June 3rd and 4th

Protests in the square for democratic reforms had been going for around a month. College students by the thousands had assembled, and ordinary citizens were starting to use the protests for their own gains. After many marches and attempts to communicate with the government the students were getting angry. The government had been debating imposing martial law. The standing commitee had been very divided on the issue, but the top leaders of the government, known as the Eight Elders, took matter into their own hands. Martial law was declared and the military rolled in. The military was surprised at the ferocity that the citizens fought with. They set fire to buses and made human walls to stop the military's advance. The soldiers first used rubber bullets, but seeing them to be ineffect the used real ammo, killing and injuring thousands. Most of the deaths occured on Fuxingmenwai Boulevard, a major street leading to the square, despite its name few if any deaths occured in the square. When military personnel finally reached the square, they asked the student protesters to leave peacefully. They voted to leave, which was a good choice, who knows how many would have died.