Pentagon draws up rules on possible use of force for Marines in Los Angeles as governor slams 'dictatorial' Trump

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Monday 09 June 2025 23:59 EDT


The Pentagon is scrambling to decide clear rules for how the 700 U.S. Marines being deployed to Los Angeles by the Trump administration may use force against protesters. The Marines will be armed with service weapons and be authorized to act in self-defense, according to internal documents and interviews with nine anonymous U.S. officials by The Associated Press.

But troops will be forbidden to use warning shots and instructed to deescalate conflicts whenever possible, The AP said. They will be equipped with gas masks and shields, but no tear gas. The rules illustrate the potential dangers of Donald Trump's rare, controversial decision to send troops trained for military operations in active warzones to one of the country’s biggest cities.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass has accused the White House of trying to use the city as a "test case" for expanding its powers over local governments. "I don’t think our city should be used for an experiment," she told reporters on Monday night.

California Governor Gavin Newsom described the Marines' involvement as "the deranged fantasy of a dictatorial president", and has filed a lawsuit against the federal government for deploying 4,000 National Guard members to the city against his wishes.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-marines-los-angeles-protests-b2766898.html

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Their teevee show production of yanking around G.I. Joes, with no food or housing, would be the latest show of illegal actions if it ever came to fruition.

Some might recall when they finally called out the National Guard after January 6 (and note that this was BEFORE Biden was sworn in), the Guard had to sleep on the floor of the Capitol Rotunda.

U.S. CAPITOL, POST JANUARY 6, 2021

[Lovie777]

1. Well when the aliens from outer space try and take Los Angeles again..................

this time we will be ready!

"Battle of Los Angeles"

And it was a real thing, 2/24-25, 1942. To this day the military and law enforcement can't figure it out of what it was, but with all that might the object hovering over Los Angeles was unfazed.

[SergeStorms]

12. "Weather balloons."

That's what the "official" story was, but there were pieces of metal found on the ground from where these "weather balloons" were damaged. (There is no metal used in weather balloon manufacture)

[Marthe48]

2. American troops firing on Americans

Weapons of war against rocks and bottles. If it comes to that.

Shame

[Irish_Dem]

3. There is only one right rule: STAND DOWN

The day US troops fire on Americans on American soil is the day our US military has disgraced itself.
And joined the Trump Crime Syndicate.

[Magoo48]

4. Yes, yes, yes.

[Norrrm]

5. The gov't/military has attacked and killed Americans before.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bonus-army-attacked/

On July 28, 1932 the U.S. government attacked World War I veterans with tanks, bayonets, and tear gas, under the leadership of textbook heroes Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. The WWI vets were part of a Bonus Army who came to Washington, D.C. to make a demand for their promised wartime bonuses.

[Bengus81]

9. Another reason FDR won 42 States out of 48 less than four months later

So think about it Trump...midterms are 73 weeks away.

[patphil]

6. Authorization to act in self defense?

This is a very subjective authorization. All the troops have to do is feel threatened.
The military just made it easier to have another Kent State Massacre.

[azureblue]

7. there is no "rules"

The deployment is illegal to begin with, and a violation of the military oath. As such any soldier can refuse to obey.

[jmowreader]

8. The only acceptable use of the Marines in this...

“United States Marines will not leave the Camp Pendleton Military Reservation in field uniforms, with any Marine Corps-issued tactical equipment, or with weapons.”

You know from the outset that if the Authorization for Use of Force allows for “self defense” some of Trump’s friends will go to LA and shoot over the Marines’ heads to cause them to return fire.

[Norrrm]

10. A false flag operation by some of his MAGAs or his secret police to get the killing started.

[MissouriDem47]

11. I Was Just Following Orders

During the Nuremberg Trials, "I was just following orders" was not a viable defense.

[SergeStorms]

13. Two words.......

"Kent State."
They weren't supposed to engage the students there, either.

[wryter2000]

14. The rule

Use no force whatsoever

[ImNotGod]

15. What we must remember is any troops sent by tRump are by defacto russian troops invading the USA. nt

[Aussie105]

16. What is it in the training of these people

that makes it ok for them to shoot rubber bullets at fellow Americans?

The 'self-defense' clause leaves it wide open to a car backfiring, a fire cracker going off, to initiate a hail of military bullets and many deaths.