Before Illinois officials respond to Democratic state Reps. John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford's call for National Guard units to patrol the streets of Chicago, they'd better give it deep thought.
Military intervention by the Guard, its militia predecessors and the U.S. Army during American domestic crises has left a bloody record.
If Chicagoans remember their history, they will reject the deployment of any military force in their city, whether it be the National Guard or the Army...
