Four dead in O-hi-o

[Gil Bang 26035]

Kent State.  50 years ago today. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

Just like Benghazi 

[HornOnTheBayou 8947]

Nick Saban was a student at Kent St at the time. I just assume he's to blame for the whole thing.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

9 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Just like Benghazi 

What a friggin troll you are.

[Royalfan5 2355]

2 hours ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Nick Saban was a student at Kent St at the time. I just assume he's to blame for the whole thing.

It was all his roommate, Gary Pinkel's fault. 

[yoladu 4101]

2 hours ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Nick Saban was a student at Kent St at the time. I just assume he's to blame for the whole thing.

as was Chrissy Hynde and Gerald Casale (Bassist in Devo).

[yoladu 4101]

11 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Kent State.  50 years ago today. 

it was pretty fucked up. 3 of the 4 that died were shot from more than a 300 feet away (a football field)

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

3 hours ago, yoladu said:

as was Chrissy Hynde and Gerald Casale (Bassist in Devo).

Chrissy Hynde ?  I didn't think she was that old.

[Guest Lobo]

3 hours ago, yoladu said:

 3 of the 4 that died were shot from more than a 300 feet away (a football field)

 

So Saban was involved?  

[Mrs Whiggins 13050]

3 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Chrissy Hynde ?  I didn't think she was that old.

Born in '51. Wiki (because I didn't know how old she was either) says one of her friend's boyfriends was a victim. It's Wiki, but the source is listed as her autobiography, Reckless, so take that for what it's worth.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Born in '51. Wiki (because I didn't know how old she was either) says one of her friend's boyfriends was a victim. It's Wiki, but the source is listed as her autobiography, Reckless, so take that for what it's worth.

Damn would have figured her for mid to late  70's college.  She was married to Ray Davies (The Kinks) I thought ?

Edited May 5, 2020 by Onboard 2.0

[Mrs Whiggins 13050]

Had a child with him (Davies), but married the lead singer of Simple Minds, Jim Kerr. So, when he sang "Don't You Forget About Me," I guess we weren't paying attention....

[Paul Wesley 3289]

One of the hundreds of things I learned from Ken Burns "Vietnam" was how, at the time, the country largely blamed the the Kent State students and supported the National Guard.

[LongestHorn 759]

Shortly after the Kent State shootings, anti-war protesters announced that they would hold a rally near NY city hall to commemorate the four dead students. Peter Brennan decided to organize a counter-rally of construction workers to show support for the Nixon administration.^[3] A transcription made of a White House tape recording dated May 5, 1971,^[6][7] documents that the planning phase of the Hard Hat riot took place in the White House Oval Office. Charles Colson is heard successfully instigating several New York State AFL-CIO union leaders into organizing the attack against the student protesters.

At Nixon’s direction, the construction workers beat the hell out of the students as NYPD watched.

[Gil Bang 26035]

7 hours ago, yoladu said:

as was Chrissy Hynde and Gerald Casale (Bassist in Devo).

And the great Joe Walsh.