Then why arm them with rifles?
Don't worry. It's not loaded.
Posted on 06/11/2025 11:48:41 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Summary
LOS ANGELES, June 11 (Reuters) - U.S. troops in Los Angeles to help manage protests are authorized to detain people until police can arrest them, a military official said on Wednesday, as hundreds of Marines prepared to move into the city soon.
Protests over President Donald Trump's immigration raids have spread from California to other U.S. cities, with hundreds of nationwide demonstrations planned for Saturday.
Trump's decision to dispatch troops to Los Angeles over the objections of California Governor Gavin Newsom has sparked a national debate on the use of the military on U.S. soil. Newsom has sued the administration, seeking to block the deployment of troops.
The 700 Marines and 4,000 National Guard troops that Trump has ordered to Los Angeles do not have arrest authority, U.S. Army Major General Scott Sherman, who is commanding the troops, told reporters.
But Sherman said they do have the power to detain individuals temporarily until law enforcement can arrest them, if needed to fulfill their mission of protecting federal personnel or property.
The Marines, who have been training at Seal Beach just south of Los Angeles County, will not carry live ammunition in their rifles, Sherman added. A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Sherman's comments reflect regular rules of engagement and did not reflect an expansion of authorities.
In addition to protecting government buildings and personnel, the Pentagon has said the troops will safeguard Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during raids.
ICE posted photos online on Tuesday of National Guard troops standing guard with weapons in hand as ICE officers handcuffed apparent migrants against the side of a car in Los Angeles.
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You need to find and arrest the leaders
The rioters are not winning the hearts and minds of the People. As this expands it gets worse and worse for the Left.
Then why arm them with rifles?
I think they would be carrying full magazines somewhere on their persons. Why else would the above phrase be used?
Yeah, you'd like to think that ... but is it true?
RICO and cut off the funding.
On display in the streets of Lost Angeless are several levels of stupid.
If you are actively joining in the riots, you deserve punishment.
If you are a useful idiot, thinking you are joining the protest, you deserve whatever happens
If you are the third level of stupid, you just "went to check it out" and were gathered up by the local or Federal authorities.
As paid riots spread across the US. The DOJ and FBI need to find out who is funding this pronto.
As if I needed more evidence Trump has already signed the 1807 Insurrection Act, and that we are now under a COG, and have been for awhile.
Anybody recall the mass deputation of National Guard just prior to 1/20/2021? I believe the number was in the neighborhood of 25,000 troops deputized.
Or, when we were told a peaceful transition to military power by Major General William J. Walker, then the Commanding General of the D.C. National Guard, as the individual who made this statement on ABC’s Good Morning America.
Arm them with Louisville Sluggers and let them SWING FOR THE FENCE!!
Arm them with Louisville Sluggers and let them SWING FOR THE FENCE!!
Oops on two
As others noted, arrest the leaders including any NGO officials and use civil asset forfeiture to grab their money.
Then why arm them with rifles?
Don't worry. It's not loaded.
If it ain’t loaded, that dude is going to get beaten up with his own rifle.
So you're sticking around to find out if it's loaded?
You clearly don’t understand riots.
I’m not surprised.
You clearly don’t understand how many of those “unloaded” guns will be loaded.
Hundreds of people are killed every year by “unloaded” guns.
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