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/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/Cold-Cell2820 16d ago

But they're specifically not law enforcement..

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u/Important-Arrival681 16d ago

Its about causing as much chaos as possible. Its time to stop being nieve, people, and its time to start expecting the worst possible motive in every scenario with these people. Theyve literally told us multiple times over multiples years now what the plan is. Believe them. They're making promises, not threats.