Explosive original reporting about Trump's plans to drastically restructure domestic law enforcement to target immigrants en masse and crack down on opponents.
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Sighting along the through-line of the 'Unitary Executive' seeking direct control over law enforcement across the country, I see the calculated disruption of the states.
Governors may control their states' National Guard, but city police would be placed under direct federal control. 🧵
Those police departments have been lured into militarization for some time now, getting military hardware and training. Under POTUS control, they can do what the actual armed forces are prevented from doing by law.
If this were a strategy game, the countermove by governors might be to align those police departments with the state rather than with the federal government.
And then we'd have an armed standoff between the states and the federal government, with the population in the cross-hairs.
We've already seen "fusion centers" in action. Under the aegis of a U.S Marshall's task force, a police officer, two sheriff's deputies, and a corrections officer flat-out death squaded Michael Reinoehl in 2020. Trump encouraged it before, and crowed after.
I'm choking on rage now because all of this is out in the open for all to see if you're looking and listening but so many are so intent on silencing and marginalizing those calling it out by saying they are "alarmists"
Given that the percentage of law enforcement is white supremacist/ proud boys/Nazi is likely very high, this shouldn’t be difficult for the cretin to implement. He’s been building his militia for awhile, some have official uniforms and some do not.
Look no further than small to middle size town’s police department. They hire the lowest intellect, dress them up in a uniform, give them a gun and put them in a tax payer vehicle. In my town, they even promoted one to the chief. He stopped women with some trumped up charge or you could fuck him.
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(45) We will appoint as justices, constables, sheriffs, or other officials, only men that know the law of the realm and are minded to keep it well.
If King John would sign for this in 1215 what is the problem now?
Governors may control their states' National Guard, but city police would be placed under direct federal control. 🧵
It's a workaround. 🧵
And then we'd have an armed standoff between the states and the federal government, with the population in the cross-hairs.
Happy to discuss further if you’re interested.
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