Regardless of what you think of the protesters, using the US military on them (without the request of locally elected officials) is a very scary breach of our democratic norms.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/us/politics/protests-trump-helicopters-national-guard.html
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Buzzing the protesters with a copter accomplished nothing other than to demonstrate that use of the US military is in play.
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made sure of that direction.
First: D.C. is a special case when it comes to domestic use of the military. The elected official in D.C. with the proper authority to use the National Guard is the president, not the mayor of D.C. Everywhere else in the mainland US, the governor is so empowered. In D.C., it is the president who is so empowered. The President is basically the governor of D.C. I don't believe a request from the mayor has ever been required for use of the D.C. Guard. The D.C. Guard answers to the president, just like the state Guardsmen answer to the governors of their respective state (unless they are nationalized, in which case they report to the president).
There are other precedents. The Arkansas governor used the Arkansas Guard to block black students from schools, and Eisenhower used the Regular Army to reverse that. Kennedy nationalized the Alabama Guard to quell riots, in direct opposition to Gov. George Wallace.
Also, I think the Army has always stood ready to guard the White House.
So, I'm not sure this is a breach of U.S. norms.
Second: These rioters are advancing on the White House, when the President has nothing to do with what they are protesting. They weren't going to the Mayor of D.C.'s house. Or the Mayor of Minneapolis house. They were advancing on the White House, setting buildings on fire. Can we assume their intentions were noble? I don't think so. I can see how the military was ready to assist the Secret Service (many of whose officers were wounded).
You said "quell protests." But, the protests had stopped, and the riots had begun, had they not? I confess I didn't research the timing, but my impression was that the riots had begun.
Really brings home the need for DC to have statehood rights.
Bottom line is US military was used against US citizens on US soil.
D.C. should, at best, be restored to Maryland and Virginia.
it wasn’t a riot at that time but a protest and they used pepper or other tear gas to disperse a crowd of peaceful protesters so Orange could have a photo op. That doesn’t seem right.
Is that a peaceful protest when 60 secret service are injured?
Do you think it was reasonable for them to think it might be necessary to use the military to back up the Secret Service with that many injured?
Link: https://www.foxnews.com/us/more-than-60-secret-service-officers-injured-during-violent-george-floyd-protests-in-washington-d-c
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Actually, I think the injuries occurred over 3 days. So, there was a bit of a pattern. If the military was their first, it was tremendous foresight. If it was there afterward, it was reasonable response.
photo op. That’s why they cleared them out. Not over fear of additional violence. You don’t use the army for that. Again, you didn’t see it according to you. Not that it stops your nonsense.
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were dispersed and Orange immediately walk over for his upside down bible photo op.
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Your sauce is weak.
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You just get back from your alt universe trip?