Kent State shootings

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The Kent State shootings were a 1970 incident in which National Guard troops opened fire on unarmed students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University, killing four and wounding nine others.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-war protest ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
mass shooting ⓘ
political protest ⓘ
student protest ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kent State massacre ⓘ
cause U.S. invasion of Cambodia ⓘ
protests against the Vietnam War ⓘ
city Kent, Ohio ⓘ
commemorationDate May 4 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalImpact inspired the song "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ⓘ
date 1970-05-04 ⓘ
durationOfFiring approximately 13 seconds ⓘ
investigation President’s Commission on Campus Unrest ⓘ
lawEnforcementBody Ohio National Guard ⓘ
legalOutcome civil settlements with some victims’ families ⓘ
no criminal convictions of Guardsmen ⓘ
location Kent State University ⓘ
memorial Kent State University May 4 Memorial ⓘ
memorialSite Prentice Hall parking lot at Kent State University ⓘ
notablePhotograph The iconic image of Mary Ann Vecchio screaming over Jeffrey Miller’s body ⓘ
notablePhotographAward Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography ⓘ
numberOfPeopleKilled 4 ⓘ
numberOfPeopleWounded 9 ⓘ
numberOfShotsFired approximately 67 ⓘ
participants Kent State University students ⓘ
perpetrator Ohio National Guard ⓘ
photographerOfNotablePhotograph John Filo ⓘ
relatedConflict Vietnam War ⓘ
relatedEvent Jackson State killings ⓘ
relatedPolicy U.S. Cambodian Campaign ⓘ
result closure of hundreds of colleges and universities ⓘ
increased public opposition to the Vietnam War ⓘ
nationwide student strikes ⓘ
state Ohio ⓘ
subjectOf academic studies ⓘ
documentary films ⓘ
numerous books ⓘ
target student protesters ⓘ
triggeredBy President Richard Nixon’s announcement of the Cambodian Campaign ⓘ
typeOfFirearmUsed M1 Garand rifles ⓘ
victim Allison Krause ⓘ
Jeffrey Miller ⓘ
Sandra Scheuer ⓘ
William Knox Schroeder ⓘ
year 1970 ⓘ

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Nixon administration → significantEvent → Kent State shootings ⓘ
Kent State shootings → alsoKnownAs → Kent State massacre ⓘ
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Kent State shootings → memorialSite → Prentice Hall parking lot at Kent State University ⓘ
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U.S. invasion of Cambodia (1970) → followedBy → Kent State shootings ⓘ
Kent State University → hasEvent → Kent State shootings ⓘ
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Kent State shootings → knownAs → May 4 massacre ⓘ
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Kent State University → knownFor → Kent State shootings ⓘ
Kent State University → significantEvent → Kent State shootings ⓘ
Kent, Ohio → hasNotableEventAssociated → Kent State shootings ⓘ
Allison Krause → participantIn → Kent State shootings ⓘ
Jeffrey Miller → participantIn → Kent State shootings ⓘ
Jeffrey Miller → participantIn → Kent State University Vietnam War protest of May 4, 1970 ⓘ
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Jeffrey Miller → victimOf → Kent State shootings ⓘ
William Knox Schroeder → participantIn → Kent State shootings ⓘ
William Knox Schroeder → victimOf → Kent State shootings ⓘ
President’s Commission on Campus Unrest → conclusion → Kent State shootings were unjustified ⓘ
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Jackson State killings → isRelatedTo → Kent State shootings ⓘ
Nixon’s April 30, 1970 television address → temporalProximityTo → Kent State University shootings ⓘ
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John Filo → eventCovered → Kent State shootings ⓘ
Sandra Scheuer → causeOfDeath → Kent State shootings ⓘ
KSU → eventAssociatedWith → Kent State shootings ⓘ
anti–Vietnam War movement → notableEvent → Kent State University protests ⓘ
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