President Donald Trump has signed a presidential memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to disperse protests over immigration activity in the Los Angeles area, the White House said in a statement Saturday night.
    • arrow74@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Only useful if you know when and where someone will be. Obviously heightens surveillance capabilities, but they can’t be everywhere at once

      • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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        1 month ago

        You should look at the fields in Ukraine strewn with the fiber optic cables of 100’s of kamikaze drones.

        • arrow74@lemm.eeEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I mean yeah the US military always has the option to raze entire cities to sniff out a resistance. I doubt that will be done

          • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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            1 month ago

            I don’t think the threat is coming from the military in this case, it’s coming from MAGA.

      • Revan343@lemmy.ca
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        1 month ago

        I’m pretty sure they were throwing drones in on the side of the people, not the government.