The Commander-in-Chief is responsible, the buck stops there. If Trump was aware of it, and didn't see the appearance of an armed US Military moving on a protest with Bayonets affixed, and didn't object, that is one more reason to NOT vote for Trump.
If he didn't know, that shows he is out of touch with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and that is another reason he should not serve a second term.
Top military chief says soldiers were issued bayonets for DC unrest, documents show some were not trained in riot response
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed a report by The Associated Press that some of the service members who were mobilized to Washington, D.C., last month in response to civil unrest over the killing of George Floyd were issued bayonets. Defense documents obtained by the AP...www.cnbc.com
KEY POINTS
Trumps call for Law and Order is missing Justice; Law and Order and Justice is the American way.
- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed a report by The Associated Press that some of the service members who were mobilized to Washington, D.C., last month in response to civil unrest over the killing of George Floyd were issued bayonets.
- Defense documents obtained by the AP show some were not trained in riot response.
- The soldiers were issued bayonets for their June 2 deployment — but told they were to remain in their scabbards and not attached to their service rifles, Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Mark A. Milley wrote to two U.S. representatives in a letter that was obtained by the AP.
I think those who use the guise of peaceful protesters but kill or maim cops and innocent bystanders ought to be tried, and if found guilty of murder, should be executed via public guillotine, and so should their ring-leader in the House, Maxine Waters. She is guilty of all the cop killings because she taught those now killing to harass Trump staff and supporters initially, and she's said some very subtle murder things since that time, and her minions are doing just that. She's an accomplice to many cop murders and a royal jackass all rolled into one.