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After the decision to not send in any troops to the campus, students remained slightly calmer. Though there were no guardsmen keeping them under control, the students had nothing to get angry over. University police continued to be the source of upset, as they repeatedly found themselves breaking up small, but slightly ===== violent rallies. On the evening of May 2, THE ROTC BUILDING WAS SET ON FIRE, but not so aggressively as to burn it to the ground. On May 3rd, THE DAY REMAINED QUIET. Around 8 pm, a gathering around the Victory Bell on campus was occurring.The university policemen set in place A NEW CURFEW for the student, and ensured nothing at this gathering turned violent or out-of-hand.

Students and other young people on May 4th began a peaceful protest on the Kent State campus, and the university policemen showed up to break up the rally. __Nothing really happened: no one was killed, not a single person injured. However, because nothing happened, the people had yet to realize how corrupt the government had become, and the awareness of the war issues did not get as widely spread. If the tragedy had occurred, then the news would have been spread nationwide__. Though it would have been absolutely horrible, more people across the country could understand wha t our government had turned to: violence and unjustness. Though this may be, on June 13, 1971 a man by the name of Daniel Ellsberg released the “PENTAGON PAPERS”. __The Pentagon Papers “compromised the U.S. military’s account of theatre activities during the Vietnam War” (Prados 1). It further exposed the corruptness of the government and lead to dispute at Watergate and the resignation of Nixon in 1974, despite not having the shooting at Kent state__. The rally, if there were to have been shots taken, would have triggered more anti-war responses. However, because at this point in time no one got injured or killed, people were happier; no one lost their loved one or friend. People continued to live their lives, but eventually – a couple months later – __THE NATIONAL GUARDSMEN WERE SENT IN TO AN Ohio State University RALLY AND SHOT SEVERAL INNOCENT PEOPLE__. Despite the decision to not send in the guards on May 4th, 1970, a __mass tragedy and its effects were bound to happen__. It was only a matter of when.

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