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So involving NG and AD forces in domestic policing is setting everyone up for civil liberties violations, massive lawsuits, and mistakes. And when mistakes are made during civil disturbance ops, people get hurt and things can get out of control quickly. 14/
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Soldiers must be told that they are still operating under US domestic law. Even if the Insurrection Act is invoked, everyone detained *still has due process rights,* and has to be treated in accordance with federal and state law. Law enforcement knows the law; Soldiers aren't trained for that. 13/
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Which brings me back to the massive federal overreach. This sets a dangerous precedent for future actions across the country if and when protests pop up either because of this weekend's actions or against ICE raids in their own communities. 11/
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4. Even with strict ROE, it's hard to imagine that if their duties end up being "protect ICE agents" that it won't involve some form of domestic policing: crowd control, riot suppression, etc. So even if they're just "protecting fed assets," they still violate Posse Comitatus in practice. 10/
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3. We need to have a public discussion about what the rules of engagement and guidelines on the use of force are going to be. This will be the most telling piece of info if you want to know how much the admin wants to escalate the clashes. Soldiers need clear and *strict* ROE to avoid escalation. 9/
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Caveat--it's not the military's fault. They are being used as a political prop for a highly politicized operation that is designed to create more chaos than it solves. It's a no-win, and our professional soldiers are going to do their best, but they are being given an extremely tough task. 8/
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Which means that if things go sideways (not guaranteed, but they could very well go *very* wrong), the military will get blamed and public trust and confidence in the military will plummet. Today's CA NG soldiers are way better trained than those at Kent State, but we shouldn't ignore the lesson. 7/
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So this escalates the conflict dramatically. It's not "law and order" when the NG forces are there to aide/abet/protect the actors provoking the community in the first place. This action is designed to make the problem worse, not better. This isn't 1992. 6/
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But while bringing in NG troops during civil unrest is usually a calming presence (bc they aren't police, and don't have the baggage of police-community relations esp during anti-police protests), the admin is actually making them a combatant in the fight. 5/
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2. As I said in the thread last night, the ICE raids, in full tactical gear and in very public settings, were always meant to provoke unrest and inflame tensions. The admin very clearly wanted this outcome and were angling for a way to get the military involved. 4/
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This is also unprecedented, even if they had tried to invoke the Insurrection Act. IA invocations have all been geographically tied; even Lincoln declared the IA to be in effect in the southern states rebelling. This is national and sets a dangerous precedent. 3/
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I hate this murderous science-hating fascist regime so fucking much.
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And so wrong.