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Hekate

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8. What? The reaction was massive. The still photo of that teenage girl kneeling beside her friend with her arms flung wide

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:45 PM

14 hrs ago

…as she cried out in horror, was absolutely indelible.

It was the image, much as firehoses and police dogs set on peaceful Civil Rights marchers had been.

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It's a bit of a miracle that the fallout from the Kent State massacre wasn't bigger [View all] Tommy Carcetti 17 hrs ago OP

The reaction to Kent State was massive Jersey Devil 17 hrs ago #1

Well the military quickly put the blame on young National Guard soldiers. LakeVermilion 17 hrs ago #2

SecDef Kegbreath thomski64 17 hrs ago #3

As a 17 year old at the time living in the rural south, it was major news. Especially after CSNY released "Ohio" RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 17 hrs ago #4

My memory of the time is a bit fuzzy and I was just a teenager, with my own issues. ihaveaquestion 17 hrs ago #5

I heard the opposite of what everyone is saying. Baitball Blogger 17 hrs ago #6

Huge fallout Cirsium 14 hrs ago #7

What? The reaction was massive. The still photo of that teenage girl kneeling beside her friend with her arms flung wide Hekate 14 hrs ago #8