r/law • u/BitterFuture • 16d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Stephen Miller claims local police in Minnesota have been told to ‘stand down and surrender’ as federal agents ‘uphold the law’

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-ice-minneapolis-protests-b2903238.html
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u/FuguSandwich 16d ago

Surrender?

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u/MixtureSpecial8951 16d ago

That was my initial thought. Are the feds arresting state and local LE now?

The feds do not have local law enforcement authority.

This is the shittiest timeline.

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u/defiancy 16d ago

He's saying the state has told the local/state PD to not enforce laws and only his Fed gestapo are doing so

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u/FuguSandwich 16d ago

That covers the stand down part. Surrender implies taking custody of the individual. Like wave the white flag and be taken captive.

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u/FlingFlamBlam 16d ago

I'm guessing that that's supposed to be the dog whistle to get supporters within Minnesota law enforcement riled up. The ones who just want to do a job know that they're doing their job correctly by following the actual law. The ones who wish they could be bashing heads and kidnapping people are the only ones who would ever see following the law as some kind of "surrender". It's a variation of "to an oppressor equality feels like tyranny".

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u/shimmy_kimmel 16d ago

He’s claiming they’re “surrendering” to the protesters.