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The shootings that occured on Kent State University May 4, 1970 devastated and confused many. Some say the guardsmen did it out of fear. Others think they did it just to shoot. President Nixon announced April 30 that they were invading Cambodia. Students did not like this and the protests started May 1. These protests lasted three days. The Ohio National Guard fired because they said they feared for their lives.

When they fired, they killed four people and left nine more injured. Allison Krause, Sandra Lee Scheuer, Jeffrey Miller, and William Schroeder were the four victims that resulted in this incident. As found out by the FBI the guardsmen were never in any real danger. Kent State renamed their university to Kent since they were ashamed of what had occured. Today four light posts remain in the parking lot of Kent State university in memoriam to those four student who had lost their lives. It is said that the guardsmen used tear gas to remove the students from the commons area.

After this had occured, the guardsmen wrote a letter more about regret than apology. Presiden Nixon had his own opinions about the students that were killed that afternoon, "This should remind us all once again that when dissent turns to violence it invites tragedy. It is my hope that this tragic and unfortunate incident will strengthen the determination of all the nation's campuses, administrators, faculty and students alike to stand firmly for the right which exists in this country of peaceful dissent and just as strong against the resort to violence as a means of such expression." This incident was truly devastating.

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