Just past was the 55th annual remembrance of the Kent State “massaCRE,” as Arlo Guthrie would pronounce it. May 4, 1970, was when citizens of this country who were upset with the direction the federal government was taking in local and international affairs held protests. Some protests were peaceful and some got out of control.
At Kent State, “tin soldiers” took aim and killed and wounded many students. Students at Kent State had buried a copy of the U.S. Constitution to symbolize that then President Nixon had killed it. A song later about the movement by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young declared “Gotta get down to it.”
Remember that these students were harmed because they were speaking out against government policies. In a court of law, the judge declared, “Such use of force is, and was, deplorable.” And the shooters were, of course, acquitted.