"Per military theorists, it takes 20 troops per 1000 people for an occupation."

Assuming armed resistance. And we are so very lucky so far that Californians have not chosen that option.

Play your word games all you want. There are still armed Marines and national guard troops carrying deadly weapons still occupying land in LA. without permission from the governor of CA. Driving around in military vehicles in an attempt to intimidate and harass and control the civilian population.

Seems like It was deterrence. The violence pretty much stopped after troops were deployed. No repeat of spring/summer 2020. Much to the left's chagrin.

#11 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

GFY lying traitor.

It was the cause of violence. Not a deterrence. Any deterrent to violence was made by the LAPD. And was confined to a 5-10 block area of a 500 square mile city.

Any violence being done was in direct response to the illegal activity by federal officers who were masked and armed and who refused to identify themselves or coordinate with local authorities. And the protests were literally caused by the troops presence. The LAPD literally had to protect the troops and the civilians from each other.

Calling a bunch of marines standing around a fed building an "occupation" is the word game.

And one arrest. At a cost of HUNDREDS of millions of taxpayer dollars.

There are lots of word games going on here.

FTA

Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell described this action-packed deployment as Task Force 51 supporting "more than 170 missions in over 130 separate locations from nine federal agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Agency, the US Marshal Service, ICE and the Department of Homeland Security" in a briefing in early July.