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In reply to the discussion: FFS [View all]jaxexpat
(6,820 posts)Or perhaps, if civil strife becomes inevitable, a moment when the law enforcement community will be more likely to help put that civil war down. Could be he's just waiting for, at least, a moment when his own FBI will reliably support the chain of command, law and order.
I think there's a real potential that many local and state community law enforcement agencies across the country might lay in with, or at least "stand down and stand back" from, the forces of civil disobedience when its white people doing the rioting and causing the mayhem. Oh sure, they'll always allow the burning down of black owned businesses and community structures. That's what they've been doing and training for the last about 150 years. They have their addresses in the system already.
I think he's hoping that a constant deluge of bad news for Trump will take the wind from his supporters' sails.