Quote:Oh, I get that completely. My point is that if cops crossed the protest line and joined the protestors on site, rather than in advance, when the National Guard starting shooting, there would be armed cops among the protestors that would shoot back. Not to mention unarmed cops who would do their damnedest to get weapons from the Guardsmen. Idealists who believe in joining a peaceful student protest probably also believe in "To Protect and Serve." Ebony the Black Dragon
IIRC, one of the points of the Kent State protest was that it was a _Peaceful_ protest. It's not beyond the pale for the policemen involved to have laid down arms (symbolicaly or literally) as a part of participation in this, which keeps your escalation back to 'normal'
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