Experts question the legality of the (something the US government does)
Such a small sentence. We hear it so often these days yet not enough people stop to think what it really means.
It almost goes without saying, but I’ll quote it nevertheless:
it is unclear under what authority Trump and the Defense Department did so
(…)
The Posse Comitatus Act bars federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement.
And this:
“Military presence is not needed. The state is already working with local partners to surge 800+ additional state and local law enforcement officers into Los Angeles to clean up President Trump’s mess,” Tara Gallegos, a spokesperson for Newsom, told The Intercept by email.
Though I’m sure many frame it as California government “being on the rioters side”
Goodness…
Such a small sentence. We hear it so often these days yet not enough people stop to think what it really means.
It almost goes without saying, but I’ll quote it nevertheless:
And this:
Though I’m sure many frame it as California government “being on the rioters side”