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Dear Health,
You claimed that they brought in the National Guard and ‘it stopped real quick’. I already pointed out, that kent State galvanized the anti-war movement. You said we should discuss the race riots. well here goes…….
1964 Harlem Three days of rioting. National Guard was not called in.
1965 Watts Six days of rioting. National Guard was called, and turned it into a war zone. Martial law. Absolute curfew. Snipers. It took a month.
1967 Detroit Around 100,000 members of the National Guard. Made it worse. Lost control of the city. LBJ sent the Army.
I am not sure what you want to say about the Sixties. But whatever it is, it seems to be a small part of the historical record.