May 4th Center director Alan Canfora is putting out a call for more independent analysis of audio evidence he says makes it clear - there was a military command to "fire" right before dozens of shots rang out in 1970, killing four unarmed students.

 

Canfora says he's received little cooperation from the U.S. Justice Department, and also he'll turn to Ohio Governor John Kasich and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine for help.

 

"We're going forward with appeals to the Justice Department as well as to the government of Ohio, we're gonna be going to other sound experts to analyze this evidence," Canfora tells AkronNewsNow.com. "So we're gonna build up a 'great wall of truth', and pretty soon nobody will be able to deny about the order to fire at Kent State."

 

Those in the May 4th Center group say they're not looking for prosecution or money, only truth, and say they'd welcome a political resolution as long as it leads to the truth.

 

Canfora also called for National Guardsmen who fired on May 4th, 1970 to come forward, and urged immunity from prosecution for them.

 

He said the time for animosity against the rank-and-file Guardsmen is "over",

 

"Many of us here now believe that those Guardsmen who were ordered to fire, have had the burden on their shoulders all these years forced upon them by their commanding officers who denied giving the order," Canfora told a news conference Thursday. "So that's not been fair to those Guardsmen, and in a way, they've been victimized just as we have. So that's why we're asking them to join with us now for the sake of truth, but also for the sake of healing."

 

Canfora says he believes the effort is moving into "checkmate".