Jackson State killings

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The Jackson State killings were a 1970 incident in which police opened fire on students at Jackson State College in Mississippi during anti–Vietnam War and civil rights protests, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries.

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instanceOf historical event
mass shooting
police shooting
student protest incident
hasAftermath memorials at Jackson State University
national criticism of law enforcement response to campus protests
hasAlternativeName Jackson State College killings NERFINISHED
Jackson State shootings NERFINISHED
hasCause anti–Vietnam War protests
civil rights protests
racial tensions in Jackson, Mississippi
hasCommemoration annual memorial observances at Jackson State University
hasContext African American majority campus
segregation and discrimination in Mississippi
hasCountry United States of America NERFINISHED
hasDate 1970-05-15
hasImpactOn campus safety policies at historically Black colleges and universities
public debate over use of force against protesters
hasInvestigationBy President's Commission on Campus Unrest NERFINISHED
hasLegalOutcome no officers convicted
hasLocation Hinds County, Mississippi NERFINISHED
Jackson State College NERFINISHED
Jackson State University NERFINISHED
Jackson, Mississippi NERFINISHED
hasMediaCoverage national U.S. news media
hasMemorial Gibbs–Green Memorial Plaza NERFINISHED
hasNumberOfFatalities 2
hasNumberOfInjured 12
hasNumberOfShotsFired more than 150 rounds
hasPerpetrator Jackson Police Department officers NERFINISHED
Mississippi Highway Patrol officers NERFINISHED
hasSubjectOf documentaries on Vietnam War–era protests
historical studies of campus unrest
hasTimeOfDay shortly after midnight
hasVictim James Earl Green NERFINISHED
Phillip Lafayette Gibbs NERFINISHED
hasWeaponUsed police firearms
hasYear 1970
isPartOf history of African American higher education
history of police violence in the United States
isRelatedTo Kent State shootings NERFINISHED
occurredDuring Vietnam War era NERFINISHED
civil rights movement NERFINISHED
targetedGroup African American students
students
tookPlaceAt Alexander Hall (Jackson State College dormitory) NERFINISHED

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Kent State shootings relatedEvent Jackson State killings
U.S. invasion of Cambodia (1970) followedBy Jackson State killings