May 4th, 1970 General Canterbury, gave the order that the demonstrators must disperse. They even drove around in a jeep telling the protestors that the rally was banned, and that they must disperse. Then the protesters, began throwing things at the jeep, so the jeep retreated. The Guard was ordered, by Canterbury, to load and lock their weapons, and fire tear gas canisters into the crowd around the Victory Bell, and then ordered the Guard to march in an attempt to disperse the rally. The protestors, were pushed into the Prentice Hall parking lot as well as the football field. As the Guard assembled on top of a small hill, twenty-eight of the more than seventy Guardsmen turned suddenly and fired their rifles and pistols. Some of the guardsmen
Hurley to intervene. Hurley not Hoover ordered General Douglas MacArthur get control of the situation and bring an end the rioting. On September 28, 1932 General MacArthur issued a statement about the riot on July 28, 1932. MacArthur did not mention the extreme use of military force he employed to put down the riot. He did not discuss the use of tear gas on marchers and their women and children, nor did he mention setting fire to their shanties. However, he did state “it is my opinion that had the President not acted today, had he permitted things to go for 24 more hours, he would have been faced with a grave situation…I believe that the institutions of our Government would have been very severely threatened.” The fact that no one was seriously injured and no real bloodshed occurred during the military action is amazing. The Anacostia Flats encampment was set ablaze, the other encampment had been vacated, and the so called bonus marchers had been forced out of the city by the nations
On May 1 1970 a massive demonstration was held at Kent State, on the Commons (a grassy area in the center of campus that is used as a gathering place for rallies) and another one was planned for May 4. The students were angry and there were many who were calling to "bring the war home."
Earlier in the weekend, university officials banned all protests and assemblies on campus. Students ignored this ruling and began congregating around eleven AM for the scheduled twelve noon protest. When the protest began, a Kent State police officer patrolled the campus with several guardsmen in a jeep announcing that the protest was illegal and everyone must leave the campus immediately. In response to this dispersion call, the students became violent, throwing rocks and attacking the jeep. The general in charge of the guardsmen in Kent, General Canterbury, ordered the guardsmen to arm themselves and fire tear gas in an attempt to disperse the crowd. As the crowd of
As the march was going on with the veterans, bricks were being thrown at the marchers and gas was used. Some were killed during their march which was not expected to happen. No matter
The influence of political factors and change cannot be ignored when weighing up the most significant cause of rebellion throughout the Tudor period. Both in England and Ireland, political unrest was common among all of the Tudor Monarchs meaning it was a consistent factor in all rebellions across the era. The main problems came from self-serving greed, with plans to overthrow the Monarchs in order to position someone who would be in their favour or get rid of corrupt advisors in order to attain more political influence.
The English Civil War was one of the most radical wars of its time It sparked rebellions similar to Spain and France It had economic components, religious components, territory components and government/policies components. I am going to talk about the economic components which I think had a major play.
On April 30,1970, President Richard Nixon announced the invasion of Cambodia by the United States and the need to draft over 150,000 soldiers to help in the Vietnam effort. Many colleges across the nation reacted in protest. One college in particular was Kent State University in Ohio. On May 4, students engulfed in violent measures including setting the ROTC building on fire. This prompted the governor of Ohio to send nine hundred National Guardsmen to campus. Twenty-eight guardsman opened fire among the protesters, killing four students and injuring nine others. Many other colleges across the nation engaged in similar acts of protest following the invasion.
In 1965 a group of Civil Rights activist decided to march to highlight the racial injustices of black people. The march was in response to a deacon, Jimmie Lee Jackson, being gunned down during a protest in Alabama while trying to protect his mother. SCLC or the southern Christian leaders conference organized a march from Selma to Montgomery. The marchers only made it to Edmund Pettus Bridge before state troopers and local lawmen stopped them (Selma to Montgomery March). The marchers stopped and stood two by two along the bridge and did not move a muscle. Because the officials did not like what the March stood for they rushed the marchers and beat them. They threw tear gas into the crowd of marchers while people stood around and cheered. President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered the national guard of Alabama to protect the marchers to ensure they could successfully march from Selma to Montgomery. A government affiliated agency had to come and protect protestors from the very people meant to protect them. A situation like this is modeled in the Color Purple when the mayor beats Sofia. People stand by and watch a high government official beat a civilian and do nothing. In both cases the beatings were because the Mayor in The Color Purple and the police officers did not agree with someone standing up for themselves and saying
On May Day, the protests in Seattle turned violent resulting in nine people being arrested and five officer injuries. Among the violence that happened, rocks and Molotov cocktails were thrown at police as well as property. These May Day protests were mostly about anti-capitalism. Luckily for the police of Seattle, they were already prepared for this kind of act to occur as similar May Day protests have occurred in the past in Seattle. Of course, Ed Murray, the mayor, thanked the police for handling the situation well and disapproved of the violence that erupted.
700 people arrested on April 30. It also inspired student protests across the country. Today, we spend the hour looking back at this pivotal moment. We are joined by Raymond Brown, former leader of the Student Afro-American Society; Nancy Biberman, a Barnard College student who joined the protests as a member of Students for Democratic Society; Mark Rudd, chair of the Columbia Fifty years ago today, on April 23, 1968, hundreds of students at Columbia University in New York started a revolt on campus. They occupied five buildings, including the president’s office in Low Library, then students barricaded themselves inside the buildings for days. They were protesting Columbia’s ties to military research and plans to build a university gymnasium
On April 17th, 1989, university students gathered in Tiananmen Square, the national landmark which has held important national and international events throughout history. The death of Yaobang Hu, a resigned Chinese Communist Party (CCP) general secretary, resulted in massive mourning by students. Over time, the mourning turned into a demonstration: university students in China protested, viewing the CCP as a corrupt government. The demonstration grew due to the belief that democratic ideals would repeal the corruption that was emerging. However, the movement itself was seen as a rebellion against the CCP. After two months of protesting, the government decided to impose martial law upon Beijing to take back the square from the protesters. The
The English Civil War were multiple events of armed battles and political machinations between Parliamentarians(Roundheads) and Royalists(Cavaliers) over the English government.
involvement in the Vietnam War. Draft sheets were burned, speeches were made, and copies of the Constitution were buried to symbolize the murder of the Constitution. No violence was started until local police showed up to end the protest. The violence eventually led to the National Guard being called to take care of the situation. What pursued was the shooting of unarmed university students, which ended with four dead and nine wounded.
In 17th century, series of rebellions and civil wars occurred, known famously as the English Revolution. These events occurred primarily as the result of a power struggle between Parliament and the king. The revolutions served to decide how the power would be distributed in the English government.
I attended catechism every week up until my confirmation and am well-versed with the opposition’s stance. Normally, the protestors outside would not have given me pause, but today they were entering into new territory. They were particularly raucous. Yelling at patients not to “kill their unborn children,” telling people “they were going to hell,” and all the while the horn sounded in the background. Many of the women entering the health center looked frightened. They hurried inside wide-eyed, glancing over their shoulders at the tumultuous crowd. I understand and recognize the right to protest peacefully as an essential part of protecting free speech in this country, but on this day the protesters were blatantly harassing and intimidating