Protests In The Vietnam War

It was a time that we even hosed down our own college students with fire hoses during peaceful protests. At Berkeley a group of students gathered at the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in San Francisco, the doors were barred so that the students could not get into the hearing. Police were called to take care of the students and “The police turn(ed) on high-pressure fire hoses and blast the crowd down the marble steps. Officers arrest 64 people, including 31 Berkeley students, but instead of discouraging the protest, the confrontation becomes a call to arms. The next day 5,000 people protest the HUAC hearings at San Francisco City Hall.” (Rosenfeld, Seth) Protesters began to associate the bad treatment they received from law enforcement with our soldiers. Both wore uniforms and both represented the government.
The Vietnam war was the first where soldiers returning to the United States …show more content…
After the third article, the U.S. Department of Justice got a temporary restraining order against further publication of the material, arguing that it was detrimental to U.S. national security. (pentagon papers) Citizens say the removal of these articles as the government trying to hide something from the people. In 1973 The Passage to War Powers Resolution was passed making it impossible for presidents to “single handedly” dictate military policy. This mean that the president had to go through congress before declaring war on a nation. The bill was a way to prevent another vietnam like wars from taking place. The United States pulling out of the war was seen as a weak move by us and even embarrassing, it showed that it should have never happened in the first place if we weren 't willing to see it through till the end. (The War Powers