I bet the good people in the National Guard never signed on for THIS. I see another “Kent State” situation developing, on steroids. Police (as traditionally understood) and military just have different and incompatible orientations.
>I bet the good people in the National Guard never signed on for THIS. I see another “Kent State” situation developing, on steroids. Police (as traditionally understood) and military just have different and incompatible orientations.
Not quite; one of congresses delegated powers in the Constitution [Art 1, sec 8] is:
“To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;”