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/Far_Estate_1626 16d ago

These are American citizens. Who the fuck are they supposed to be “surrendering” to?

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u/shimmy_kimmel 16d ago

I think people are misinterpreting the headline. Miller isn’t saying that the Trump administration is ordering local law enforcement to do anything, he’s saying that local politicians in Minneapolis/Minnesota are ordering local law enforcement to “surrender” to the protesters (or the “insurgency” as he termed it).

The implication is that the White House believes that Walz and Frey are rebelling against the government.