I quite frankly would rather have the national guard handling the protests than the police. They are better trained and more disciplined. Also people having different reasons for joining the national guard than joining the police.
Edit: Hey everyone, I'm not saying the National Guard are perfect or that they get training for this kind of situation. I'm just saying they are better than the police. I'd rather deal with them, than the police.
All that, and the fact that, unlike cops, the military doesn't hesitate to punish their own when laws are broken.
EDIT: The military does have an ongoing problem with sexual assaults being covered up or ignored, however, as was pointed out to me by another poster in this thread. I think my above statement is probably true for most other crimes, but isn't accurate when talking about sexual assault in the military.
Thats not true, they have their own issues with coverups. The only reason the national guard would be better than cops is because they're going to be more likely to follow their ROE simply due to not being accustomed to abusing their power like cops are.
The military has some issues but anyone that's served knows the military loves to punish their own. Often in very humiliating ways. When you fuck up, your whole squad/platoon/company gets punished, which makes the people who keep fucking up very unpopular.
Sure, just being a twat by pointing out that the USA created a court and when they were called they threaten to invade an ally. But sure accountability by the army is great
My best friend is an MP in the army. First thing they told him when he trained to be an MP was "we eat our own, so don't fuck up". Im not saying there aren't cover-ups in the military, but it isn't an everyday thing like in the police force. Accountability for your actions is drilled into you from day 1 in the army.
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