The news that Richard Nixon was sending troops to Cambodia caused a chain of protests in the U.S. colleges. At Kent State the protest seemed more violent, some students even throwing rocks. In consequence, The Ohio National Guard was called to calm things down, but the events got out of hand and they started shooting. Some of the victims were simply walking to school, and, more dramatically, one wasn’t even a student, but a 14 year old runaway. Mary Ann Vecchio was sent to her family in Florida and her death was commemorated in a TV movie and a Neil Young song
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