re waco clinton press conference part in article rpp jfh rpp john f haugh ii writes in article blake nevada edu blake nevada edu rawlin blake writes i was hoping that kent state taught us a lesson apparently not apparently the government will murder anyone they choose to still that s right despite claims that someone at kent state fire a shotgun at the the soldiers the only projectiles that anyone can prove where sent in the direction of the soldiers were rocks john f haugh ii pgp s cs utexas edu rpp jfh ma bell dof s jfh rpp cactus org no firearms were ever ever shot at the national guard at kent state at the time of the shooting no rocks were being thrown at all the squad was slowly proceeding up a knoll away from the body of students some students were taunting them and photographs of the incident show at most one or two students who were following and taunting the series of photographs show the squad slowly proceeding up the hill while occasionally their nco in hand turned back to look at where they came from all at once as if on command the entire squad turned and fired their m garands firing rounds into the crowd the nco can be shown with this at full recoil at least two of the students shot had nothing to do with the taunters they were only passing through and were not participants in the confrontation there is some dispute whether the guard was even legally on campus apparently they had not been invited onto the state school by the president who had conveniently flown the coop so as not to be around the governor of ohio james rhodes had just embarked on a senate campaign and wanted it to be known that he was tough on peaceniks so had ordered the guard in the matter was quickly covered up some years later wounded survivors launched a civil lawsuit against those responsible a settlement was made and under the terms the plaintiffs could not discuss much and guilty individuals were not identified in fact those shooters in the squad have been identified it was a tragic incident but it was not provoked by the students or apparently by general delcorso or any of his command from studying the incident the photos imo it looks like it was an independent action by a small squad of soldiers
