ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) _ Friends and family are returning to South Carolina State University to remember three men killed and 27 injured after being shot by police at the school during a civil rights protest.
Tuesday marks the 43rd anniversary of the incident that became known as the Orangeburg Massacre.
On Feb. 8, 1968, state troopers and police opened fire on a group of students who were protesting a segregated bowling alley after a tense standoff. None of the officers were injured.
An FBI investigation led to charges against nine troopers involved in the shooting, but a jury of 10 whites and two blacks acquitted them, finding they acted in self-defense.
Federal agents refused to reopen the case in 2007.
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