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One thing I have not seen much grappling with: the Trump Administration has acted illegally with respect to the National Guard & Marines in LA plus the whole parade nonsense is a federal show of power, but cops ostensibly controlled by local governments in blue cities attacked protestors yesterday.

George Pearkes

@peark.es

15 June 2025

Trump didn’t order CMPD to pepper spray protestors in Charlotte, Trump’s Marines didn’t open up with tear gas in LA, Trump didn’t tell cops in Savannah to detain a protestor for wearing a medical mask. It’s worth asking why electeds in those heavily blue places won’t answer for any of that.

Stephen Nuñez

@socio-steve.bsky.social

15 June 2025

I don't think the police are actually fully accountable to elected officials anymore. As in, the mayors don't actually have control over them. See what the NYPD did when DeBlasio tried to rein them in.

George Pearkes

@peark.es

Very dependent on local context but if Democrats in elected office don’t make clear they will not tolerate efforts to interfere with peaceful assembly of their coalition it gets a lot harder.

15/6/25, 6:08 pm1 repost38 likes

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@jordanw2382.bsky.social

15 June 2025

It would be great to see high level attention to this. The biggest problems are the labor supply monopoly on the policing service, and negative polarization on recruitment. Police unions are a severe problem, and stigma of cops as thugs makes recruiting non thugs a problem.