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Trump has had the US Marshals deputize the Oregon State Troopers.
In some ways I agree with this move since the mayors, governors, and their local judiciary, don't appear to want to do their job. Local law enforcement has been catching them and the district attorneys have been letting them go as fast as they are caught. Now those caught will go to federal court instead of local court.
This appears to be a legal move on the part of the President.
I suppose it's better than the Insurrection Act or Martial Law being declared.
Unfortunately I see problems with this in that what if those Oregon State Troopers are never undeputized?
Do we want this to happen?
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It's like Sowell said, "There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs."
I'm pretty libertarian. I detest when any government branch or agency makes a decision that consolidates power under their control. That said, as someone who lives in Portland, I've kept a close watch on, not only THIS eruption of political violence, but the many, MANY cases of violent leftists assaulting individuals in my hometown for at least the last four years just for being politically disagreeable.
For several years, I've watched as police, under stand down orders from Ted Wheeler, stood idly by while antifa types gang stomped lone dissenters. For the last few months, I've watched how our DA has repeatedly released rioters accused of felonies up to and including assault of a peace officer, back onto the streets. In several cases, now, these repeat offenders have then gone on to murder.
The government of Portland is flatly refusing to fulfill its duty to protect ALL of its citizens, apparently in favor of advancing the goals of a group of violent pricks attacking and destroying at random, and people are dying because of it.
So, as much as I'm perturbed by the nation's executive branch expanding its authority, even temporarily (so we hope), this particular instance is, relatively speaking, small potatoes. Compared to the issue that the action is meant to correct, i.e. the fact that the government of Portland is giving relative impunity to a violent mob, this deputy scheme is NOTHING. I am absolutely THRILLED that Trump and co have figured a way to step in without invoking the Insurrection Act, which WOULD be an absolutely terrifying escalation and something that I don't believe is warranted.