Chances of a Kent State-like event occurring in the next four years?

[Aviation Pro]

Pretty high. Remember and burn these into your memory.

[RJ-MacReady]

1. fairly high

Though I suspect if it were to happen today there would be armed retaliation.

[Irish_Dem]

2. 90% probability based on current events.

[milestogo]

3. Not just one event, but lots of them.

[pdxflyboy]

4. Aviation Pro, I think this is very possible....

But I think there will also be a possibility of a Tiananmen Square type of massacre at one of our large protest rallies. I hope I'm wrong.

[surrealAmerican]

5. Not to worry.

Today's news media will tell us the students were all terrorists.

[Sequoia]

6. I remember it

We were youngsters but shocked. Adults upset because the students were against the Vietnam War.

[Ping Tung]

7. Almost inevitable.

The most disheartening thing about the murders was that the public backed the National Guard.

[notinkansas]

8. What public would that be?

I recall the Guard being vilified for doing that.

[Ferryboat]

11. People like my dad

This was the moment I realized my dad and I saw things differently.

Suspension from school, 1 week because some students wore a black armband. 8th grade.

[Ping Tung]

13. Polls showed that a large majority supported the murders.

Many people considered the protesters to be traitors, communists, or subversives guided by (take your pick) Moscow, Beijing, or Havana. We were dangerous because we kept exposing the lies that protected the killers of the innocents and the the endless atrocities. The public was frightened that the mighty USA might lose a war to a bunch of poor non-white people on the other side of the world.

[notinkansas]

14. Some people probably supported the National Guard,

but my recollection is that most were rightfully appalled that peacefully protesting college students were gunned down for no reason.

I guess we just remember things differently.

[coffeenap]

9. Some were issuing warnings about the

upcoming 50 state protests, since no big orgs have indicated their involvement. Some folks are concerned that they are a setup by outsiders who plan to do violent things, so encouraging martial law. Not saying I agree, just that I saw these concerns out there. I guess all protests are inherently risky that way.

[Lemons UK]

10. More like four weeks. Spring is coming....

[Prairie Gates]

12. Kent State? You're an optimist! Tianamman Square, Tlatelolco more likely

Trump desperately wanted to use live rounds against George Floyd protesters on his way to his upside down Bible photo-op. Only Miley stopped him, and you know what's happened to Miley since.

An unchecked Trump police force and militia will open fire on large crowds of protestors, killing dozens if not hundreds. It's not if but when.