I lived in Akron at the time...Bath Twp, and was 16 miles away. I was home sick with the flu that day. And I listened to the news as it all unfolded.
A fellow I worked with was a member of the Ohio National Guard and shared some first hand experiences. Businesses in Downtown Kent were under mob attack by the ‘students’. Guardsmen in the street were attacked, not just with rocks, but also with clubs and pipe-wrenches. At least a couple of them were kneecapped. This was a day or so before May 4.
A number of the agitators were not students, but came into Kent to stir up trouble. The girl pictured at the time putting a flower in the barrel of a guardsman’s rifle was not a Kent student, and did not live in Kent.
I have always believed that Gov Rhoads did the right thing by sending in the Guard.
That being said, it is long past time for the Gov’s of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona & California to use their respective National Guard’s to protect the southern border.
All of those Gov would love to do just that, but the Fed will not allow it.
Much has changed regarding the Tenth amendment.
And in reality, it is the Federal Governments job to protect the borders.
It should not be incumbent on the border states.
What is really wrong is that the Fed thwarts the border states from doing the job the Fed is charged with.