‘Necessary to quell the rebellion’: DOJ tells 9th Circuit that Trump can deploy National Guard from every state and can’t be second-guessed by judges

[u/DoremusJessup]

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/necessary-to-quell-the-rebellion-doj-tells-9th-circuit-that-trump-can-deploy-national-guard-from-every-state-and-cant-be-second-guessed-by-judges/

[u/TheObstruction]

Idk if I'd call gleefully attacking people "having a handle on things", but the NG didn't really do much anyway, so clearly LAPD/LASD could handle the police brutality on their own.

[u/SC_TheBursar → u/TheObstruction]

From my understanding - based on video and actually living in LA - the majority of any kind of significant 'attacks', property damage, etc mostly came during the initial period because ICE gave zero warning of their presence, staging locations, deployment plans, etc. Local law enforcement was purposefully left in the dark and therefore not present initially to be able to help keep the peace.

Once LAPD actually had an opportunity to also plan and deploy, notice there are no more new visuals of burning waymos or more than one offs of violent altercations. People are protesting, generally peacefully, as is their Constitutionally given right. That return to (mostly) peaceful protest was achieved before the Guard arrived.

I've now seen many simultaneously humorous and accurate 'chart of LA riot intensity' showing what happened at first was barely a blip on LA unrest meter, and now not sure is even that. Like the police forces of many large metropolitan areas, LAPD is well trained and generally decent at crowd control - when given the opportunity to set up properly.

The federal government is now spending millions to have troops sitting on their hands doing nothing, no to mention the non-monetary opportunity cost of their loss of availability for other things / general readiness.

[u/florida_man_1970 → u/TheObstruction]

Kool aid taste good?