Re: Los Angeles Has Surrendered

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

Encouraged by the mayor and city council, over the weekend, violent leftist
protesters took to the streets and attacked police and federal agents while
they were in the performance of making legal and constitutional arrests. This,
of course, is the very definition of insurrection under the U.S. Code but none
of our legacy media came anywhere close to using that term to describe it.
Insurrection is a crime they apparently believe only conservatives can
commit. . . .

Over Governor Newsom's objections, Trump federalized and deployed the
California national guard. Newsom said army troops were unnecessary but
police have been using anti-riot tactics, so what's the difference. The
violent protests have continued for three days. News reports say that
national guard troops have been deployed to protect federal property. If
that's all they are being used for, I don't see how that usurps
federalism. Newsom is going to court this morning anyway.

Police declared all of downtown Los Angeles "an unlawful assembly area".
Why didn't they just declare a straight-forward curfew? What does that
mean for a building owner trying to get security guards deployed?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/08/national-guard-los-angeles-protests-live-updates/84103374007/