmen fired in self defense and that shooting was justified but they also were not in immediate danger and therefore the shooting at Kent State University was unjustified. The families of the wounded and the killed students were provided money by the state and not by the guardsmen’s. The guards were viewed by the “declaration of regret” but it’s not an apology or admission for doing wrong.
After the shooting of Kent State University the debate still remains on whether the guardsmen were in danger and that’s why they opened fire. The 13 seconds that ended in four deaths and nine wounded and it could have ended in an even a more tragic and bloody confrontation. Kent state university was ordered to close by its first president Robert White and then by portage county prosecutor Ronald Kane. Classes did not resume until the summer of 1970. The faculty engaged in wide Variety of activity and through the mall of off campus meeting for the students to finish the semester.
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