San Jose police subdue a man prior to arresting him during a protest over the Memorial Day death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man in police custody in Minneapolis, Friday, May 29, 2020, in San Jose, Calif.
Trump made the request on a phone call from the Oval Office on Thursday night that included Esper, National Security Advisor Robert O’ Brien and several others. The president asked Esper for rapid deployment options if the Minneapolis protests continued to spiral out of control, according to one of the people, a senior Pentagon official who was on the call.
“If this is where the president is headed response-wise, it would represent a significant escalation and a determination that the various state and local authorities are not up to the task of responding to the growing unrest,” said Brad Moss, a Washington D.C.-based attorney, who specializes in national security.
The unrest has since spread across the country, with protests, some violent, erupting in cities including Washington DC, Atlanta, Phoenix, Denver and Los Angelas. “False: off the record - title 10 not under discussion,” said Farah in an email response. No off-record agreement was negotiated with The Associated Press.The three officials with direct knowledge of the potential deployment say the orders are on a classified system, known as the Secret Internet Protocol Router or SIPR for short.
lovewillchangetheworld
Time for all loyal units to stand up.
They have cyborg soldiers created. Trump mentioned crazy weapons they’re creating the other day at the NASA launch. Be careful guys!!!
wcbs880 Good!
maddow NO AUTHORITY TO DO THAT
maddow So what are we heading towards an authoritarian police state that Trump loves. We need change, this circus needs to end. Vote to change and throw out these bums.
It’s about time! these thugs need to be held accountable! we need law & order. I live in Minnesota and it’s sickening to see people burn down our cities! Our weak governor and our weak mayor are useless!
What exactly did people think would happen? Yeah yeah burn the place down and then what? You haven't solved racism. You didn't destroy the system, you only activated their security system. Anyone smart enough knows you destroy a system from the inside.
maddow gop is about to lose the Senate. Angry voters will replace those sitting on their hands, supporting racism.
kstreet111 'Rare' or illegal. Semantics
And it is a shame... These protests should have been approached in a much more level headed way. The violence must stop!
maddow This is by far the most dangerous news since the protests started. Asshat will call out the military to punish African Americans and their supporters, and give MAGATS armed with automatic weapons a cheerleader squad! That’s why we’re no longer a free democratic leaning country.
Is time to sh00t some commies and antifas
EugeneDaniels2 I pray protesters in Minneapolis go home 2night! 45 is itching 2 send in military & kill black people. Don't fall 4 it!
EugeneDaniels2 WTF!!!!!
wtf
EugeneDaniels2 GovTimWalz must day no thank you after hearing what AG Barr parroted earlier today. We can’t trust this Adminstration anymore. Governors will have to rely on one another until we swear in JoeBiden 1/20/21 Buckle up a rough ride ahead before smooth saiiing! BastaYA
Military police should go to WH since Trump's calling his KKK, White nationalist and white supremacists to turn out. Go there assholes.
maddow That is not the way to bring unity to this broken country!!
Outside agitators started violence in Minneapolis
'... as the quill of history scrambles to fill the pages, George Floyd are the largest words on the page by which the record is set. The prelude of the familiar and uniquely human song of strife, turmoil, and upheaval.' -Me.
maddow Called leadership
Absolutely fuck no. DefundThePolice
So once Trump acts, do the white nationalist rioters magically become black protesters again?
Let the people of Minn eat themselves alive. Dont involve innocent MPs.
And 3 guilty pigs seen on video still not arrested
maddow The US military didn’t exactly succeed with “policing” Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam. I doubt they’ll fare much better here, not to mention it is illegal.
This is illegal!
Excuse me? The military is prohibited from action on US soil.
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I for one am shocked that Trump continues to be as horrible as we kept telling everyone he would be.
PepeMindset I’d go the fuck home if I were them.
This is an act of war by the government against the people.
TRUMP: States must fight the ‘Rona on their own! ALSO TRUMP: If black people in your state protest I will send in the US Army!
Anyone shooting at protestors is un-American.
meganrabundis It’s pretty obvious that the Minneapolis authority can not control their own city. The Guard should be sent out at the minimum.
to do the Fuhrer's bidding
Of all the calls, this one is definitely the worst.
dmills3710
EugeneDaniels2 May 4 was the 50th anniversary of the Kent State Massacre, where the National Guard opened fire on Vietnam War protesters on the campus of Kent State University because it an arm of the military Nixon, the commander-in-chief, was the enemy that needed to be stopped
Better check out the legalities first. THERE ARE LAWS CONERNING ENGAGING CITIZENS that Trump cannot dismiss.
Debrah38249436 They need to use force now!
Past time.
Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes. I say GO FOR IT!!!!
The military should alert...this is getting out of control!
America is becoming a fascist police state under Trump. He wants a race war.
Activate, Space Force.
GOPReload Send them to Chicago so chicagosmayor can be told to F and U as the military stops the weekend killings that she and RahmEmanuel never stopped.
22Avengers When did congress authorize this?
TODAY WE LEARNED SOMEONE CAN BE ARRESTED FOR OPENING A BUSINESS BUT NOT FOR LOOTING ONE
All I have to say about this is the 2nd amendment people are the ones who elected the president who is going to put troops in the streets
Just imagine if this was happening in Iran, Venezuela,Cuba, China,etc... The US 🇺🇸 will be calling for regime change.
We don’t need Martial Law. We don’t need a dictator. We need systemic and cultural changes
jerellrushin_ Trump’s brown shirts are about to get whats coming to them! People are unto you Donald Trump! Say something meaningful Joe Biden! Let us in on your plan for the future! How do you plan to fix this! Pick Kamala Harris as your running mate already and start mending fences! Please!
maddow Police CHEER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is illegal. I mean why are we discussing this even? Natl Guard helps in emergencies but turning the military on citizens? Are we going to be like Israel and China and start driving over people with tanks next?
EmbaCubaUS maduro_en help us
And they all kept saying that Obama was the antichrist 😳 if it’s anyone it’s trump. What’s the mark of the beast?
But no need to send them out for people occupying state houses with assault rifles? Bullshit.
The second the military attack us. It's all over. For them, not us.
Military better back the hell off cause that’s declaring open war on your citizens: Dictatorship alert! 🚨
unclemuley Has posse comitatus been rescinded? UnfitForOffice
Is Trump planning an invasion of Minnesota?
Fascism
maddow This is illegal; it violated the Posse Comitatus Act which forbids the use of the military to enforce law inside the US unless authorized by Congress or the Constitution. There is nothing in the Constitution to allow this and Congress hasn’t authorized it.
Use Lethal
This is Trump exacerbating the situation! He needs to step back and let the governors take care of their states.
Wow, y'all just thinking of that, I'm worried how can Pentagon protect America from pure enemies,
RWPUSA Where were the Military Police when those thugs with machine guns were laying siege on the Michigan Statehouse?
SixPersistsBlue Minneapolis is currently fighting domestic terrorists from outside the state -- opportunists who are destroying decades of hard work and trying to destroy the legitimacy of the protests. Are they white supremacist Trump supporters? Minneapolis has called in the National Guard.
Good
All I want say is that, they don’t really care about us. -Michael Jackson
RWPUSA Keep the military out! We are not China, Russia.. we are America..remember you serve the people ..period. Your honor code says so....Enough lives have been lost..
Funny how they didn't do any of this when armed radicalised white militia groups took over our capitol a few weeks ago. Hmm. What could possibly be different this time?
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The fascists want a race war
arm up my peoples
illegal. fuck the military
maddow No. AP fix the headline...TRUMP asked for this. It's absurd, unnecessary, a waste of resources, they are not trained for crowd control of American civilians, and likely illegal. We do not have a national police force.
We use US military on our citizens now?
Someone send their president a copy of the Posse Comitatus Act please.
Hey, is this infrastructure week? realDonaldTrump
Illegal
maddow Oh that is just great. Good grief, that is the problem. Our police forces have become to militarized. The las thing we need in the mix in Minneapolis is more military mentality. Jesus people, come on.
PAY ATTENTION PEOPLE. THE TRUMPUBLICAN PARTY HAS A PLAN. IT AIN'T IN NO WAY PROTECTING THE WORLD. THEY WOULD RATHER LET YOU BURN AND DIE IN A PANDEMIC THAN PULL US OUT AND LEAD EVERYONE TO SAFTY. STOKING THE FLAMES BENEFITS TRUMP. The edge has been reached. NoPlan
maddow Armed men stormed a state capital and forced the government there to adjourn for safety concerns and no one was arrested in mass or beat or tear gassed yet peaceful unarmed protesters are met with full force, violence and now military police it’s exactly why people are mad
Ok, right wing nuts, here's the government moving to attack citizens. This has been your wet dream. I expect you'll be running to help defend the protests from the tyrannical government, right...
Strange how all this rioting is in BLUE States. States where African Americans are treated like 3rd class citizens only to be brought out to vote every 2 n 4 years
maddow
Bitch governor or mayor isn't doing shit.
Its Martial Law. Its not rare but necessary
maddow They... Literally can't deploy the military on American soil. This WILL spark a civil war.
maddow What happened to them when they were standing like this?
maddow How about the white things in Michigan? What happened to that?
They can’t invade any state.
Nope. Not ok.
maddow This is not good.
EugeneDaniels2 Because militarized police aren’t making the situation bad enough
Putin paid Trump for this. White domestic terrorists CULT members of Trump's are currently extremely happy that this has happened. They believe that this will lead Trump in November. Delusional CULT members...
Oh, that won't escalate anything.
PosseComitatus
Why? MN police nor National Guard were anywhere to be seen last night. MP's going to bunker down with them?
No mention of Posse Comitatus anywhere in your article. So that's great. Thanks *so very much* for helping normalize and legitimize this. I guess after 73 years, why should anyone stop coddling him now? Cowards.
Time for Antifa to play whack a mole
Do what white people do... Converge on downtown of every city with Ak-47
Why not express their grievances peacefully? This is not helping anyone constructively.
This illegal actions needs to be stopped
This “President” takes great pleasure from the agony and suffering of the masses/ especially POC...disgusting.
Because Minneapolis is run by incompetent leaders
maddow A conspiracy theory would say that Trump incited violence just so he could institute martial law. That’s just crazy though. Right?
What ever happened to their National Guard?
The pentagon should send those military police to the WhiteHouse and arrest realDonaldTrump. THAT would calm down the entire country!
Rare step? Lolz
Power will protect power, no matter what the cost. Trump must GO
Whatever it takes to restore order. Where do you think most of the rioters live, not where they are rioting.
Gee, I wonder if sending the military in on US citizens would be the fucking most idiotic, reckless, and morally reprehensible thing PsychoDonnie could do?
These rioters who r destroying businesses n property, especially in black neighborhoods r only continuing the cycle of poverty within. Most of the effected who r trying 2 rise above it will continue 2 be dependent on subsistence and never rise above it. Is this what they want?
Y'all do know that arresting the officers that were involved in the murder is an option right?
maxnesterak The African American people must now fight for their civil rights. The police should no longer have racists of blacks or Latinos / African American and Latino do not allow the racist system of the USA. I murdered you without a fight.
Thanks Obama
Bad precedent.
ZR1Trader Why on alert? Send them!
Trump is going to attack the blacks and say it was THEM that caused it. Playing to his cult.
ELINTNews Let the democrats save their own city.
AP, the matter is deeper then anyone knows on the streets at all 3 hot spots
The troops would be deployed under the Insurrection Act of 1807, last used in 1992 during the Rodney King riots in L.A.
So Miller *did* see a burning Reichstag in MN. The WH will stoke more protests and violence so they can hang failing markets and unemployment on unrest and other people, instead of their own failings in handling COVID19.
Not worth it. Let them destroy their own city and never rebuild it. Let them do what they want and live how they want. When they come back and ask for it to be rebuilt, tell them no. Leave it as an example.
This is a test for the military - will the rise to it like the Egyptian military when they refused to fire on their citizens, or will they do as they are told and murder their own? The clock starts now...
Guaranteed to make things worse.
figured Trump would use the military. Natl Guard suffices but Govs control them. EsperDoD is terrible. Trump will follow up with using military to stay in office.
2A
And it will become another Kent State situation that really doomed us in the 60s and under trump it will be much worse this cant happen
maddow Ya that’ll go well
It's unprecedented because it's illegal. MPs don't have jurisdiction over civilians. You want a real street war? Send dumbass mps to control civilians and see what happens
tonight is the mf night.
It’s all about the free TVs, Nike’s! Living in the land of the free stuff. You don’t see this happening at the White House! It’s called consequences!!!
Posse Comitatus anyone?
maddow America is on the verge of 'military rule' headed by none other than 45. This is what he's wanted from day one and he will become America's (first) dictator...... .
maddow Will this lead to the start of martial law across America and further erosion of civil rights and freedoms for its citizens?
maddow This is a stupid idea. MP's might be able to do crowd control, but that's about it. Nothing the national guard can't handle.
maddow Wow...why not jail the 4 badged murders
Fucking wrong whitehouse gop if you send Regular Army to quell American civilians.
Nothing good is going to come of this.
Isn’t it illegal for federal troops to be deployed in the United States?
That's not how the constitution works. Unless those MPs are national guardsmen from that State, the Federal military can't militarily occupy a state.
maddow And they don’t want big government, and for the pandemic they wash their hands from responsibility!
maddow This is what violence accomplishes, Martial Law.
I don't think the outcome will be as planned by Trump. We have a 1968 Deja Vous here. We saw how that took Johnson from a sure thing to his dropping out and costing Humphrey's sure thing. Trump will not only crush his chances but Pence's too.
Trump, his admin, and the GOP want a redo of the American civil war so badly, they can taste it.
I’m afraid this will escalate things not de-escalate.
Wait til they storm the state buildings with assault rifles! Oh wait...
That is illegal order and the military should have refused to take it. You cannot use the army inside the US. Any legal opinions? NPR NewsHour nytdavidbrooks Scott_Maxwell
Minneapolis is not an American city, we shouldn't be getting involved the the politics of a foreign city.
maddow When was Posse Comitatus repealed?
This is not legal?
Who trusts Trump with something called the 'Insurrection Act'? I'm watching this man flush his presidency down the toilet. Amen.
we support the protestors.lovely view
Holy shit. I'm not surprised, of course. Trump sending the military to kill unarmed kids, mostly black. Time for white folks, old, middle aged and young, to put our bodies between the military and the tyrant.
We have a Pentagon? Never hear from them.
Is that legal?
So, I'm watching videos of MN of last night's rioting. There it is...what I suspected. Grown ass WHITE MEN throwing bricks breaking windows in buildings and looting.
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 test run for November Trump/GOP will NEVER have a peaceful transition of power Greed power money over people
maddow Ms. Maddow, I’m posting this on your page so Americans might hear an old soldier from the sixties. To all the protesters in the streets. If your desire is change, VOTE this November!
Decades of Democratic leadership of these cities has brought us this. You ignore the simmering issues you pay the price. Leave the burned out cars and businesses as a monuments.
This is wrong.
Good. The situation needs to be controlled
maddow
Oh that sounds like a good idea...NOT...
It's time to use force to stop this excuse for justice for Mr Floyd. The media is complicate in stoking the flames. Politicians are using the fray for political gain. Totally disguised with all.
Biden and DEMs concerned more over Hong Kong WHO than basic income economic equality of 300 million Americans. Rich have bought both parties wages financial security in a $20 trillion root of most social problems
Did using the military domestically stop violating the constitution at some point?
maddow Hey Twitter where’s your “fake news” disclaimer at the bottom of this tweet?
Isn’t Posse Comitatus illegal?
maddow maga winning militaryState Putin
OR here’s an idea: Arrest the other three cops that murdered George Floyd.
This is illegal.
White people, y’all know when you were scared because we becoming the majority! Well that time has come and change is happening! Good luck everybody❤️
Gun sales are going to skyrocket again.
Trump had nothing to do with death of Floyd and ensuing protests and riots. Protests and riots accomplish nothing.
Posse Comitatus
maddow Let’s wait a few more days. What’s the rush. Once they loot all the stores maybe it will stop. Wait, maybe they will go the suburbs.
It’s almost as if institutional racism should be fixed rather than a race war started.
SonOfAssata You mean the Gestapo?
A police state isn't needed yet. Let's charge the other 3 men and allow this chaos to cool down, please.
That is probably unconstitutional...
Military police is a dangerous move in many respects. disaster if they fire on protestors OR if they join their cause. Morally reprehensible either way, but consistent with golfing neo-fascist Trump.
maddow Against the law. Wants martial law. How many White Nationalists are in these crowds escalating the violence for Trump?
“Rare” = authoritarian
The people are pissed off. Let them be pissed off, then do something to fix it. This is going to make it worse.
They need to use water cannons to stop violence! We’re all sad about George Floyd but destruction is not right!😼
To use federal soldiers to put down a riot the president has to declare martial law and Trump would declare martial law over the whole country. US Army Field Manual FM 3-19.15 explains how the Army deals with Civil Disturbance Operations. (published 2005)
Martial law
maddow Well TRUMP..was trying his best to orchestrate something to DISTRACT from his COVID19 FIASCO. Looks like he’s created; by tweets. The anarchy.. nightmares are made of. Chaos..all over the US. He no doubt will live to regret this one. He finally went too far.
Stand with Minnesota!!! Free Minnesota!!!
This is Trump destroying democracy and creating the police state.
Fuck that
Trump thinks the Posse Comitatus Act is something you do in the bedroom.
maddow Hopefully people finally realize the danger that Trump & the GOP pose to this country. They will literally do anything to stop the election or cheat to win. Enforcing martial law, inciting violence using white supremacist, starting a civil war & murder, nothing is off the table.
That's illegal. Generals better tell Secretary Whoeveritis to suck eggs.
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wretchardthecat The democrat left sent out white antifa punks & BLM to burn down black neighborhoods and destroy black business owners! This isn't the right, it isn't Trump, it is the democrat left burning your cities down.
Trump = KKK
getongab where does it stop. These riots are breaking out, to some degree or another, across the nation. Are we going to have arm guards on every street corner, to keep us at home. The possible abuses here are both astounding frightening and big tech is eager to lend a hand
This is not helping... this is the wrong move by a stupid POTUS and a WhiteHouse that has misread the situation so badly.
Well play stupid games get stupid prizes
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maddow Just great! Call out the big guns!😡🤬
And the CCP have never use the army against HK protestors......
This will end well...
Under whose order?
FIVE DEMANDS NOT ONE LESS 1. Justice for George Floyd 2. Stop characterizing protests as riots 3. Release arrested protesters 4. Set up a third party agency to investigate police brutality 5. Trump step down
Send em!
This is 100% illegal!!!
maddow Remember OHIO when four students were shot dead by these pigs
Rebellions just don't happen for no reason. And instead of solving the problem, the military and the authorities are trying to silence the citizens by force. They don’t do that. It is not right
.TheRickWilson NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHO will stop THE CARAVAN now
President Trump was absolutely right. Looting did lead to shooting and arson and chaos. The Minnesota governor just said police and National Guard are outnumbered and being SHOT AT BY ANARCHISTS. SEND IN ACTIVE DUTY TROOPS NOW!
maddow The Posse Comitatus Act anyone? Is this administration that lawless?
How tf is that legal?
maddow 😢😢😢😢😢😢
maddow This is not going to end well.
Neil Young has been told to prepare lyrics.
EugeneDaniels2 ...
EugeneDaniels2 Yeah.... That's the solution, Jesus fucking christ, how to worsen things.
If only they similarly took rare and drastic steps to deal with killing of unarmed black people by the police JusticeForGeorgeFlyod Minneapolisprotests
blackstoresmatter
There is no light at the end of this tunnel
Pentagon should say no to trump!
Yet those gun crazy “for small government” conservatives will do nothing. They will sit in there lazy boy and do nothing
Why aren’t they already there The city’s under siege.
maddow Praying for calm
maddow NO!!!!!!!!!!!
Is the military police established against your own people?
maddow If the US Army goes out against US citizens I will freaking learn how to use a gun, join the NRA, and a militia and freaking fight!
Tyranny
Is this legal? I thought the military could not be used against US citizens.
StaceyCKs1 No
RWPUSA There are more of us than them
Yes, makes perfect sense for a reckless President with strong man fantasies to believe the best way to handle national civil unrest is to militarize the country. Perfectly normal way to handle things in a democratic constitutional republic. Deep sigh.
To protect the protesters from the violent police?
GreatDismal All welcome the new Police State!
Deployment of the military is limited by PosseComitatus act & a political disaster for realDonaldTrump. Deployment of MNNationalGuard was already an uncommon step. Christian servicemembers must fire on fellow citizens & Notabene never on other Christians at least in US.
maddow SenatorCollins disturbing or just concerning?
People, we have to organize! Or it’ll end up like Ferguson, nothing will be changed!
maddow The more this year goes on, the more I get the feeling we will be having a revolution of politics and power that will change the face of the world to come.
GreatDismal posse comitatus
We need resources to stop this anarchy. Please help us. It’s gone too far with no end in site.
Per Trump
Whatever. Or, the remaining 3 assholes can be arrested for this to end.
WOW!!!
maddow What's even more alarming is that White nationalists are pouring gasoline in the fire by gratuitously gunning down black protestors. BlackLivesMatter
maddow Oooh. No wonder Orange Julius Caesar is so scared. Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? You can run but you can't hide. Prepare yourself to run away or go to prison. It's your DESTINY!
Nancy Pelosi called the riots in Hong Kong as 'beautiful sight to behold', now they put military police to suppress their own beautiful sight? No no no, hell it's fake news
Martial law.
maddow Banana republic
Ah yes, because the solution to a fire is obviously more gasoline. Adding more police force has never turned out well. Tell the police to back off, get a real autopsy, and arrest and charge all 4 of those cops. No special treatment.
That’s a poor decision.
Phil_Lewis_ Are they going there to protect citizens from racist police forces that are arresting journalists, trampling American rights to assemble and committing genocide?
RWPUSA No.
Lethal official force against civilians has done so well to help Minneapolis' civil unrest over the last 4 days- & decades. What's the exit strategy EsperDoD & thejointstaff? When militia crazies show up how many do u kill? What then? Are you OK helping Trump end the Republic?
Fallen! Fallen, is Babylon!
The Posse Comitatus Act, signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes, limits the powers of the federal government in using the military to enforce domestic policies within the United States...
finally
maddow A simpler approach would be to arrest the other 3 policemen.
maddow Embattled? Try Crowds of people causing problems.
maddow Anyone remember the Watts riots on the '70s. Unfortunately when that riot ended those that participated ended up with the greatest damage. Protest, sit ins, etc, but not destructive rioting.
maddow How is this legal?
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FASCISM!!!
Maybe a wake up call for the USA.. a thin guise of healthy race relations ... the reality is.. American race relations has been crumbling for years.
1. bcarovillano TomVerdinAP DouglasGlass acshafer tim_jacobs sophrosenba billkole AndaleGross sarahnordgren '...video emerged showing a police officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck. Floyd later died of his injuries...'
You forgot the words illegal and unconstitutional. Also fascist and shitshow I believe.
Posse comitatus
RWPUSA And NOBODY will be there when they get there. People aren't stupid. The threat is the tactic. But folk know they dont value our lives to begin with and the military (sad to say) is no better.
Fuck the troops too
maddow The Communist governor needs some help!
Worse decision ever
Even 45 is not that stupid. It would be political suicide.
maddow And the day they use our own military against us is the day this country must revolt!
maddow Trumps doing...
maddow You don’t have enough for the entire country Say it loud “When the soldiers and good cops cross the line and join these protesters.. then you will see America be great.”
maddow Absolutely not. It took about 3 years for America’s military to be turned on its ppl. That speaks for itself. Is anyone surprised?
National Guard is already there. I hope any military refuse, and stand down.
EvelDick They are needed here in Mpls for sure. There is no end in sight.
Are you going to take away their benefits too?
Now
Can’t see how this could go wrong...
Oh for F-s sake!!
NatPoliceAssoc Some confusion about this people take this one with a grain of salt
Posse comitatus, ever here of that, Cesar woukd be so happy to bring his army in badidea
How about arrest the other officers? Wow, that’s a thought.
That’s crazy.. militia?
🎶land of the free....and home of the brave....🎶🗽 And the war starts.
Oh FFS.
If that happened in another country, US would be screaming at the top of its lungs about how they were authoritarian dictators who repress their people. Look at US now - first a uniformed psycho murders an American, then they mobilize the army to repress those who are protesting
RemoveTrumpNow
Papi_Wentz I will literally pay someone to write this essay for me
Rut roh!
PosseComitatus bitches
Fuck that. They are asking for trouble
It’s about time!!!
MisterAntiBully peachycobblerr
“The Insurrection Act”? No. Just no.
🤡🇺🇸
This has his grimey orange fingerprints all over it. He's determined to sink what's left of our country. 😕
AntiTrumpReport Are they being sent to ATL, DC, NYC and LA too?
Where my right wing libertarians at on this?
The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes. To limit the powers of the federal government in using federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States.
Don’t think this been done before. The Posse Comitatus Act and Insurrection Act limits the President to deploy troops on US soil.
The U.S. is going to suppress its people? That is crazy! These people are not rioters but protesters caring about race problems and basic human rights! We stand with GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE!
Oh. And, Military Police are going to de-escalate this crisis?! Authoritarian regimes pull this kind of crap. This is still a democratic republic, dammit! VoteBlueToSaveAmerica2020
That’s illegal
Trump goons will be in the ranks and they’ll shoot.
MisterAntiBully It's about time. Minnesota had their chance to get it under controlled. The powers that be were either unable or unwilling to take action.
MisterAntiBully Mace Force
If it is necessary do it. Regards
Fuck around and find out.
Don't let them tread on you bothers and sisters!
getongab 'on alert' lol get outta here with that weak bullshit.
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USA needs a president who is finally fighting racism Trump is not!
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That won’t help, that will make it way worse. Send in the military against your own citizens...who is America now?
lookner Oh F*CK‼️😡
Are they going to deploy the military across the nation because this will only make it worse. Just saying. realDonaldTrump senatemajldr LindseyGrahamSC TrumpDepression TrumpIsAnIdiot TrumpIsANationalDisgrace TrumpIsARacist
cpttrashpanda And no news service reminded them thats illegal
Pencil in Minnesota red this fall.
An infringement of the posse comitatus rule. Just what Trump has been trying to normalize.
This is what Trump wanted all along, to abuse his powers over the military and to ignite a civil war. People have literally been saying this was going to happen from Day 1.
Posse Comitatus?!?🤨🤨
Don't just put them on alert, SEND THEM! MN leadership has utterly failed us here!
I live in Canada, I’m terrified for America right now. With all the pent up tension from isolation I’m worried this has the potential to escalate into something America will have to reckon with for a long time. StopTheViolence JusticeForGeorge
This is not good
Deploying the military inside the United States against its people We absolutely need the UN to step in and help these people from this brutal regime
embattled ?! Nice Framing 👍😏
This would be ILLEGAL.
Is Martial law coming?It was last declared in the United States in 1966, when the governor of California imposed it to suppress unrest in the Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco after a white police officer shot a black teenager.
Grab em by the Posse Comitatus, eh, Trump?
And folks complained when Colin Kaepernick peacefully kneeled during the National Anthem.... noonelistened
POSSE COMITATUS
Send Michigan Militia. And some clean-up boys.
Posse Comitatus damn it
YESSS !!! THANK YOU TRUMP!!!!!
Peobably because the pentagon sees what many have been saying... The legitimate protests are being hijacked. There's a hidden group sowing anarchy. It likely is alien to America.
intimidation at its best
Fuck
48 hours late
Relevant.
We have to fire trump
Good
PosseComitatusAct PosseComitatus
Jawanza Oh dear, this is getting scary
lookner No problems at the White House tonight.
They better not. When he got elected I said he will set the military on the people. He better not.
realDonaldTrump the real assassin
FFS please let this all end. I don't want anyone else to get hurt. This is like a nightmarish movie.
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