{"id":2237231,"date":"2024-05-04T14:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T18:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-members-relate-pro-palestinian-protest-crackdowns-to-kent-state-massacre-on-54th-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2024-05-04T14:40:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T18:40:25","slug":"squad-members-relate-pro-palestinian-protest-crackdowns-to-kent-state-massacre-on-54th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-members-relate-pro-palestinian-protest-crackdowns-to-kent-state-massacre-on-54th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Squad members draw parallels between pro-Palestinian protest crackdowns and Kent State massacre on 54th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsquad-members-relate-pro-palestinian-protest-crackdowns-to-kent-state-massacre-on-54th-anniversary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2237231&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Reps. Cori Bush and\u200c Ilhan Omar\u200c highlighted parallels between current campus police responses and the tragic \u200cKent State University massacre. On the anniversary of the\u200c incident, they emphasized \u2063the importance \u200bof students&#8217; rights to protest\u200c peacefully. Other \u200bactivists, \u200dincluding \u2062Nina Turner and\u200b Maya Wiley, also expressed\u200b solidarity,\u200c remembering the victims from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wayne-root-i-stand-with-president-trump-we-will-always-stand-with-trump\/\" title=\"WAYNE ROOT: I Stand with President Trump, We Will Always Stand With Trump\">tragic event<\/a> in 1970. \u2063Reps. Cori Bush and Ilhan Omar drew connections between current campus police actions and \u2063the Kent State University\u200c tragedy. They stressed student rights to peaceful protest on the anniversary. Activists like Nina Turner and Maya Wiley joined in solidarity, honoring the victims of the 1970 event.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Reps. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cori-bush\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Cori Bush<\/a> (D-MO) and <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ilhan-omar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ilhan Omar<\/a> (D-MN) compared current law enforcement reactions on <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campus-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secretary-of-state-michael-pompeo-time-to-put-wokeism-to-sleep\/\" title=\"Secretary of State Michael Pompeo: Time to 'Put Wokeism to Sleep'\">university campuses<\/a><\/a> to the National Guard that committed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1152166\/biden-says-40-were-shot-at-kent-state-in-1970-when-four-students-were-killed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kent State University Massacre\">Kent State University massacre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday was the 54th anniversary of National Guardsmen opening fire on Kent State students who were mid-protest. At the time, students were protesting the bombing of Cambodia. Four people were fatally shot, and another nine were injured. While many students have been arrested in recent weeks in the name of pro-Palestinian causes, none have reported injuries or deaths as a result of clashes with police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c54 years ago, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ohio<\/a> National Guard opened fire on unarmed students at Kent State. Students have a right to speak out, organize, and protest systemic wrongs,\u201d Omar wrote on X. \u201cWe can\u2019t silence those expressing dissent, no matter how uncomfortable their protests may be to those in power.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>54 years ago, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed students at Kent State. <\/p>\n<p>Students have a right to speak out, organize, and protest systemic wrongs. <\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t silence those expressing dissent, no matter how uncomfortable their protests may be to those in power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ilhan\/status\/1786757672764883053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOn the 54th anniversary of the Kent State Massacre, students across our country are being brutalized for standing up to endless war,\u201d Bush wrote. \u201cOur country must learn to actually uphold the rights of free speech &#038; assembly upon which it was founded. Solidarity with our students.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>On the 54th anniversary of the Kent State Massacre, students across our country are being brutalized for standing up to endless war.<\/p>\n<p>Our country must learn to actually uphold the rights of free speech &#038; assembly upon which it was founded.<\/p>\n<p>Solidarity with our students\ud83d\udc9c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Congresswoman Cori Bush (@RepCori) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepCori\/status\/1786753879624782224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Other activists joined in, including failed congressional candidate Nina Turner and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights President Maya Wiley. Turner included the victims\u2019 names of the May 4, 1970, incident, who were Allison Krause, Jeffrey Glenn Miller, Sandra Lee Scheuer, and William Knox Schroeder. They were all between the ages of 19 and 20 when they died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we see antiwar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campus-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>protesters on campuses<\/a>. We must not repeat history,\u201d Turner wrote.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>54 years ago today, 4 students at Kent State University were killed while protesting war.<\/p>\n<p>Allison Krause, 19<br \/>Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20<br \/>Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20<br \/>William Knox Schroeder, 19<\/p>\n<p>Today, we see antiwar protesters on campuses. <\/p>\n<p>We must not repeat history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zfw5egPBo3\">pic.twitter.com\/Zfw5egPBo3<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Nina Turner (@ninaturner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ninaturner\/status\/1786763702579912890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We should never forget the 4 students shot and killed at Kent State in 1970 for any-war protests. Imagine if a student had been shot or killed at Columbia? All students deserve to be safe and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cannabis-users-hospitalised-with-psychiatric-issues-up-74-per-cent-since-scotlands-quasi-decriminalisation\/\" title=\"Cannabis Users Hospitalised with Psychiatric Issues Up 74 Per Cent Since Scotland's Quasi-Decriminalisation\">police involvement<\/a> can be its own escalation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/clT7THdl1S\">https:\/\/t.co\/clT7THdl1S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mayawiley\/status\/1786351706550178039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine if a student had been shot or killed at Columbia? All students deserve to be safe and police involvement can be its own escalation,\u201d Wiley wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Omar visited the Columbia campus, where she walked and shook hands with those in the \u201canti-war <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/2979231\/nypd-chief-defends-involvement-in-columbia-protests-after-aocs-critique\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">encampment<\/a>.\u201d Her daughter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2970963\/ilhan-omars-daughter-suspended-barnard-college-anti-israel-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isra Hirsi<\/a>, was arrested for her part in the\u00a0protests\u00a0and subsequently suspended from Barnard College, a women\u2019s liberal arts college offshoot of Columbia University.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reps. Cori Bush (D-MO) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) linked current campus police responses to the Kent State massacre by the National Guard. This marked the 54th anniversary of the tragic event where Guardsmen shot protesting students. The students were demonstrating against the Cambodia bombing, resulting in four casualties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2237232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24068061267520-2-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2237231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24068061267520-2-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2237231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2237232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2237231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2237231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2237231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}