The sister of a victim from the Kent State University shootings during the Vietnam War criticizes Republicans suggesting military intervention in campus protests. Concerns arise over police actions at US colleges potentially leading to a situation akin to Kent State, where National Guard shot students amid anti-war protests.
Another Kent State bout to happen? https://t.co/mbHpAjxvHc
A Kent State University-type situation is right around the corner… https://t.co/C3dfmIkNu8
In May 1970, when protests against the American war in Vietnam broke out on US campuses, the National Guard at Kent University shot dead four students. History could well be on the verge of being repeated. https://t.co/l882nzPez0
I do not think it is impossible that something could go very, very badly wrong in police-student clashes, but we are still some distance from the atmosphere that produced Kent State, where rumors were prevalent among the national guard that snipers were firing on them.
⚡️🎸 Kent State Sequel Coming? So the hyper-militarized police are now firing rubber bullets into crowds of student protestors at US colleges. This thing could quickly spin out of control. https://t.co/NajmNV7DnX
The sister of one of four people killed by the National Guard at Kent State University in Ohio in a notorious incident during the Vietnam War has condemned calls by some Republicans for the military to be called in to quell campus protests. https://t.co/qnaBWfDCoX