“You will not see regular troops in NYC. If you see any at all with will be the Corps or National Guard under the governor.”
15,000 National Guard for the whole state of New York. NYC has 30,000 police officers alone, 3,000 out sick (at last count I saw).
I don’t think that’s enough.
“I don’t think that’s enough.”
They can augment with state police and police from other municipalities. They are trained for such a roll.
Regular military ONLY as a last resort to protect life and property. And it damn well better be necessary.
Regular military achieve peace through the barrel of a gun.
I live near Springfield MA. Probably 150,000 pop. They have 20+ police officers out. They just got approval for 70 National Guard troops (probably MPs) who will get pulled from THEIR communities to come there.
No, that is not a major crisis. But, it leads me to ask how much we will be able to steal from Peter to pay Paul. It’s a small example of what we can expect in the large cities.