• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    Goodness…

    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”