• Placebonickname@lemmy.world
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    OK, I am not very smart but all of the news coverage. I’m seeing is basically just National Guard police and riot gear stand around. I understand that there was a car that was set on fire that there were people tearing up shops and billboards, but there haven’t been any police officers sent to the emergency room. Nobody has died only 60 people have been arrested in the city of millions ?

    Is Trump waving his military size penis around because he wants too?

    Or was there a legit reason to send in the National Guard ?

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      was there a legit reason to send in the National Guard?

      No. The protests were a few dozen people, but immediately ballooned more than tenfold after that announcement. I wouldn’t be surprised if the administrative costs of processing Trump’s order cost more than what damage had been done by that point.

      This was just escalation: inciting further unrest to justify a crackdown.

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        Oh man, I was in the Army for 10 years - costs of activating and deploying reserve and non-active duty people is enormous, like the money we lost after Hurricane Katrina was like 50% of just sending in emergency people.

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      Saw a thing earlier today of someone taking a pot-shot at a reporter with a rubber bullet. She was no where anyone, dude just started blasting. On top of simply trying to cause problems ya can’t deny that cops also just love cruelty for the sake of it.

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      Is Trump waving his military size penis around because he wants too?

      Yes.