The Pentagon plans to shake up DC’s National Guard, criticized for its response to protests, Jan. 6
The Pentagon plans to shake up DC’s National Guard, criticized for its response to protests, Jan. 6
U.S. officials say the Pentagon is developing plans to restructure the National Guard in Washington, D.C.
The Pentagon is developing plans to restructure the National Guard in Washington, D.C., in a move to address problems highlighted by the chaotic response to the Jan. 6 riot and safety breaches during the 2020 protests over the murder of George Floyd, The Associated Press has learned.
That's something I don't understand about J6. Whose responsibility is it to deploy the Guard? Why were they absent for like..four hours? Wtf happened?
They couldn’t deploy until someone gave the order to deploy.
This authority to activate the D.C. National Guard has been delegated, by the President, to the Secretary of Defense and further delegated to the Secretary of the Army. The D.C. National Guard is the only National Guard unit, out of all of the 54 states and territories, which reports only to the President.
Basically Trump and the above listed people didn’t order them to them to be deployed.
So Pence ordered it, which is not strictly legal, but that's how things had to go with the president attempting a coup.
DC is a bit of an oddity, it's not a state, so there's no governor to deploy the guard, plus much of their governance has to be approved by Congress, this is part of the reason that there's a push for DC statehood, residents are getting tired of this mess.
As the Jan. 6 riot was unfolding, city leaders were making frantic calls to Army leaders, asking them to send Guard troops to the Capitol where police and security were being overrun. City leaders complained heatedly about delays in the response as the Pentagon considered Bowser’s National Guard request. City police ended up reinforcing the Capitol Police.
Army leaders, in response, said the district was demanding help but not providing the details and information necessary to determine what forces were needed and how they would be used.
So, send in a smallish number of troops and find out if more are needed yourselves. This excuse doesn't add up to shit in my eyes.
not providing the details and information necessary
Did they try turning on CNN for f's sake? It's pretty much the only time since 9/11 that I can recall having phone calls that went like:
Are you seeing this?! Turn on the tv!
What channel?
ALL OF THEM!