Great article here explaining the causes and unknown agitators behind the slaughter that took place on the campus of Kent State 45 years ago. We may be thankful for those who fight for truth in every place and form...
This article is from the forthcoming book Censored 2013: Dispatches from the Media Revolution and intends to expose the lies of American leadership in order to uncensor the “unhistory” of the Kent State massacre, while also aiming toward justice and healing, as censoring the past impacts American Occupy protesters today.
When
Ohio National Guardsmen fired sixty-seven gun shots in thirteen seconds
at Kent State University (KSU) on May 4, 1970, they murdered four
unarmed, protesting college students and wounded nine others. For
forty-two years, the United States government has held the position that
Kent State was a tragic and unfortunate incident occurring at a
noontime antiwar rally on an American college campus. In 2010,
compelling forensic evidence emerged showing that the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) and the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO)
were the lead agencies in managing Kent State government operations,
including the cover-up. At Kent State, lawful protest was pushed into
the realm of massacre as the US federal government, the state of Ohio,
and the Ohio National Guard (ONG) executed their plans to silence
antiwar protest in America.
The new evidence threatens much more than the accuracy of accounts of the Kent State massacre in history books. As a result of this successful, ongoing Kent State government cover-up, American protesters today are at much greater risk than they realize, with no real guarantees or protections offered by the US First Amendment rights to protest and assemble. This chapter intends to expose the lies of the state in order to uncensor the “unhistory” of the Kent State massacre, while also aiming toward justice and healing, as censoring the past impacts our perspectives in the present.
The killing of protesters at Kent State changed the minds of many Americans about the role of the US in the Vietnam War. Following this massacre, there was an unparalleled national response: hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed across America in a student strike of more than four million. Young people across the nation had strong suspicions the Kent State massacre was planned to subvert any further protests arising from the announcement that the already controversial war in Vietnam had expanded into Cambodia.
Yet instead of attempting to learn the truth at Kent State, the US government took complete control of the narrative in the press and ensuing lawsuits. Over the next ten years, authorities claimed there had not been a command-to-fire at Kent State, that the ONG had been under attack, and that their gunfire had been prompted by the “sound of sniper fire.” Instead of investigating Kent State, the American leadership obstructed justice, obscured accountability, tampered with evidence, and buried the truth. The result of these efforts has been a very complicated government cover-up that has remained intact for more than forty years.1
Read the rest of this article at - http://www.projectcensored.org/kent-state-was-it-about-civil-rights-or-%E2%80%A8murdering-student-protesters/
This article is from the forthcoming book Censored 2013: Dispatches from the Media Revolution and intends to expose the lies of American leadership in order to uncensor the “unhistory” of the Kent State massacre, while also aiming toward justice and healing, as censoring the past impacts American Occupy protesters today.
by Laurel Krause with Mickey Huff
When
Ohio National Guardsmen fired sixty-seven gun shots in thirteen seconds
at Kent State University (KSU) on May 4, 1970, they murdered four
unarmed, protesting college students and wounded nine others. For
forty-two years, the United States government has held the position that
Kent State was a tragic and unfortunate incident occurring at a
noontime antiwar rally on an American college campus. In 2010,
compelling forensic evidence emerged showing that the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) and the Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO)
were the lead agencies in managing Kent State government operations,
including the cover-up. At Kent State, lawful protest was pushed into
the realm of massacre as the US federal government, the state of Ohio,
and the Ohio National Guard (ONG) executed their plans to silence
antiwar protest in America.The new evidence threatens much more than the accuracy of accounts of the Kent State massacre in history books. As a result of this successful, ongoing Kent State government cover-up, American protesters today are at much greater risk than they realize, with no real guarantees or protections offered by the US First Amendment rights to protest and assemble. This chapter intends to expose the lies of the state in order to uncensor the “unhistory” of the Kent State massacre, while also aiming toward justice and healing, as censoring the past impacts our perspectives in the present.
The killing of protesters at Kent State changed the minds of many Americans about the role of the US in the Vietnam War. Following this massacre, there was an unparalleled national response: hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed across America in a student strike of more than four million. Young people across the nation had strong suspicions the Kent State massacre was planned to subvert any further protests arising from the announcement that the already controversial war in Vietnam had expanded into Cambodia.
Yet instead of attempting to learn the truth at Kent State, the US government took complete control of the narrative in the press and ensuing lawsuits. Over the next ten years, authorities claimed there had not been a command-to-fire at Kent State, that the ONG had been under attack, and that their gunfire had been prompted by the “sound of sniper fire.” Instead of investigating Kent State, the American leadership obstructed justice, obscured accountability, tampered with evidence, and buried the truth. The result of these efforts has been a very complicated government cover-up that has remained intact for more than forty years.1
Read the rest of this article at - http://www.projectcensored.org/kent-state-was-it-about-civil-rights-or-%E2%80%A8murdering-student-protesters/
