A Kent State University professor explains what happened during the shootings in 1970 as he tried to clear the protesting students for their own safety. The professor discusses not understanding why they fired the bullets as well as not expecting the protest to ever come to such a tragic end.
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The Kent State shootings (also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre) occurred at Kent State University in the US city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.
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