They just did this in Albuquerque. 71 Guard soldiers are there to “assist” police - ostensibly, they’re simply there to “free up” police from the mundanity of things like traffic accidents, wellness checks, etc, so they can “focus on crime”.
Overtly, this is slow-rolling the idea of using armed forces to occupy cities on home soil.
Whose says they’re moving the Guard into cities? I know Trump is angling to give them more power.
https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/trumps-expanded-domestic-military-use-should-worry-us-all
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/military-support-civilian-law-enforcement-agencies
They just did this in Albuquerque. 71 Guard soldiers are there to “assist” police - ostensibly, they’re simply there to “free up” police from the mundanity of things like traffic accidents, wellness checks, etc, so they can “focus on crime”.
Overtly, this is slow-rolling the idea of using armed forces to occupy cities on home soil.