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2024-10-28 11:11:06 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BA201D47A024591490D31838EDCA1F127E95B7B82F0C87FC5BEC443459F89306
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JD Vance said they would use the military for riot control. While there are laws that govern how the military can be used in response to civil unrest, it has happened multiple times including the use of the US Marines during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. https://www.military.com/military-life/6-times-military-was-used-suppress-civilian-uprisings-us.html https://www.mca-marines.org/wp-content/uploads/1992-Riots-in-Los-Angeles.pdf https://www.rbhayes.org/scholarlyworks/the-posse-comitatus-act-and-using-military-as-a-police-force/
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