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As President Trump sends National Guard troops to Los Angeles, a military historian explains why crowd control is one of the Guard’s most challenging and dangerous missions.

The National Guard’s response to civilian protests has a deadly history made infamous by the Kent State massacre.

The Los Angeles protests today, like the Kent State protest of 1970, have been overwhelmingly nonviolent. Now, as then, sending in troops threatens to escalate rather than calm political tumult.

I’m a U.S. Naval Academy historian and expert on the Kent State massacre. Deploying troops to quell domestic protests risks escalation and tragedy.

Pitney added that even after the 1970 riot at Kent State University in Ohio, during which National Guard members shot and killed unarmed students, “the great majority blamed the students.” ...

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I have lived under 14 different presidents. If I could, with a wave of my hand, I would bring Nixon back as our president now.

My recent book, “ Kent State: An American Tragedy,” examines a historic clash on May 4, 1970, between anti-war protesters and National Guard troops at Kent State University in Ohio.

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