A comparison of real leadership and what we have now in office; I was in the Bay Area at the time. Ronald Reagan Calls In National Guard-UC-Berkley-1969. The rifles have fixed bayonets on them. What’s happening in Ferguson wouldn’t be happening now under Reagan. Reagan called out 2,200 state National Guard troops to occupy the city of Berkeley for two weeks to crack down on the protesters. A year after Bloody Thursday, Reagan responded to questions about campus protest movements saying, If it takes a bloodbath, lets get it over with. No more appeasement”. Conversely, in that one afternoon, Bloody Thursday, 111 police officers were injured, including one C.H.P. officer who was knifed in the chest. After calling in the National Guard, the Guard remained in Berkeley for 17 days, https://youtube/watch?v=KcfJhPVYKrk
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:45:08 +0000