We are all losing our minds over this. To reiterate: With hundreds of people out in the street you can’t just go shooting them because they’re there. Well, maybe after martial law is declared.
I want this stupidity squashed as much as anyone here. But it isn’t as easy as rolling MRAPs or going in with guns blazing. Don’t think for a minute that wouldn’t light up multiple major metropolitan areas.
Who here has advocated for MRAPS to go in blazing? That's your fantasy. The military can and should be deployed to stop insurrection (burning of government buildings and destruction of infrastructure) if the civilian police can't or won't do their jobs. INNOCENT American lives are at stake. Anyone looting or actively attempting to burn occupied buildings or destroy infrastructure should be stopped with any force necessary, up to and including deadly force, depending on the situation.
Any idiots who can't discriminate between acts of insurrection in progress and jaywalking can be assigned latrine duty.