girldetective

Last night I went to see Chicago 10, the film about the uprising at the Democratic Convention in the 60s. It was good and I recommend it not only for the captivating subject, but because it was entertaining too.

For those of you who dont remember, a group of people instigated/organized a peace rally in downtown Chicago while the convention was taking place. Thousands of people arrived in Chicago and slept in Lincoln Park after being denied a permit. It was a playful, wild, loud, outspoken group of militant citizens whose aim was to be heard and bring a message of freedom and peace for the Vietnam conflict. They were somewhat awful and looked the law in the face and said Fuck You.

Mayor Daley brought in the troops. He gassed them and beat them. He jailed and arrested, and he denied these citizens their right of peaceful protest. He looked them right in the eye and said FUCK YOU.

The movie simultaneously looks at the horrific courtroom that ensued after arrests were made and what led up to them. It is a pretty complete story.

Anyway this got me to thinking about other times when our military or police force has turned against our own en masse. I can think of Chicago, Kent State, and I suppose the Civil War sort of. The Revolutionary War if one looks at "our own" as cultural rather than geograpical. However, Im thinking of on our turf with our own citizens.

Are there other times in history that I am forgetting when our military has been turned against us?

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