Found this article today that I’m going to share parts of with you. It pointed out something I found rather stunning, especially since it doesn’t seem to have made any news anywhere else. This seems pretty big. From Raw Story:
Last week, Donald Trump directed hundreds of masked agents and soldiers, who may soon be armed, to “do whatever the hell they want,” presumably to whomever the hell they want, on the streets of the US capital. Someone should do Trump a solid and explain, slowly, that when ICE starts murdering civilians on his request, he will be criminally liable for the bloodshed, and the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling won’t save him. US soldiers, trained to kill, are also trained to obey. But when a Commander-in-Chief authorizes clear violations of federal law, soldiers have a legal duty to disobey.
Bingo. Abuse and bloodshed aren’t covered under the ridiculous “absolute immunity for official acts”. They just aren’t. I’ll bet he thinks they are and that he can do anything he wants. It’s not the president who is acting. It’s the military and all the bully boys. *They* don’t have that absolute. For this, Trump doesn’t either.
The good news is that four out of five troops who were recently polled said they understand their duty to reject illegal commands. The bad news is human nature. As Trump sends more and more newly minted ICE agents marching across the streets of Washington D.C. and other Democrat-run cities, along with the FBI, the DEA, U.S. Marshals, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, on top of the National Guard, MAGA extremists among them will grow more and more confident in roughing people up and worse.
With the ads that are out to get more ICE agents, a lot of people are going to join just for the free-for-all possibility of beating up on someone who isn’t them (everyone else but MAGAs and general assholes). That’s a big part of the worry for me. They won’t have any restraint or any training worth discussing. It‘s just an assault on whoever, just because they can.
The most violent day in our capital’s recent history was January 6, 2021. On that date, Trump lied about the outcome of the 2020 election to incite mass violence. This year, he’s lying about a “crime wave” in D.C., a migrant invasion in LA, and other manufactured “emergencies” to incite mass violence. Five people died from Trump’s three-hour attack on J6, and those cases are still pending. How many people will die over the next three years of Trump telling masked agents to do whatever the hell they want?
People died then. People will die now, even more so. But guess what? Trump isn’t immune for that crap. He’ll get busted, too, if anyone dares to step up to him. Please let there be someone who can and will. More than 3 years to go, folks. (There’s more in the article. Take a look.)
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