Friday, May 20, 2022

What if they made a film about him?

The guy who speaks at around 10:30 or thereabouts in this video.

NBC NEWS - "KENT STATE SHOOTING NEWS REPORTS (MAY 1970)" - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WXBV8OQPrzA

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"Arthur Selwyn Krause b. 11 Jan 1924 MAHONING, Ohio d. 19 Oct 1988 Monroeville, ALLEGHENY, Pennsylvania"

https://thelarrykinggen.com/getperson.php?personID=I309&tree=Krause

"In recalling other episodes of extreme violence in our country before May of 1970, he said: 

I feel a great sense of guilt because I realized what was going on but didn?t do a damn thing about it. Like most Americans these days, we sit on the fence and depend on the lawyer, the church, and the government to do whatever should be done, but if the government doesn't have the right people on the job, nothing will be done .... and we, the people, have to make the government good. Apathy will not be part of my make-up anymore. Apathy is what caused Kent State. 

In 1975, Arthur's four years of persistence paid off. The victims' families were given their day in court. Vindication should have been forthcoming. It was not.  Elaine Holstein recounts: 

It turned out to be many, many day--some of the most painful days of my life. As we sat in the courtroom and heard our lovely children vilified by the defendants and their lawyers ... I found myself increasingly seeking out Art, to become healed by his unshakeable determination and common sense and--most importantly--his humor. Even under the horrendous circumstances that brought us together ... Art's brilliant and sometimes bitter wit would break the tension and lift the oppressive burden we all carried and we would feel the blessed relief of laughter that enabled ...all of us to survive those terrible months. 

When the verdict was announced in favor of the National Guardsmen, it was Arthur that announced that the trial proved that the constitution had been destroyed."

A Tribute to Arthur Krause:
Delivered at Kent State University,
May 4 1989
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Kendra Lee Hicks

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