the guardsmen
One would not think of the guardsmen as being victims, but Alan Canfora has forgiven enough that he does. He “[thinks] that... those National Guardsmen that were ordered to shoot and they carried out the order, they pulled the triggers, they did the killing, I really think, in a philosophical way, that you could say they became victims as well... they were victimized in an oblique kind of way,” for the guardsmen feel guilty and are still haunted by this day. The Guard officials blamed the soldiers, but there was an order to fire, so they just followed their obligations. Canfora is not going to sue the guardsmen, “even with the officers... put it aside, the question of guilt and... punishment and retribution, and revenge. [He] think[s] we should... banish those thoughts and basically focus on the question of truth and justice and get those guys to join with us and tell the truth so we can have learned a very important historical lesson, and so that future governors, and National Guard Commanders, and police officials, and other law enforcement officials can learn the tragedy of the shooting American citizens in cold blood, when it’s not right to do.”