allison krause
Before the shootings, Krause and her boyfriends, Barry Levine, talked to a guardsmen, Myers. He said that he didn’t want to be on the campus, but was required to stay with the troop. An officer came over to discipline Myers for talking to them. This exchange happened-
O: ‘Doesn't your division have target practice
next week, Myers?’
M: ‘Yes, sir’
O: ‘Are you going there with that silly flower?’
M: ‘No, sir’
O: ‘Then what is it doing in your rifle barrel?’
M: ‘It was a gift, sir’
O: ‘Do you always accept gifts Myers?’
M: ‘No, sir’
O:’Then why did you accept this one?’
No answer
O: (Holding out his hand) ‘What are you going to
do with it Myers?’
Myers feebly began to remove the lilac
O: ‘That's better Myers. Now straighten up and
start acting like a soldier and forget all this
peace stuff,’” (Levine’s eulogy for Krause, http://www.may4archive.org/ allison_krause.shtml)
Before the officer disposed of the lilac, Krause took it. She said, “‘What’s the matter with peace? Flowers are better than bullets!’” to the officer as he left. That would soon become her epitaph.
O: ‘Doesn't your division have target practice
next week, Myers?’
M: ‘Yes, sir’
O: ‘Are you going there with that silly flower?’
M: ‘No, sir’
O: ‘Then what is it doing in your rifle barrel?’
M: ‘It was a gift, sir’
O: ‘Do you always accept gifts Myers?’
M: ‘No, sir’
O:’Then why did you accept this one?’
No answer
O: (Holding out his hand) ‘What are you going to
do with it Myers?’
Myers feebly began to remove the lilac
O: ‘That's better Myers. Now straighten up and
start acting like a soldier and forget all this
peace stuff,’” (Levine’s eulogy for Krause, http://www.may4archive.org/ allison_krause.shtml)
Before the officer disposed of the lilac, Krause took it. She said, “‘What’s the matter with peace? Flowers are better than bullets!’” to the officer as he left. That would soon become her epitaph.
Above: Allison Krause (http://dept.kent.edu/may4/allison.html)