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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe military is not trained to be police
This will end with blood in the streets.
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The military is not trained to be police (Original Post)
edhopper
Jun 2020
OP
Like at Kent State? That was all planed by Ohio Governor Rhodes and Nixon. Nixon the other
doc03
Jun 2020
#7
Trump praised China's "strong" response to Tiananmen Square. I think he wants to
tblue37
Jun 2020
#10
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)1. And the republicans are responsible for every drop
Meanwhile my antenna news creates the illusion nothing serious is happening,talking about helping local business for 15 minutes maybe two minutes on the protests.
They want people like me to just pretend nothing serious is happening..wtf
They are spending more time on the godamn weather.
doc03
(35,340 posts)2. Doesn't a soldier have the right to refuse an order to fire on
an American civilian.
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)3. It depends
doc03
(35,340 posts)5. That is stuff they only do in dictatorships I would refuse nt
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)4. They will start with rubber bullets.
The soldiers will be told the rubber bullets are harmless. After they get accustomed to firing on unarmed citizens it will just be a matter of time before they escalate to more deadly ammunition.
doc03
(35,340 posts)7. Like at Kent State? That was all planed by Ohio Governor Rhodes and Nixon. Nixon the other
Law and order criminal.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)8. One of the many things that worry me about Trump ...
He wouldn't hesitate to deploy Navy and Air Force to fight in the streets along side Army and Marines if he thought it could force his will. This SOB has gotten to the point where he is very dangerous.
Ex Lurker
(3,814 posts)6. The way this has often played out
Is that they deploy without ammo or very limited ammo. That's how it was during Katrina and the Rodney King riots. In other words, all for show. They likely will guard perimeters and fixed locations to free up the police to be mobile.
Voltaire2
(13,042 posts)9. Oh no problem, the police have been trained to
be a para-military organization for the last 40 years.
edhopper
(33,580 posts)11. That too
tblue37
(65,391 posts)10. Trump praised China's "strong" response to Tiananmen Square. I think he wants to
create his own Tiananmen Square event in the US to show how "strong" he is.