National Guardsmen deployed to Washington D.C. have been ordered not to use firearms or ammunition by Defense Secretary Mark Esper - who also ordered home active-duty troops that the Trump administration requested in recent days, according to The Washington Post.
Esper made the decision to disarm without first consulting the White House, which was not involved in the decision to disarm the Guard, according to two senior officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The move comes as activists gear up for a massive demonstration in the nation's capitol on Saturday in the ongoing protests over the death of George Floyd - a black man who died after a white police officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck for over eight minutes. An estimated 100,000 - 200,000 protesters are expected on Washington on Saturday.
#1: noone222 To: Screen Name (#0)
Esper should be on the next flight available to Gitmo !
noone222 posted on 2020-06-06 14:03:02 Reply Private Reply
#2: DWornock To: Screen Name (#0)
No doubt that is false. You don't appoint people that go against your wishes. You may appoint people that appear to go against your wishes because what you want is not what you want the public to believe.
DWornock posted on 2020-06-06 15:10:54 Reply Private Reply
#3: BTP Holdings To: noone222 (#1)
The link at source works. ;)
www.zerohedge.com/markets...hief-disarms-dc-national- guardsmen-ahead-saturday-protests
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-06-06 15:20:11 Reply Private Reply
#4: Esso To: Screen Name, 4um (#0)
I can understand the reasons not to have live ammo involved...
...The decision to announce that to the people that are trying to destroy the country...
Just pure fucking genius...
I hope the gunships are on standby.
Esso posted on 2020-06-06 15:37:13 Reply Private Reply
#5: Lod To: Esso (#4)
Imo, the greatest aircraft ever built.
Politicians lost that war, not the men nor the matériel.
Lod posted on 2020-06-06 15:48:54 Reply Private Reply