Justin:

I was in the National Guard at the time of Kent State shootings. It was a massive breakdown of command and control and both a strategic and tactical disaster. It has been used for years by the National Guard during riot control training as a TRULY good Awful Example.

Those involved WERE investigated and tried and found not guilty (not, please note, "innocent") at the time in an atmosphere of "they got what they deserved!" Three years later, when I was LIVING two minutes from Kent State, there was embarrassment over the verdict.

It is not the rank-and-file who should have been tried, but the leadership for the multiple failures involved.

I shan't discuss this further, but I DAMNED well wanted to set the record straight.