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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1554418)8/23/2025 6:52:19 PM
From: Tenchusatsu2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 1573848
 
Brumar, National Guardsmen can assist local law enforcement onsite if they're actively trying to apprehend a suspect.

They can also report on any crimes that they witness and even step in to prevent it from happening, just like bystanders could. That in itself serves as a wonderful deterrent.

The only problem is that these guardsmen are being stationed in the most high-profile, most visible, and least likely of places to experience crime. You don't see purse-snatchers doing their thing in broad daylight in the middle of the National Mall, for example. Too many park police around for obvious reasons.

Now if these guardsmen went into the more sketchy of neighborhoods like southeast D.C., then they could get to the heart of D.C.'s remaining (and persistent) crime issues. But I doubt they would, again, for obvious reasons. Having armed soldiers marching down "da hood" looks terrible in front of the cameras.

One more thing. There's a reason why I called Bill's bluff when he claimed that he visits D.C. 6X a year, and it's not just because he's being a troll. It's to highlight the fact that these National Guardsmen are being stationed in the most useless of places, all for optics. I suspect he knows this but is too chickenshit to admit it.

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