Refugees, Rocks and Rifles

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Refugees, Rocks and Rifles

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So the president calls on troops to fire guns if people in the migrant caravan throw rocks at them. A caravan full of the elderly and children. This is illegal, as it's a massive breach in military deployment protocol, specifically the Posse Comitatus act and Article 10 of the United States Code.
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Separating children from their parents as a tool of statecraft is also considered a crime against humanity.
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Totes. But it's worth counting how many of them are committed, and if I even MENTION that right-wing apologists crawl out of the woodwork to say "oBAMA dEtAINeD miGRANtS toO!" as if that makes it any better when this president does it.
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I already knew about this. But what else do you expect from cheeto? Hell, 3,000 have already dropped off. I maintain they could put on full riot gear, and be able to suppress them without murdering them.
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