“Slight slide, and I’ll probably have to dig a bit, but the Ohio National Guard was involved in the Kent State situation, and as far as I know, was under the direction of Governor Rhodes.”
I don’t know if it’s a slight slide, I just read the Wiki article on this and so much of it is similar to what is happening now. Anti police riots (I mean protests), fires.
From Wiki...
“During the 1966 Homecoming Parade, protesters walked dressed in military paraphernalia with gas masks.”
Today, they dress all in black with their faces covered.
“On April 10, 1970, Jerry Rubin, a leader of the Youth International Party (also known as the Yippies), spoke on campus. In remarks reported locally, he said: “The first part of the Yippie program is to kill your parents. They are the first oppressors.” Two weeks after that, Bill Arthrell, an SDS member and former student, distributed flyers to an event in which he said he was going to napalm a dog. The event turned out to be an anti-napalm teach-in.[12]”
Jerry Rubin?? Kill your parents? And Bill Arthrell became what we despise most.. a liberal history teacher.
“Trouble exploded in town around midnight, when people left a bar and began throwing beer bottles at police cars and breaking windows in downtown storefronts”
Sounds familiar. Violent rioteers.
” A few members of the crowd began to throw beer bottles at the police, and then started yelling obscenities at them. “
Same today!
This is about when the mayor contacted the governor and he sent in the ONG, who I think came the next night?
But it is a repeat of what’s happening today. And I think many of the agitators were probably from outside the school.
I personally think, from what I’ve read, the ONG felt their lives were threatened. There were reports that maybe the crowd shot first so they fired back?
Do I think the bayonets a bit much? Perhaps.. but different times.
Remember these are the people who spit on, called names like baby killers, psychos, given the middle finger and I’m sure did worse to our vets coming back from a rotten war that we lost because our military was being micromanaged by LBJ and tied the military’s hands . Our vets were treated HORRIBLY by these so called protesters.
Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.. I was young when this happened and somewhat sheltered, except for when my dad took us to Sunday dinner at the Men’s Colony where he worked. (”Dad, are we safe?” “Oh yeah, he’s a murderer, not a rapist.” “Oh, okay” “But don’t talk to them.” “Ok.” Gets a stomach ache lol)
Petey
I graduated in 1965. I do remember that the “protestors” were not peaceful and they were throwing rocks -like today, they had provocateurs. Don’t recall too much else about it. Most people I knew back then were kinda like -well gee how stupid do you have to be to throw rocks at someone that’s armed? Media and anti-war activists made a big deal about it.
Normal people just shrugged and went about their daily grind. Later, in 1968 they watched the Democrat National Convention, and stood in their living rooms and cheered while the police arrested Yippies and clapped when they administered a baton here and there-and said BDT.