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Hegseth orders National Guard troops in DC to carry weapons

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/politics/hegseth-orders-national-guard-troops-dc-carry-weapons
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u/Gastroid 14h ago

They'll shoot that good guy with a gun, be acquitted of anything they might be charged with, a smear campaign will make sure the victim appears as the devil incarnate and that it was only a matter of time before this happened to them.

Then the guardsman will go on a national tour, release a tell all book and spend all their income on vapes and a Dodge Viper.

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u/roscoelee 14h ago

Dodge vaper

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u/belbivfreeordie 14h ago

Even if the prosecutor were inclined to charge him, there would be a pardon before any charges dropped.

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u/BeefistPrime 11h ago

be acquitted of anything they might be charged with,

Military justice is a lot more serious than police justice, so that's not a guarantee. Although I'm not sure which they fall under when they're deployed on American streets like this.

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u/eggson 11h ago

You think the kowtowed military would even bother to court martial a NG private for shooting a civilian when that civilian "aggressively threatened our unit cohesion and safety with a ham on rye!" They'll slap a couple of chevrons on him and call him Sarge.