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In reply to the discussion: Missouri Governor Activates National Guard [View all]nichomachus
(12,754 posts)10. And, lest we forget, Jackson State
Just a few days later
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_State_killings
A group of around a hundred African-American students had gathered on Lynch Street (named after John R. Lynch), which bisected the campus, on the evening of Thursday, May 14 to protest the United States invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War.[2] By around 9:30 p.m. the students had started fires, thrown rocks at motorists and overturned vehicles, including a large truck. Firefighters dispatched to the scene quickly requested police support.
The police responded in force. At least 75 Jackson police units from the city of Jackson and the Mississippi Highway Patrol[3] attempted to control the crowd while the firemen extinguished the fires. After the firefighters had left the scene, shortly before midnight, the police moved to disperse the crowd then gathered in front of Alexander Hall, a women's dormitory.
Advancing to within 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) of the crowd, at roughly 12:05 a.m., officers opened fire on the dormitory.[4] The exact cause of the shooting and the moments leading up to it are unclear. Authorities claim they saw a sniper on one of the building's upper floors and were being sniped in all directions. Later two city policemen and one state patrolman reported minor injuries from flying glass,[5] and an FBI search for evidence of sniper fire was negative.[6] The students say they did not provoke the officers. The gunfire lasted for 30 seconds, and at least 140 shots were fired by a reported 40 state highway patrolmen using shotguns from 30 to 50 feet. Every window on the narrow side of the building facing Lynch Street was shattered.[5]
The crowd scattered and a number of people were trampled or cut by falling glass. Phillip Lafayette Gibbs, 21, a junior, and James Earl Green, 17, a senior and miler[5] at nearby Jim Hill High School, were killed; twelve others were wounded. Gibbs was killed near Alexander Hall by buckshot, while Green was killed behind the police line in front of B. F. Roberts Hall, also with a shotgun.
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Thanks for posting the list of vile bigots, racists and hate monsters.
Dont call me Shirley
Nov 2014
#25
Same here, I did not see it anywhere at that link and the poster should be ashamed
arcane1
Nov 2014
#42
You underestimate the hate out there. There will be people who show up with guns to kill black folk.
jtuck004
Nov 2014
#17
Sigh. I know this is something of a pipe dream, but I wish President Obama would
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#23
Pres. Obama could federalize the NG, but he cannot order them to disarm the police,
GGJohn
Nov 2014
#54
I don't get it. He's termed out as Gov. Why is he still playing to the racists?
SunSeeker
Nov 2014
#24
Police chief worried about "Black Panthers or communist activists"
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
#31
And there it is, jesus fucking CHRIST , the WH needs to send in Federal something
randys1
Nov 2014
#36
Maybe, but what is COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE is a recognized and known racist police
randys1
Nov 2014
#34
Will the National Guard ensure that local police aren't violating people's
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#35