Posse Comitatus

Send in the Shoe Salesmen: The National Guard ā€œInsurrectionā€ Bluff

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Cop Rules: A plain-English look at how real-world systems workā€”when the brochures and headlines arenā€™t telling the truth. Send in the shoe salesmen. Thatā€™s what it feels like watching politicians talk tough about ā€œinsurrectionā€ and then point at the National Guard like they just unlocked a cheat code. The Guard gets treated like a magic … Read more

Law & Order in the Capital – Results Over Rhetoric

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A lesson from The Godfatherā€”minus the racism In the movie, bosses debate whether to chase profits at any cost. One line crosses a moral line and tells you everything about the speaker, not about policy. Thatā€™s our mark: draw the line. We judge actions, not people by category, and we focus on what reduces victimizationā€”full … Read more