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Re:The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance by dragonwriter on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:50AM (#25716545)
> 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-in...

https://www.ideastream.org/news/what-national-guard-training...

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Re:The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance by belorn on Sunday January 10, 2021 @01:19PM (#25717640)
It seems we have very different views about role of the police and the military, but also the outcome. Kent State massacre comes to mind.
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Re:The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance by dragonwriter on Sunday January 10, 2021 @03:29PM (#25719322)
> 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.

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Re:The Capitol Attack Doesn’t Justify Expanding Surveillance by teddyh on Sunday January 10, 2021 @03:18PM (#25719189)
Minns Ådalen!
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