Originally posted by AKIron
Of course the Chinese then went on to slaughter over 800 of their dissenting citizens.
I think it was Nightline (Ted Koppel) that did a show of that day.
The students and the govt were at a standstill.
The military sends in one of their APCs (not firing or trying to drive anyone over) to try to break up the crowd of students.
By this time the students had had worked themselves up into a frenzy and set the APC on fire as the troops tried to escape, some on fire, some of the students beat the troops to death. Then hell broke loose.
Mob mentality, a bad side of humanity.