@jeffw to Education • 4 months ago

In a new era of campus upheaval, the 1970 Kent State shootings show the danger of deploying troops to crush legal protests

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In a new era of campus upheaval, the 1970 Kent State shootings show the danger of deploying troops to crush legal protests

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@jeffw to Education • 4 months ago

The author of a new book about the 1970 shootings at Kent State University explains why using armed troops to respond to protests is a risky strategy.

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You mean sending armed soldiers to deal with and unarmed group acting well within their rights ended poorly?

Who woulda guessed?

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