KENT, Ohio — Forty springs ago, on the day the Vietnam War came home as it never had before, Mary Ann Vecchio was there. She's the girl in the haunting photo — crying, kneeling over the student's body. That was Kent State University, May 4th, 1970, a few days after Richard Nixon, who'd campaigned for president on an implicit promise to end the war, widened it by invading Cambodia. Across the nation, students protested. At Kent State, where two days earlier the ROTC building was burned down, National Guardsmen fired into a crowd and killed four unarmed students, the closest of whom was nearly a football field away. --------------------------- Video from AssociatedPress — May 3rd, 2010 "Kent State University is marking the 40th anniversary of the Kent State shootings this week. Four students were killed and nine others were injured when Ohio National Guardsmen fired on a crowd of students protesting the Vietnam War." (May 4th, 1970) ----------------------- One correction to video: It was not just Nixon expanding the war into Cambodia -- it was the shocking revelation that Nixon had been bombing Cambodia for over a year and covering it up, lying about it. Some folks think it's wrong for their government to be killing people, expanding a war, and lying about it, covering it up. These patriots wanting honesty spontaneously rallied at hundreds of college campuses across the country...including many in Indiana, Kentucky & Illinois. Always Remember/Never Forget
The video from January 1998 is a dash cam recording of what started as a routine traffic stop but resulted in death of a deputy officer. Deputy Kyle Dinkheller pulled over a truck on a range road 6 miles north of Dublin, Georgia. The man who got out of truck acted weird so Deputy Kyle Dinkheller called in for back up. Before the backup could arrive, the man from the truck pulled out a 30 caliber rifle and went straight towards the officer firing live shots at him. Deputy Kyle Dinkheller returned fire and wounded the culprit by a shot in the abdomen, but sustained severe, life threatening shots that later claimed his life. Suspect was apprehended the following morning and was sentenced to death in a trial a year later. He’s on death row waiting to be executed. Deputy Kyle Dinkheller was 22 year old when killed and was married to an expectant woman who gave birth to a boy in Septemb
Blue Ash, Ohio 8/28/2007
It's not nice to shoot at the police, they tend to shoot back!
Cop is shot while chasing suspects.
A fatal shooting of a driver by a police officer was caught on tape in northern Minnesota. The dashcam video shows Minnesota State Patrol Trooper Bryan Carey talking with a driver in November. Carey wound up breaking the window and firing seven times. He said the driver refused to get out and pulled a gun. The driver died as a result of his injuries, authorities said. A report released this week cleared the trooper of wrongdoing and called the shooting justified. Authorities said the driver, Ronald Hannuksela, 50, was wanted on several warrants. Carey had recognized Hannuksela and pulled him over, police said
Police Shooting
Be sure to watch the videos in proper sequence (first #1, then #2). These are videos of an officer-involved shooting. Watch the first video (from the onboard dash cam of the third cruiser involved in the high-speed chase) and make your best determination on whether this is a "good shooting" or not. Be sure to watch the pertinent part of the video several times. Once you have made your initial determination, watch video #2. This is from the onboard camera of the second cruiser that was involved in the high-speed chase. Does this change your mind? Moral of the story: Next time we see the video of the police using deadly force on the 6 O'clock news don't jump to any conclusions that the officer was not justified in his decision.
Be sure to watch the videos in proper sequence (first #1, then #2). These are videos of an officer-involved shooting. Watch the first video (from the onboard dash cam of the third cruiser involved in the high-speed chase) and make your best determination on whether this is a "good shooting" or not. Be sure to watch the pertinent part of the video several times. Once you have made your initial determination, watch video #2. This is from the onboard camera of the second cruiser that was involved in the high-speed chase. Does this change your mind? Moral of the story: Next time we see the video of the police using deadly force on the 6 O'clock news don't jump to any conclusions that the officer was not justified in his decision.
A film by Michael Moore Song: Marilyn Manson - the nobodies (acoustic version)