No posse comitatus, no obeying unconstitutional orders.
But the average service member stationed in the states is far better trained and (as insane as it sounds) less trigger happy than the paramilitary LAPD have proven to be.
If they follow the actual military rules of engagement, they’ll be doing less damage than the police already are.
I’m not holding my breath, but I hope our military is as patriotic as the South Koreans were when martial law was declared last year.
I was going to say something like this. I would rather my protest be surrounded by Marines from 29 palms then the LAPD. I’m a bit biased for being a veteran myself, but I trust cops a lot less. Not that the military can’t do any wrong.
That’s the thing - infantry don’t do warning shots. When they pull the trigger, they’re only supposed to do so as an absolute last resort, with the express intent to stop the target. That’s what proper rules of engagement are.
But a Marine in bargain-bin decade-old hardware will absolutely walk straight up the barrel of a “less-lethal” loaded rifle and physically manhandle the cop in luxury fascist tech who thinks <40 hours of range time means they’re ready for combat.
But a Marine in bargain-bin decade-old hardware will absolutely walk straight up the barrel of a “less-lethal” loaded rifle and physically manhandle the cop in luxury fascist tech who thinks <40 hours of range time means they’re ready for combat.
You’re letting your fantasies escape through your skull holes, comrade. The military is going to point their guns, just as the cops next to them will be, at the people protesting the kidnapping of their neighbors by the gestapo.
I’m not holding my breath, but I hope our military is as patriotic as the South Koreans were when martial law was declared last year.
I’m not fantasizing about anything. I’m not expecting them to actually do the right thing, I just hope they do. We’re in unprecedented territory here. This could turn into another South Korea, or it could be another Boston Massacre. Only time will tell.
But in the hypothetical context of marine vs cop as suggested in the comment I was responding to, marine wins.
No posse comitatus, no obeying unconstitutional orders.
But the average service member stationed in the states is far better trained and (as insane as it sounds) less trigger happy than the paramilitary LAPD have proven to be.
If they follow the actual military rules of engagement, they’ll be doing less damage than the police already are.
I’m not holding my breath, but I hope our military is as patriotic as the South Koreans were when martial law was declared last year.
I was going to say something like this. I would rather my protest be surrounded by Marines from 29 palms then the LAPD. I’m a bit biased for being a veteran myself, but I trust cops a lot less. Not that the military can’t do any wrong.
If this timeline is crazy enough, I can see marines giving a warning shot over LAPD heads when they start doing funny things.
That’s the thing - infantry don’t do warning shots. When they pull the trigger, they’re only supposed to do so as an absolute last resort, with the express intent to stop the target. That’s what proper rules of engagement are.
But a Marine in bargain-bin decade-old hardware will absolutely walk straight up the barrel of a “less-lethal” loaded rifle and physically manhandle the cop in luxury fascist tech who thinks <40 hours of range time means they’re ready for combat.
You’re letting your fantasies escape through your skull holes, comrade. The military is going to point their guns, just as the cops next to them will be, at the people protesting the kidnapping of their neighbors by the gestapo.
I’m not fantasizing about anything. I’m not expecting them to actually do the right thing, I just hope they do. We’re in unprecedented territory here. This could turn into another South Korea, or it could be another Boston Massacre. Only time will tell.
But in the hypothetical context of marine vs cop as suggested in the comment I was responding to, marine wins.