[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 165 (Tuesday, December 14, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2124]
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  ``TRUTH EMERGING IN KENT STATE COLD CASE HOMICIDE'' BY LAUREL KRAUSE

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 14, 2010

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, this prose by Laurel Krause is entered 
into the Congressional Record at the request of Laurel Krause, whose 
sister Allison Krause was shot and killed as she protested the Vietnam 
War at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Laurel is the co-founder 
and director of the Kent State Truth Tribunal.

          Truth Emerging in the Kent State Cold Case Homicide

     The government crossed the line
     in the killing of four young people
     in the killing of our Allison
     as she rallied against the war on May 4, 1970
     A civil rights battle on U.S. soil in our times
     Kent State is personal for us yet important for all

     Arthur Krause knew the importance
     of the Kent State Tape
     My dad knew it held the truth
     of what happened at Kent State
     even though back in 1970
     and until just recently
     truth from the Kent State Tape was locked up
     in a jumbled maze of analog antiquity
     Dad passed away over 20 years ago
     He knew the truth in the Kent State Tape

     A patriot and WWII soldier
     Dad believed the American dream
     When Allison his firstborn
     a freshman at Kent State University
     was protesting the Vietnam war on her campus
     He never anticipated the American apocalypse
     our family would endure
     at the hands of our government

     Like Sandy, Jeff and Bill
     our Allison was shot dead at Kent State
     Homicide by national guard gunfire
     Dad knew they got away with murder
     at Kent State University
     just after noon on May 4, 1970

     Over the next ten years
     Dad sought truth and justice at Kent State
     demanding to know what happened to our Allison
     Taking it to the courts yielded only
     road blocks, cover-ups and threats
     Every effort to uncover and face
     the deadly inhumanity of Kent State
     was completely thwarted

     A series of seamless stonewalls
     Never examining the wrongs of Kent State
     No accountability for the killings of Kent State
     Not one person or group ever held responsible
     Not one apology uttered

     Yet governmental claims were consistent:
     There was no order to fire
     The Guard reacted to sniper fire
     The Guard felt under attack from the students

     A government-fabricated pack of lies
     that has now transformed
     into the recorded history
     of the killings of Kent State
     That is . . . until 2010
     and the examination of the Kent State Tape

     40 years after the shootings
     the Kent State Tape that Dad held so dear
     that was evidence in his court cases
     finally examined using
     tools of state-of-the-art audio technology
     unlocking the true record of what occurred
     at Kent State on May 4, 1970

     Sounds expertly analyzed by
     world-class forensic scientist Stuart Allen
     commissioned by the Cleveland Plain Dealer
     to explore the Kent State Tape
     for the very first time

     Whether copy or original is moot
     Truth is recorded in the Kent State Tape
     A tape does not remember, forget or change its story
     The Kent State Tape does not lie

     At the Kent State Truth Tribunal in NYC
     October 2010 with Stuart Allen examining
     Hearing and unraveling the labyrinth of deadly sounds
     including shots and national guard commands
     and a violent altercation with FBI-paid Terry Norman
     all contributing to the shootings at Kent State 1970

     The government denied
     orders to fire were isolated, heard and verified
     orders of Guard, Prepare to Fire
     orders of Alright, Guard, Fiii-
     with the last word of the deadly order stepped on
     by a barrage of 67 shots over 13 seconds

     At unarmed students changing classes at noon
     At unarmed students more than a football field away
     At unarmed students rallying against the Vietnam War
     At unarmed students rallying against the military occupation 
           of their campus
     in a battle where American dissent was also slaughtered

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