Letter: Kent State again?

On May 4, 1970, members of the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of Kent State University demonstrators, killing four and wounding nine Kent State students. The students were protesting the Vietnam War and the policies of the Nixon administration. The impact of the shootings was dramatic. The event triggered a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to close and the eventual resignation of President Nixon. The killing and shootings in Minneapolis and Portland carry the same weight: Democracy and the rule of law are at stake. Nixon was fixated with holding power and became paranoid. Trump is tyrannical and is seeking unhinged revenge. Will the students come forward now and join us folks from the 1970s in peaceful protest to bring down this would-be dictator? History is repeating itself. It is time to provide the remedy.