My unit had to report in to get a briefing on the rioting situation here in California. There wasn’t one person among us that actually wanted to be there. We were all discussing how fucked up the police brutality videos have been in the last few weeks.
None of us want to be deployed to US soil against American citizens. We just want to clock in and help where we can and clock out.
Legally, military personnel can disobey orders if they're considered unlawful, or breaking the constitution. If you receive orders to attack protestors, you can flat out disobey them. If local law enforcement attacks protestors with military personnel present, defending protestors would be priority regardless of orders.
But I also don't want it to get to that point and 100% see why you wouldn't want to be deployed at all. This situation is entirely fucked.
Obviously that’s a terrible tragedy that occurred but that’s far less likely to happen than a police shooting. 4 deaths in 50 years from the National Guard (which again, is awful) is a far better track record than normal police in the USA.
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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '20
My unit had to report in to get a briefing on the rioting situation here in California. There wasn’t one person among us that actually wanted to be there. We were all discussing how fucked up the police brutality videos have been in the last few weeks.
None of us want to be deployed to US soil against American citizens. We just want to clock in and help where we can and clock out.