Ed Helms
speaker
9,380 appearances
79 recordings
18 series
first heard Dec 2024
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Ed Helms’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They issued warnings in advance and usually struck at night when offices were empty.
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But they wouldn't avoid casualties.
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On one tragic occasion, a Weather Underground bomb accidentally detonated inside a townhouse in New York City in the West Village, killing two members of the group.
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The peace movement was worried that all this escalation would discredit the movement.
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And soon, that escalation would be brutally answered by the government.
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On May 4th, 1970, at Kent State University, more than 2,000 students gathered to protest the war.
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The scene was tense.
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The National Guard fired tear gas into the crowd, then protesters threw rocks.
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Then the National Guard fired 67 shots into the crowd.
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Nine unarmed students were injured.
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and four were killed.
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The war was coming home in a horrifying way, which Neil Young eloquently captured in Ohio, a song he wrote in the immediate aftermath of Kent State.
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It was the first time American citizens were killed while protesting the war.
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In a Gallup poll, fifty-eight percent of Americans blamed the students for the shooting.
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The peace movement was growing tired and exasperated.
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And on top of all that, there was a growing paranoia amongst activists in John and Bonnie's community, a lingering feeling that a very powerful force was watching from the shadows.
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According to Bonnie, it was easy to suss out the spies.
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The peace movement had a certain fashion sense: long hair, second-hand clothing, leather fringe, tie-dye, but occasionally one would spot somebody in the corner wearing all that stuff with a crew cut, and wingtip shoes, also wielding a camera.
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Everywhere, marches, meetings, you know, peaceful, legal, constitutionally protected assemblies.
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And worse.
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