So… National Guard being called up, having to put their jobs and lives on hold, not to respond to a disaster or anything useful, but just so they can sit around 24/7 for extended periods of time, waiting for something to happen, so they can be used as illegal law enforcement. I’m sure that will go over well. (It’s like the people making these decisions in the Trump administration don’t see National Guardsmen as human beings with lives, but tools - well, weapons - to be made use of, at will…)
I’m reminded of something I read about the South Korean student democracy protesters, who figured out what the country’s production rate was for tear gas, then provoked the police to use it in small protests until they had run out, leaving their main protests unmolested. Hmmm…
Unfortunately in America the police (and especially the National Guard) tend to go straight to bullets for crowd control, whether or not they’ve got tear gas available.
It could have had trace amounts of fentanyl! I’m honestly surprised the feds didn’t collapse from probable overdoses while chasing after Sandwich Hero (not to be confused with hero sandwich).
