In 1968, Richard Nixon ran his presidential campaign with a general promise for “peace with honor” for the Vietnam War. Believing in Richard Nixon and his plans for the active Vietnam War, Americans voted him into office, hoping that he would maintain his promise in ending the War. Americans then waited for President Nixon to live up to his promise, it appeared he was doing just that. Regardless, on April 30, 1970, President Nixon gave a speech, televised to the public, where he announced that United States forces had invaded Cambodia as a defensive maneuver because North Vietnamese forces had aggressively moved into Cambodia. Even though President Nixon said that this would allow the United States to leave Vietnam much sooner, many Americans thought that this invasion of Cambodia would force the Vietnam War to extend. In response to this new invasion, many people around the world, especially college students, started to protest against this. On May 1, 1970, students at Kent State began to protest. A rally was held by students, where they created a bonfire, and started throwing beer bottles at the campus police. The mayor then believed that the campus was in a state of emergency, he sent out a call for help to suppress the rallying and protesting students. The governor sent the Ohio National Guard to the school on May 2, 1970. An abandoned building was soon set on fire by protestors, which caused the Ohio National Guard to enter the campus and use tear gas to suppress the crowd. On May 4, 1970, there was a student rally schedule for noon, where the National Guard commanded students to leave. When the students refused to leave the rally zone, the National Guard attempted to use tear gas to force them out. However, the wind was too heavy, and tear gas was ineffective, so the National Guard proceeded to progress upon the crowd with bayonets attached to their rifles. The crowd finally dispersed, yet the Guardsmen stayed there for roughly ten minutes before they began to retreat. For a reason that is still unknown, about six Guardsmen turned and began firing upon the crowd. Some students dived to ground, while others just ducked down because they were unaware that the fire was directed at them. A total of four students were killed and nine were injured, while a total of 67 bullets were recorded being shot in 13 seconds. It was said that the troopers fired at the crowd because they heard sniper fire, a reporter who was at the protest did not see or hear any sort of sniper fire. Charges that were filed against the troops were dismissed by a federal judge, while no soldiers spent any time in prison. In 1979, a large amount of money was paid to the wounded and the families of the deceased to resolve domestic suits. The events of the Kent State, shooting clearly served as a turning point in student anti-war movements, which did in fact upset many across the nation and caused the amount of protests at schools across the country to increase.