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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pick for Defense Secretary, Won’t Say If He’d Refuse Order to Shoot Protesters (truthout.org)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah, but have you seen cops? They're a paramilitary at this point.

I just don't think there's much of a difference.

[–] Kyrgizion 1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

The police still shoot with beanbags. Something tells me the national guard is using live ammo in the same scenario.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think they'll have the same beanbags, rubber bullets, tear gas, and pepper ball ammunition as police. Deploying the military to fire live ammunition on protesters is a good way to turn a mass protest into a mass uprising. Why would they bother? It'd make more sense to use the same less-than-lethal rounds and let the protests fizzle out like usual.

[–] SkyezOpen 1 points 3 weeks ago

Well if the George floyd protests are any indication, I didn't see no less lethal on the guard.

At the same time, nobody fucked with them from what I saw, so that's good I guess.