Above: Alan Canfora (Front, second to right) in a group of anti-war activist friends in 1970. His childhood friend, Frank Zeddel, a Vietnam War veteran and protestor, is on his right in the Superman shirt. Zeddel was at the Kent State Protest, and he sadly passed away in 2014. (Canfora's personal collection)
ALAN CANFORA'S THEORY
Alan Canfora believes that the massacre was a planned procedure, for about 12 guardsmen all grouped together and shot at the same exact time. There must have been an order to fire. In fact, the Strubbe tape proves that someone gave an order to fire, even though all of the commanding officers said they didn’t give the order.
He thinks that, from 12:00-12:34, it was a “hunting expedition.” The guardsmen chased the students and identified the protestors who had the flags and were the most active in the protests. Then, when they reached the top of this hill, they shot at their targets. Part of the reasoning for this conspiracy theory is that eight of the most radical and active protestors, including Canfora, were shot. He thinks it must have been a “very conscious plan.” The students even claimed that they heard the order to fire and some guardsmen testified to thinking they heard it, yet all of the commanding officers said that they didn’t commission an order.
He thinks that, from 12:00-12:34, it was a “hunting expedition.” The guardsmen chased the students and identified the protestors who had the flags and were the most active in the protests. Then, when they reached the top of this hill, they shot at their targets. Part of the reasoning for this conspiracy theory is that eight of the most radical and active protestors, including Canfora, were shot. He thinks it must have been a “very conscious plan.” The students even claimed that they heard the order to fire and some guardsmen testified to thinking they heard it, yet all of the commanding officers said that they didn’t commission an order.