Reply to Trump Orders National Guard to Washington, D.C., and Takeover of City’s Police

Forum Index » Metropolitan DC Local Politics

Reply to "Trump Orders National Guard to Washington, D.C., and Takeover of City’s Police"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]we live in a city. A beautiful city. Do we have crime, yes. All cities do. Do people flock here to work, yes they do. If DC was such a hell scape, then why do Trump's wealthiest cabinet members live in DC. Hell, Stephen Miller lives in DC. If it was so dangerous you would think he'd live in VA. DC is one of the most educated cities in the country. Logic should tell you that people do not live in fear here.

The places with the most crime is seeing very few federal troops. Make that make sense. [/quote]

It makes sense because having the federal troops in the commercial, nightlife, and federal district allows MPD and federal law enforcement to target high crime areas.  Why is that so difficult to understand, especially for such an educated city?[/quote]

Having federal troops in a city where the mayor did not ask for help and where there is no national emergency is dictator sh*t.  How can *you* not understand this basic, fundamental fact.  If you are concerned about dealing with real crime in a city,  you do things to assist the police force and law enforcement institutions in that city.  You don't send in the military.  This is seriously un-American, autocratic nonsense.[/quote]

First, I understand that the District is different from any other city in the country, and since under federal jurisdiction, they can do whatever they want.

Re: autocracy 
Were you defending folks who didn't want to leave their property after Katrina?  Or wanted to carry a gun to defend themselves against looters?  National Guard troops then violated their rights in the name of an "emergency."  These guys are not doing that.  They are providing deterrence with their presence, and allowing the police to focus on other neighborhoods.  Honestly, we spend a lot of money for our military, and I would rather have them doing something that makes our life better, like defending our border and fighting crime than causing mischief around the world.[/quote]

They cannot do "whatever they want".  That is Trump's motto, but it is untrue.  There are still rules about what the POTUS can do, he just ignores them and jackass*s like you shrug.  We can talk about individual cases of things that have happened with the National Guard.  But their presence in New Orleans was due to a horrible natural disaster.  That is generally when they have been called upon in recent history.  Their job is not to provide crime deterrence in a city that has no actual emergency, only the made up emergency of a demented and power-hungry POTUS whose real motive is to enact revenge on people he disagree with him.

You support tyranny and autocracy. You are a traitor.  Period.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics