Quote Originally Posted by frugal-one View Post
Disgusting today to see Nat’l Guard deployed against our own citizens protesting peacefully… authoritarian regime in power. Thought republicans wanted states to have choice over matters. CA does not want guard there. Unwanted federal intervention.

https://apnews.com/article/insurrect...be274a6f266a7a

My thought is this is a precursor to next week when many protests are scheduled.
I agree that it is a precursor, but designed to prevent another summer of "mostly peaceful protests" which destroy and harm communities.

I'm not in favor of federalizing state national guard units unless absolutely necessary but I think that whenever the allegedly peaceful protestors feel free to throw bricks, set fires and make every effort to subvert legal actions by federal agents, someone has to step up and support order and the rule of law. I don't find it disgusting at all to do so, nor does the vast majority of our citizenry in general or the specific citizens of the protest sites.