If the local government refuses then yes the feds should get involved.

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Elections have consequences.

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Does nothing… please post exactly the location where the local government has done ā€œnothingā€

Then that’s a local issue. They made their bed when they elected their local leaders.

The federal courthouse is not local.

https://www.usmarshals.gov/judicial/court_security_officer.htm

They are armed by the way

My own city of Seattle, f.e. Well to say nothing isn’t telling the entire story.

They are trying to defund/abolish the police department and restrict them from using crowd control devices.

So that is actually less than nothing :slight_smile:

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Yeah, I know. Your point?

I don’t agree. If local government fails, state and federal should step in. Remember, not everyone who lives there votes for these local leaders and I’d rather not see people that aren’t complicit be turned into collateral damage.

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Under what authority?

This is what I would like to see. I know you are an anti-federalist so we are just going to disagree here.

There is none I am aware of. I know it’s not in the Constitution.

Why send anyone else?

If a natural disaster hit and local government takes a hit or overwhelmed then yes…the feds needs to step in. But that’s not hat happening. In some case the local government is encouraging em.

I meant equality in political terms as promoted by socialists.

Can Executive branch declare it a Disaster area, and then the feds would have authority ? sort of like with FEMA during a hurricane ?

This was beyond the capabilities of mall cops. They tried to burn the building.

They also instituted curfew and put anti riot officers on the street.

You are now arguing policy - defund the police not inaction regarding street violence

With a request from the governor, sure.

Sure use us Marshall service that defends these buildings. I don’t get border patrol. Are they only dispersing crowds surrounding federal buildings or in other places a few blocks away because the crowd may decide to head there

I don’t see an issue them surround a federal building and keeping people away. That’s where the line should be.