You lieing sack of shit. President Nixon did not order the killings at Kent State. I really would like to see you try to back up that statement with some proof and not just the bullshit that comes out of your mouth on a regular basis.Don't confuse everyone with facts. It much more fun to blame Nixon.
Nixon did not order the guardsmen onto Kent State. Governor Rhodes did after being asked to do so by the Mayor of the city of Kent.
http://dept.kent.edu/sociology/lewis/lewihen.htm Originally Posted by NiceGuy53
Kent Mayor Leroy Satrom declared a state of emergency, called Governor James Rhodes' office to seek assistance, and ordered all of the bars closed. The decision to close the bars early increased the size of the angry crowd. Police eventually succeeded in using tear gas to disperse the crowd from downtown, forcing them to move several blocks back to the campus.So lets see what Yssup's got to refute that.....I thought it was pretty common knowledge that the Governor of the state would be the one to call out the Guard, within their state, to deal with emergency situations, not the President?
The next day, Saturday, May 2, Mayor Satrom met with other city officials and a representative of the Ohio National Guard who had been dispatched to Kent. Mayor Satrom then made the decision to ask Governor Rhodes to send the Ohio National Guard to Kent. The mayor feared further disturbances in Kent based upon the events of the previous evening, but more disturbing to the mayor were threats that had been made to downtown businesses and city officials as well as rumors that radical revolutionaries were in Kent to destroy the city and the university. Satrom was fearful that local forces would be inadequate to meet the potential disturbances, and thus about 5 p.m. he called the Governor's office to make an official request for assistance from the Ohio National Guard.