Ohio 1970 Kent State University Shootings - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
This is one of those events in life where you recall exactly where you were and what you did. I was expelled from school for lowering the flag to half mast. The authorities did not like my action. Even more so since I was the senior class president. And, then Jackson State ... Things have not changed much except those in power have become adept at covering their tracks.
The Kent State shootings (also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre) occurred at Kent State University in the US city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.