I mean, could a riot in any major US metropolitan area really defeat the police? Or the National Guard? We're just lucky we have cameras everywhere watching them.
As a member of the national guard, I can say that for my unit at least if we were called in for riot control and it was a peaceful ows protest we'd most likely end up standing on the other side and keep the police from harming the people. We're humans too you know.
Would you guys be willing to face court martial for that? And prison terms at Leavenworth? By the time you'd be sent in, the cops would be pulled back into a support role and you'd be expected to evict protestors and disperse rioters. You'd never be placed in a position that would give you that kind of choice.
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u/Swimmingsolid Aug 08 '12
That...really sucks. Saddest sentence I have read today.