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This commentary was written by Paul R. Leonard, a former mayor of Dayton and Ohio lieutenant governor. He teaches political science at Wright State University.
It was in the fall of 1964 when I first witnessed violent protest aimed at a public official. In the aftermath of the assassination of John Kennedy, the mood of the country was ugly and getting uglier as America became more and more involved in an unpopular war.

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