> Leao, who gained his U.S. citizenship through military service, said he was treated "very fairly."
> "They're just doing their job," said Leao, who is of Angolan and Portuguese descent.
Interesting. This is much more nuanced than the headline may seem. I hope things stay nuanced.
Marines were deployed during the 1992 riots and a miscommunication resulted in them firing 200 rounds into someones house[0].
> According to the book “Fires and Furies” by Maj. Gen. James Delk, who oversaw National Guard operations in California at the time, Marines caused an incident when they accompanied police officers to a domestic disturbance in the wake of the riots.
> A police officer asked the Marines to “cover me” as he tried to enter the residence, according to the book. Instead of simply pointing their weapons at it to deter the people inside, the Marines opened fire on the house.
> “The officer had not meant shoot when he yelled ‘cover me’ to the Marines,” Delk wrote.
0: https://www.yahoo.com/news/los-angeles-officials-fear-marine...
An executive takes action. Call on the legislature to pass a law that anyone (marines, ICE, national guard) who violates civil rights is subject to arrest. Sign it and enforce it.
I don’t want to hear any more about tyranny this or authoritarianism that. You’re not a pundit, you hold the highest office in California. If you aren’t going to do anything with it you’re not the man for the moment.
https://apnews.com/article/california-immigration-national-g...
- Encourages unity and solidarity
- Reclaims the symbol to be neutral
- Doesn't look like "foreign" "agitators"
- Makes it harder for some thugs with badges to inflict wanton hurt on protestors who might be patriotic Americans and/or possibly on "their team"
Trasmatta•7mo ago
SonOfKyuss•7mo ago
burnt-resistor•7mo ago
America has partially (each quality is a spectrum of degrees) lost the plot regarding theory of mind, consistency, decency, lawfulness, proportionality, truth, and reasonableness and is rapaciously normalizing deviancy.
DoD would be wise to proactively send a panoply of JAGs out there to monitor any domestic "not deployments" to keep a lid on things.