Kent State

KENT STATE For me massacre sounds too dramatic for the image, article, and video clip I just saw. My first impression however, was of course how sad. They were standing up for what they believed and got shot down by national guards. To be honest from my point of view it seems that the government was just trying to calm things down but by them sending inexperienced guards I do believe that, that is where the government themselves dropped the ball because in the video clip it does state that the guards were in fact inexperienced. That to me was a bad idea because the guards did not know how to handle the situation and they went to the extremes before actually trying to come to a resolution. And also to shoot college students that did not even have any guns that was pretty whack. So I researched it a little more and I read a article that the actual Kent State wrote on their website: http://dept.kent.edu/sociology/lewis/lewihen.htm and it explains all the details, which is pretty much the same except a little more detailed as to who called who for back up and what not. The student s were throwing rocks and saying threats but that does not give them the right to shoot the college students. Another case that could have been prevented had the government sent national guards that were more experienced and could have maybe rationalized with the students.