Perhaps the National gaurd should be called to protect the people from the riot police.

[Devil_Fish]

It would not be the first time: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x635191

I thought riot police were supposed to deal with rioters, not peacefull protestors......

[PoliticAverse]

1. Andrew Cuomo, Democrat is governor of New York. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Orval Faubus being governor of Arkansas didn't stop Eisenhower from calling in the National Guard.

[SteveM]

3. Yes, but don't forget the consequences of Kent State and the Guard. nt

[PoliticAverse]

4. It all depends on which way the guard has their guns pointed. n/t

[Nuclear Unicorn]

5. The governor called the National Guard, Eisenhower called federal troops. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Eisenhower "federalized" the Arkansas NG. Obama could do the same or send in regular troops.

[PoliticAverse]

8. Or Governor Cuomo could just call in the Guard. n/t

[Nuclear Unicorn]

14. It's a bit muddled. Apparently the Governor called some Guard troops

and Eisenhower federalized others in addition to sending federal troops --

When Governor Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to surround Central High School and prevent nine African-American students from entering, President Eisenhower ordered the 101st Airborne Division into Little Rock to ensure their safety. As Governor Faubus defied the federal court decision on integration, one-thousand troops joined the federalized National Guard units to prevent civil disturbances. On duty at Central High over the next 34 days, the troops responded to bomb scares, mob attacks, and charges by the governor that men had invaded the girl’s dressing room. The Little Rock Crisis was the first use of the 101st Airborne in a civil rights incident.

http://www.arkmilitaryheritage.com/exhibits/101airborn.htm

[meow2u3]

6. Forget the National Guard! Bring in NATO troops

BTA, Doomberg would order them out, by his decision alone. After all, he is King of New York and answers to no one, not even the courts. :sarcasm:

[SteveM]

10. Yes, he spends as much time in Virginia and S. Carolina...

trying to monkey with gun-control laws. He needs courses in federalism and geography.

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. There's a petition somewhere to get CA Gov Jerry Brown to send them in

to protect protesters...recently, the ACLU and another legal agency have sued the city of Oakland over their excessive civil rights violations against the protesters.

:woohoo:

[Xicano]

11. I would love to see our troops tell these rogue cops over a loud speaker

"If you so much as lay one hand on peacefully protesting American citizens we're gonna shove this M1 Abrams tank right up your ass"

:evilgrin:

[SteveM]

13. The Nat'l Guard never got such an order at Kent State. nt

[FarCenter]

15. I don't think that we've actually had tanks on city streets since Detroit '67

"To help end the disturbance, Governor George Romney ordered the Michigan National Guard into Detroit, and President Lyndon B. Johnson sent in Army troops. The result was 43 dead, 467 injured, over 7,200 arrests, and more than 2,000 buildings destroyed."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot

[Xicano]

16. Was just figuratively speaking..

n/t

[Fumesucker]

12. The job of riot police is to provoke a riot..

:shrug:

[Devil_Fish]

18. I love your sig graffic, I am going to steal it from you. But since you will retain the original,

it's not really stealing is it?

[mysuzuki2]

17. how about UN peacekeepers?

now THAT would really get the repubs panties in a bunch!