Re: Los Angeles Has Surrendered

On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 05:12:50 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:

On Jun 11, 2025 at 9:38:54 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
 

How weird is it that one of the main Dem criticisms of Trump on Jan6 is that
he refused to call in the national guard to put down the insurrection and how
that makes him culpable for what the rioters did. But now that he *has*
called
in the national guard to put down an insurrection, those same Dems say it's
needlessly provocative and only makes the situation worse.

 

Which is it? Is calling the national guard appropriate to stop a riot or
inappropriate? Pick a lane, lefties.

 
Washington D.C. is a federal enclave. The mayor is not the equivalent of
a governor and does not have command of a National Guard unit. Whenever
they need the Guard, they make the request to the president.
 
That's not the case in California.

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Regardless, the Dem position was that the riot at the Capitol was serious
enough to warrant deploying the guard. If *that* riot was serious enough, then
this one certainly is, so calling in the guard would be appropriate and if the
governor and mayor won't, then it's falls to the president to do so.

1) It's very clear that what was going on in Los Angeles is hyper
localized. The reason given for not calling in the national guard was
that there was no reason to do so, which was confirmed by the mayor,
the governor and people on location. It's ICE coming in without
notifying authorities so they could be prepared, and then Trump
sending in the federalized national guard that amped up the situation.
Sending them in without any support. No food, housing or monetary
support. A neat trick Trump has pulled by calling them out for only 29
days which means the federal government isn't on the hook for any of
that support.


I thought this report from a local that was on the scene of the
protests was interesting. Especially when talking about how calm it
actually is for much of Los Angeles even in the neighborhoods around
the protests.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i-was-at-the-l-a-protests-they-re-nothing-like-what-you-re-seeing-on-tv/ar-AA1GwkFl


It's no surprise that the media is going to concentrate on areas where
there is potential conflict. After all that is what will generate the
clicks or views that their business depends on.