Remember when there was a draft? No? Well, there was once a draft to send youngsters over to fight commies in Vietnam. But the youngsters didn't like that nor see the war as vital. So they protested. The People In Charge didn't like that. So they sent out battalions of National Guards to quell dissent on campus. Then they killed not only dissenters, but passerbys on May 4, 1970. John Filo's famous photograph above says it all. Imagine if there was a draft today.

From the Kent May 4 Center website: As the guard reached the crest of the Blanket Hill, near the Pagoda of Taylor Hall, about a dozen members of Troop G simultaneously turned around 180 degrees, aimed and fired their weapons into the crowd in the Prentice Hall parking lot. The 1975 civil trials proved that there was a verbal command to fire.

A total of 67 shots were fired in 13 seconds. Four students: Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder were killed. Nine students were wounded: Joseph Lewis, John Cleary, Thomas Grace, Robbie Stamps, Donald Scott MacKenzie, Alan Canfora, Douglas Wrentmore, James Russell and Dean Kahler. Of the wounded, one was permanently paralyzed, and several were seriously maimed. All were full-time students.