Pentagon puts military police on alert to go to Minneapolis
Source: Associated Press
JAMES LAPORTA
9 minutes ago
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis, where the police killing of George Floyd sparked the widespread protests.
Soldiers from Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Drum in New York have been ordered to be ready to deploy within four hours if called, according to three people with direct knowledge of the orders. Soldiers in Fort Carson, in Colorado, and Fort Riley in Kansas have been told to be ready within 24 hours. The people did not want their names used because they were not authorized to discuss the preparations.
The get-ready orders were sent verbally on Friday, after President Donald Trump asked Defense Secretary Mark Esper for military options to help quell the unrest in Minneapolis after protests descended into looting and arson in some parts of the city.
Trump made the request on a phone call from the Oval Office on Thursday night that included Esper, National Security Advisor Robert O Brien and several others. The president asked Esper for rapid deployment options if the Minneapolis protests continued to spiral out of control, according to one of the people, a senior Pentagon official who was on the call.
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tirebiter
(2,539 posts)Just wondering
dware
(12,429 posts)it's the Insurrection Act.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_Act
The burning of the Post Office in MN can be used as an excuse to deploy Military Police to either take over law enforcement from the state or to supplement the state police forces.
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)overthrow the government except maybe at the voting booth which Trump should be afraid of.
dware
(12,429 posts)He will use any excuse to shift the blame from himself to anyone else he can.
ripcord
(5,537 posts)Sec. 333. Interference with State and Federal law
`The President, by using the militia or the armed forces, or both, or by any other :means, shall take such measures as he considers necessary to suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, if it--
`(1) so hinders the execution of the laws of that State, and of the United States
within the State, that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, :privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law, and :the constituted authorities of that State are unable, fail, or refuse to protect that :right, privilege, or immunity, or to give that protection; or
`(2) opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes :the course of justice under those laws.
In any situation covered by clause (1), the State shall be considered to have :denied the equal protection of the laws secured by the Constitution.'
demosincebirth
(12,543 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)Angrybob2001
(29 posts)This is something he can issue "orders" about to do "things." He has been unable to do anything in the last few months, he hasnt been able to say things to make people praise him or order things done to get the praise and adulation he needs. Now he can be "decisive" and show poeple what a great man he is.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)Why does the GOP have to lie, cheat, and steal to 'win' an election?
BamaRefugee
(3,487 posts)determined men who will know how to fight back against what Plump is going to unleash.
Ive posted many times my belief that Plump will use the United States military inside American cities, and every time my posts have been derided and pooh-poohed by others but lets see what happens.
I hope Im wrong, believe me.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)President Plump........
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)by Trump and those in his administration as well as the varies Trump toads in the House and Senate and prosecute everyone that committed any crimes to the full extent of the law.
With of course very few plea bargains.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)
by the United States Military! WTH!!! I am speechless. Where do I get a gun to protect myself and my family during the invasion? Blood in the streets? I am living a nightmare! God help us all.
pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)So reassuring that they are working hard and do have a handle on what exactly is happening. He is using MN National Guard, and National Guard from the surrounding states to fortify resources needed. They have arrested and are tracing the backgrounds of these people to find out who is instigating and taking part in the riots. They have a plan and are working that plan. They are planning to use the national resources in tracking and tracing the outside agents and that information is being shared with all communities experiencing riots at this time. I am feeling so much better!
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)draw over swing voters. We've been down this road many times. They stoke fear and anger in citizens, then send in the big guns to whack some folks and then declare themselves a hero.
Expect more of the same out of Rethug mayors and governors.........
riversedge
(70,299 posts)TomCADem
(17,390 posts)Trump wants to amplify the chaos.
CRK7376
(2,203 posts)As a retired military guy, this is really stupid. Gov of MN just needs to mobilize more of his National Guard. You do not need to bring in Active Duty soldiers. War time Trump wants to command the Army.....what a jackass we have as CinC.