Because I am truly older than dirt, I have a very clear remembrance of the day of the Kent State killings. I was in high school, and knew more than a few of those young men who in a year or two (if they didn’t get into college and get a deferment) would be drafted. They were in dread.
The protests in the nation were ramping up, and were, in large part, organized and attended by the 18-25 year olds.
The absolute horror of seeing national guard members open fire and just shoot into a crowd of unarmed students and/or protestors (not all of them are protesters, a lot of of them were just students walking across campus to their next class) - it took your breath away and felt like a stomach punch.
It still makes me very queasy… and for sure, I am feeling like we have more of this coming, and I feel like there will be even less hesitation for law enforcement to fire into crowds. I fear for all of us.