RIOTING IN THE UNITED STATES

[Rootilda]

I remember an Easter parade on my street when I was very little, like maybe 5 and the ROTC were all decked out in their uniforms with shiny, decorative scabbards on their rifles. Freaked me the fuck out, they were terrifying.

Yeah, I'm ancient. This would have been early 60s and they probably haven't carried weapons like that in decades. That's why this story is so god damn weird.