Soldiers assigned to @82ndABNDiv and @USArmyOldGuard were told bayonets were to remain in scabbards and not to be attached to their service rifles. No weapons were to enter the capital w/out clear orders and only after nonlethal options were reviewed, according to Milley's letter
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Important to note infantryman aren't typically trained in riot control. The 82nd paratroopers deployed were only given brief civil unrest training by a military police unit *after* they arrived in DC.
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Great minds .... "Giv'em the cold steel, boys!"
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this is horrifying.
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WTF is happening???
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Time to let the Hague clear up the confusion. Who ordered the gassing and beating of peaceful protesters, journalists and clergy in Lafayette Square and St. John's church?
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A scoop, and an important one.
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How tiananmen-esque...
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