It's May 4, and like every year I have conflicting emotions about this day. On the one hand, I'd love to get fully into the spirit of Star Wars Day and May the Fourth Be With You. On the other hand, this is the 54th anniversary of the day the Ohio National Guard opened fire on student protesters, killing four.
I remember that day vividly, even after all these years.
I've been thinking about May 4, 1970 a lot recently, as I watch the student protesters tear gassed and brutalized by the police and right-wing counter-protesters, as we were, see them misrepresented and lied about in the media, as we were, and pray that none will be murdered as students were at Kent State in Ohio and, a week later, at Jackson State in Mississippi.
@joyce
If it helps, I've had some conversations with an ex-NG guy (joined after 1970). He says that current NG training now has a big section on handling protests. It covers Kent State, what went wrong, and how nothing like it can ever be allowed to happen again.
So it sounds like they, at least, learned from it.
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