This executive order potentially bolsters the police with military personnel and assets (illegally, for what that’s worth), and IMO directs local police against their state representatives / citizens.

  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of agencies as appropriate, shall increase the provision of excess military and national security assets in local jurisdictions to assist State and local law enforcement.

    So we’re going to have military personnel patrolling the streets? That’s terrifying and dystopian.

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      Don’t forget unconstitutional.

      He tried this in Portland during BLM. DoD told him to fuck off, that’s when he sent his new gestapo, the CBP. (ICE) It’s also why they replaced a big chunk of the command structure this time, last December/January.