Right now I happen to be watching footage of Kent State.

[Brigid]

It's included in a brief account of the incident in "America: The Story of Us." It shows the National Guard troops in a line, advancing on students. Some things never change. But interestingly, even those troops weren't wearing the kind of getup we've seen on the cops in Ferguson. I don't think they were even wearing bulletproof vests.

[Warpy]

1. Nope, standard issue was a rifle, a brain bucket

and a uniform. If stuff was thrown at them, it hurt.

[Brigid]

2. Yep, I think that's all I saw.

Wow, how some things have changed.