Kent state shooting
The Kent State Shooting occurred on May 4th, 1970 at Kent State University in Ohio. The Kent State shootings are also known as the May 4th Massacre. The Ohio National Guard opened gun fire into the crowd of protesting students, killing 4 and injuring 9. Some of the victims who were shot were just bystanders of the protest. Not only did they fire their guns, they fired tear gas into crowd. The students were protesting the invasion of Cambodia. Cambodia was invaded because there was an oil line that the United States wanted control of. The students were upset because the US had previously signed a document declaring that they would not invade Cambodia. On May 1st, President Nixon announced the invasion of Cambodia. The shootings caused a reaction throughout the country. Hundreds of universities were closed due to students going on strike. The majority of the National Guard fired into the air or at the ground, few fired at the students. The campus was ordered to be closed immediately. Classes did not start again until the Summer of 1970. There was a financial settlement that was divided between the wounded students and the parents of the students who were killed.