That unit insignia is 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, “Old Hickory,” most of which is here in North Carolina. Now our Democratic governor has not sent any troops to support this deployment; that means these are the West Virginia NG contingent. That means they are the 1st Squadron, 150th Cavalry Regiment. I spent some time with their predecessors 16 years ago in Iraq. Their predecessors were good men, West Virginia hillbillies of course but citizen-soldiers of good character. Hopefully these men are too, because suddenly a lot depends upon that.
They are armed with M4 carbines in condition Amber — I assume, since it’s cosmetically indistinguishable from Red but Red would be reckless beyond what I can imagine a military commander supporting.
This is all remarkably reckless in any case. Trump and Hegseth, of course, but it’s already well beyond the risk tolerance of the regular military.
Now the 1-150th are mostly cavalry scouts and armor personnel. They’re at least not trained infantry whose practiced responses are extremely lethal. Still, this is a perilous decision. The risk they are running here is very high.
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The risk is not high
Look, the cities have become Unlivable. Many of us like to take urban hikes and be pedestrians
Would you want to take a 10 mile hike in DC when it’s under Democrat control? Years ago, when I lived in Madrid, I walked everywhere and loved it. It was safe.
There’s no reason that our cities in United States cannot be as safe as those cities in Madrid were during that time
I can’t wait for bus loads of high school and junior high school students As well as families going to Washington DC and being completely safe.
I just wish that Congress would support Trump more and these initiatives
I’ve hiked through DC many times. It’s never been unsafe. There are dangers as everywhere, but I’ve never once had a problem or felt threatened in any way. Nobody has ever even tried to pick my pocket.
….,,Amid a shortage of staff in the DC office, new Attorney General Jeanine Pirro announced this weekend that twenty DoD military prosecutors will join her office, to handle the swelling crowd of jailbirds and miscreants rounded up by National Guardsmen in DC…
Are you gonna take Umbridge at the deployment of DOD lawyers as well?
Officially, the Metropolitan Police Department says violent crime is down by 35 percent from its 2023 peak, and city leaders say we’re near a 30-year low. But lived experience tells a different story.
Last year alone, D.C. reported 29,348 crimes, including:
* 3,469 violent offenses
* 1,026 assaults with a dangerous weapon
* 2,113 robberies
Some experts say not all crimes are even reported. Others point to claims that police leadership under-reported data to make the numbers look better. One thing, however, is hard to manipulate: the homicide rate.
In 2024, D.C.’s homicide rate was 27.3 per 100,000 residents—the fourth-highest in the country and more than double the rate from just a decade ago.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/robbed-punched-and-pistol-whipped-a-white-house-reporters-account-of-crime-in-dc-5903589
I would point out that anonymous comments aren't allowed here, but I am pretty sure I recognize the style. You're still not welcome; you will remain unwelcome even if you try to hide who you are.
DOD lawyers aren't a problem, and police statistics can't ever be believed. That latter has been discussed in this space occasionally the whole time it's existed.
A few years back I was reading some early 19th century accounts of riots in the US. It was expected that the militia would deploy with loaded weapons.
In one case a riot lasted a week and the militia were called out. They deployed cannons and cleared the streets with grapeshot. That effectively ended the riot.
Yes, the state militia was often called out for strike breaking too. So was the Army, for that matter; it was their main business between the Indian Wars and the Spanish-American war.
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