I didn’t see the incident but I was in the Army and drew a CID investigation for being observed being at a Kitty Hawk protest in Tacoma in 1972, I was merely watching it and talking to participants of the protest.
In the 1980s when I was with the French a couple of them were critical that American NCOs and officers carried unloaded pistols and referenced the Kitty Hawk and parts of ships that were off limits to leadership and unsafe, the French keep their pistols loaded and don’t take guff from militant or violent French GIs.
WOW !!!
A friend of mine joined the Army in the early 80s and went to Germany. The orderly walked him to the barracks and told him that this is as far as he goes because the blacks ruled that Barracks.
But soon the Army started kicking out all the trouble makers and it was safe.