The Ohio Killing was a massacre on 4th May 1970. Four students lay dead. Nine others, wounded, went to the hospital. Ironically, some of those shot were either observing or strolling nearby. Collateral damage
Newly released documents show that US state and federal officials authorised National Guardsmen to fire with live ammunition at unarmed students in Ohio in May, 1970, killing four and wounding nine others, writes Saul Landau.
In May 1970, 19 years before Chinese officials ordered troops to fire on its students and other citizens demonstrating in favor of democracy at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, U.S. state and federal officials had authorized National Guardsmen to fire with live ammunition at unarmed students — in Ohio.
The massacre occurred on May 4. Thirty-seven years later, Alan Canfora listened to the recording of the commanders words. Right here. Get set. Point. Fire. The tape then recorded 13 seconds of uninterrupted gunfire.
Canfora, 21-years-old, took a bullet in the wrist. Because the tape he acquired reveals a command structure in the shooting, he has demanded a new investigation.
There has been a 37-year cover-up at Kent State. The commanding officers have …