Might be time to refresh ourselves with what happened to the Bonus Army in the Summer of 1932:
The Bonus Army was the popular name of an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers—17,000 World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C., in the spring and summer of 1932 to demand cash-payment redemption of their service certificates. Its organizers called it the Bonus Expeditionary Force to echo the name of World War I’s American Expeditionary Force, while the media called it the Bonus March. It was led by Walter W. Waters, a former Army sergeant. On July 28, U.S. Attorney General William D. Mitchell ordered the veterans removed from all government property. Washington police met with resistance, shots were fired and two veterans were wounded and later died. Veterans were also shot dead at other locations during the demonstration. President Herbert Hoover then ordered the army to clear the veterans’ campsite. Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur commanded the infantry and cavalry supported by six tanks. The Bonus Army marchers with their wives and children were driven out, and their shelters and belongings burned.
Maybe the Bonus Army should have had a plan to capture political leaders if things turned bad.
The probable response to today’s abuses will not be another Bonus Army.
Think “Enemies Foreign and Domestic”.
Or “Unintended Consequences”.
What you posted is the NPR version of events.
The Bonus marchers were infiltrated by communist agitators. On arrival at DC, the commies split off and occupied federal buildings under construction. The DC cops tried to evict them, and they were met by rocks, bottles and gunfire. At least one cop died with many injured. The military was called out to evict the commies who had tried to bring about a communist coup.
These were NOT bonus marchers, They were communist agitators.