Little sign of new Kent State probe
m.upi.com | May 9th 2011 7:21 PM
KENT, Ohio, May 9 (UPI) -- Activists and survivors of the 1970 shooting
deaths at Ohio's Kent State University are urging the Justice Department to
review newly developed audio evidence.
A previously unknown audio tape of the shootings analyzed by The Cleveland
Plain Dealer last year contains what two forensic experts say sounds like an
order to Ohio National Guardsmen to open fire, as well as a violent scuffle
and four pistol shots before the volley.
Four students were killed on the campus May 4, 1970.
Shooting survivor Alan Canfora and his legal advisers met with Justice
Department officials in Cleveland last fall and requested a reopened federal
investigation.
On the tape, recorded from a dorm room, the word "Guard!" can be heard at
9.3 seconds. "All right, prepare to fire" begins at 19.5 seconds. "Get
down!" is spoken at 22.3 seconds. The final "Guard!" is at 23.7 seconds, and
the gunshots begin at 26 seconds.
The Civil Rights Division's response to a Freedom of Information Act request
by William Gordon, author of "Four Dead in Ohio," shows officials have
produced no reports, memos, analyses or other documents on the new tape
evidence.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, initiated a congressional inquiry but his
subcommittee was abolished when Republicans took over Congress after the
2010 election.
Original Page: http://m.upi.com/m/story/UPI-87101304983293/
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