There might have been confusion during the time, but now we have hour-by-hour accounts of what Gwangju's citizens were going through. Paratroopers were beating

There might have been confusion during the time, but now we have hour-by-hour accounts of what Gwangju's citizens were going through. Paratroopers were beating citizens to death starting on 5/18. Protests escalated. On 5/20, all reporters of the regional Jeonnam Maeil Newspaper resigned in protest, leaving this note that later became famous: We saw, with our two eyes, people being dragged like dogs and slaughtered. But we could not write a single line on the paper. So we put down our pens in shame. On 5/21, there were thousands of protesters in front of the Jeonnam Provincial Office. On 1 pm, paratroopers started firing indiscriminately into protesters. Citizens began raiding armories that afternoon.