Leading Up to
When Richard Nixon had become president in 1968 he promised to end the Vietnam War; Because of the lack in success for conduction towards the Vietnam war, Lyndon B. Johnson had cancelled his plans for re-election.
During Nixon's Campaign for Presidency, he gave the illusion that he had a "secret plan" for ending the war and he had hoped to have peaceful negotiations with North Vietnam in Paris. Near the spring of 1970 negotiations had staggered with Vietnam, thus convincing the US to strategize towards "Vietnamization."
All though Nixon had announced the return of over 100,000 soldiers, the government secretly invaded Cambodia, which in turn enraged College Campuses around the US.
During Nixon's Campaign for Presidency, he gave the illusion that he had a "secret plan" for ending the war and he had hoped to have peaceful negotiations with North Vietnam in Paris. Near the spring of 1970 negotiations had staggered with Vietnam, thus convincing the US to strategize towards "Vietnamization."
All though Nixon had announced the return of over 100,000 soldiers, the government secretly invaded Cambodia, which in turn enraged College Campuses around the US.
Even though the invasion wasn't stated to the public, rumors had spread until it was officially announced two days pryer. Even though it was a secret, when rumors spread across the US, University students had started protesting on May 1st towards the US's further inclusion into the war. In fact, the protesting had gotten so bad that there was hostility towards the police, eventually the National Guard was called to end the problem. By the time they had made it to the university, however, the University's ROTC building had been caught on fire. Throughout the night many clashes between the protestors and the Guard had continued through the whole night ending with dozens of people being arrested.
The protestors were ordered to disperse but instead refused and began throwing rocks at the Guardsmen. Because of the resistance, the soldiers were ordered to load their weapons and fill the area with tear gas and to push back the protestors. After the Guardsmen ended up retreating, countless witnesses gave reports that 28 soldiers had fired into the crowd and in the air. Over 70 shots were fired, out of those shots fired, 4 students were shot and killed, effrey Miller, Allison Krause, William Schroeder and Sandra Scheuer, and nine others were injured. Schroeder was shot in the back, as were two of the injured, Robert Stamps and Dean Kahler.
After the shooting, the University was closed, and the National Guard had repayed family members and those injured within an overall $675,000.
The protestors were ordered to disperse but instead refused and began throwing rocks at the Guardsmen. Because of the resistance, the soldiers were ordered to load their weapons and fill the area with tear gas and to push back the protestors. After the Guardsmen ended up retreating, countless witnesses gave reports that 28 soldiers had fired into the crowd and in the air. Over 70 shots were fired, out of those shots fired, 4 students were shot and killed, effrey Miller, Allison Krause, William Schroeder and Sandra Scheuer, and nine others were injured. Schroeder was shot in the back, as were two of the injured, Robert Stamps and Dean Kahler.
After the shooting, the University was closed, and the National Guard had repayed family members and those injured within an overall $675,000.