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The National Guard is a military reserve force, trained in military combat. A few hundred years ago the roles of the police and the army might have been much mo
by belorn 6y ago
The National Guard is a military reserve force, trained in military combat. A few hundred years ago the roles of the police and the army might have been much more similar, but today we have better ideas in how to address an occupied building.
History is full of examples and dead bodies where the military has been used against its own people who oppose or obstruct the execution of law. It many countries it also follows a period of regret and new laws in order to prevent something similar to ever happen again. Just because the government has a law that gives them authorization to send the military in order to secure a building, it doesn't mean it is a good idea.
Would the military trained personnel have done a better job during the capital attack than the police trained one?
- dragonwriter 6y ago> The National Guard is a military reserve force, trained in military combat. The Guard is a force whose missions include support for Civil authorities during disturbances, and it's training, equipment, organizations, planning, etc. reflect that. And, quite arguably, that are better than, and trained better than the police for, dealing with large scale civil unrest. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-elections-racial-injustice-1bf55880ceae5f3d8fa1d731003ec88e https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-elections-racial-in... https://www.ideastream.org/news/what-national-guard-training-can-tell-us-about-policing-protests https://www.ideastream.org/news/what-national-guard-training...
- belorn 6y agoIt seems we have very different views about role of the police and the military, but also the outcome. Kent State massacre comes to mind.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Kent State massacre comes to mind. The fact that you have to reach back that far, given all the more recent problems with conventional police, seems to illustrate my point.
- teddyh 6y agoMinns Ådalen!