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ALT Image description from Wikipedia: John Filo's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio kneeling over the dead body of Jeffrey Miller minutes after the unarmed student was fatally shot by an Ohio National Guardsman. Mary Ann Vecchio gestures and screams as she kneels by the body of a student, Jeffrey Miller, lying face down on the campus of Kent State University, in Kent, Ohio. On publication, the image was retouched to remove the fencepost above Vecchio's head. It is a historically significant photo of the event and one of the defining images of the Vietnam War. It is a Pulitzer prize-winning photo. There exist multiple, non-trivial mentions of the image in notable, mainstream sources. For example, CNN describes it as a "famous photograph", and NPR describes it as an "iconic photo."
![A Gallup Poll taken the day after the shootings reportedly showed that 58 percent of respondents blamed the students, 11 percent blamed the National Guard, and 31 percent expressed no opinion.[77] However, there was wide discussion as to whether these were legally justified shootings of American citizens, and whether the protests or the decisions to ban them were constitutional.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMv-0YyW8AAuYIA.jpg?name=orig)
ALT A Gallup Poll taken the day after the shootings reportedly showed that 58 percent of respondents blamed the students, 11 percent blamed the National Guard, and 31 percent expressed no opinion.[77] However, there was wide discussion as to whether these were legally justified shootings of American citizens, and whether the protests or the decisions to ban them were constitutional.
ALT TOMORROW come out to city hall & urge the city council to pass a ranked-choice ordinance RAISE YOUR VOICE RANK YOUR VOTE PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST Ranked-Choice Voting lets you rank candidates in order of preference, rather than just picking one. Think of your second + third choice as your "backup". Candidates with the least amount of votes are eliminated, and their votes are re-distributed to the voter's next favorite candidate until a candidate gets a majority of the vote. More candidates run More voters turnout More positive campaigns No more runoffs THIS WED (3/20) @ 6P Speak at the JC Council Meeting and urge the council to support an ordinance allowing voters to decide they want to adopt RCV for local elections Jersey City City Hall
ALT JERSEY CITY RALLY ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WE DEMAND SAFE STREETS! JOIN US & MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD: March 20th at City Hall 280 Grove Street 5pm- Rally 6pm- City Council Meeting Register at JCStreetSafety.eventbrite.com
