> Can you imagine the US government sending armed guerrilla forces to Boston to surround Harvard and MIT and start killing students?
There were some dark times during the Trump administration when unmarked federal agents were sent to squash protests[1]. And of course long before that was Kent State[2].
So sadly the U.S. isn't as far removed from your hypothetical as I'd wish.
1: https://www.dw.com/en/us-donald-trump-slammed-for-using-unma...