Chapter 29: A time of Upheaval

It was really interesting reading about all the college’s protests against the Vietnam War. I tried to picture myself in that situation, what if students at NDNU began to protest; would I protest along with others? I feel like I would protest only if it was for a good cause, but when the time came down to it I don’t think I would. I am the type of person to stay away from the violence’s, and the college protests were full of violence not by the students, but by the law enforcement. It was really sad to read how these college students held peaceful boycotts and protests, then the law enforcement had just began shooting these college students and killing them. When reading this section it reminded me a lot of Ferguson, Missouri. How people were protesting about a teenager being killed and another who was killed in the same matter in the next town over. The law enforcement began to arrest people for walking on the street and bringing in tanks to suppress the protest. The law enforcement treated the people in the protest as if they were Isis in Iran. I do not think it was necessary to bring in tanks and machine guns to suppress a protest that was not violent. It’s sort of the exactly the same thing as the college protest, was it really necessary for the police to shoot into the women’s dormitory as a response to the protest. It is also like how the African-American protested for Civil Right, they created no violence, but the police would beat them. I really cannot wrap my head around why during all these peaceful protest why law enforcement are the first to create violence and make the situation more dangerous. Aren't law enforcement supposed to protect us from danger? But in these cases they create the danger and treat the civilians as if they are enemies from war.