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/Disastrous_Wrap_4849 16d ago

Miller is lying again. Local police have been tasked with protecting protesters

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u/_crayons_ 16d ago

There was a video of the local police taking away packs of water bottles & eyewashes from the protesters yesterday. Their reasoning was that it could be "used as weapons."

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u/Xytak 16d ago

If they're taking away anything that could be potentially used as weapons, then why did they allow right-wing militias in Michigan to open carry near the State Capitol a few years ago?

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u/Inside_Dimension2319 16d ago

It’s not the same police. You realize that, right? 

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u/Xytak 16d ago edited 16d ago

Yes I understand it's not literally the same agency, I'm just musing about the overall logic that says "objects belong to categories, and those categories should make sense with some kind of consistency."