GuestJack: Fair points, but what much of what you say amounts to is that the State Troopers were inappropriately equipped and inadequately trained for the role they were put into. I think it would be QUITE wrong to attach blame to the troopers as individuals . . that belongs to those who decided to deploy them (and/or decided on the details of the deployment). (Actually, while some of your comments on "Ohio" are valid I think they miss the point . . it WAS and indeed is a song of the time, not a mature reflection on the events.)

And, McGrath, I agree 200% with your comments re: Bloody Sunday (which event we're - as in the British "institutions" - are still striving to cover up) - although again I'm very reluctant to attach blame to the individual "footsoldiers" involved. (However their level of training does mean that reluctance is not as strong as with the Kent State troopers . .)

G.