US Edition2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"
Two guardsmen oppose using military for immigration enforcement in Chicago, risking court-martial or imprisonment, amid paused deployment of 500 federal troops, officials said.
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Two soldiers of the National Guard from Illinois refuse the Trump administration's order to take action against protests in Chicago and draw parallels to National Socialism. A court was able to stop the operation first because it violates a US law.
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The Independent (US)Two Illinois National Guard members vow to defy Trump’s orders
An appeals court earlier this month upheld an order pausing the threatened Guard operation in Illinois
'Not what we signed up to do': National Guard officers vow to refuse Trump’s orders
Even though President Donald Trump wants to deploy the National Guard to patrol the streets of Chicago, Illinois, two officers are now directly disobeying those orders.CBS News reported Monday that Staff Sgt. Demi Palacek (who is running as a Democrat for the Illinois State Legislature) and Capt. Dylan Blaha (who is running for Congress as a Democrat) are both promising to refuse to help the Trump administration secure immigration enforcement op…
National Guard troops stun with rare vow to defy Trump's orders: 'Stand up to the Gestapo'
President Donald Trump might be the commander in chief, but two National Guard soldiers vowed to refuse to follow his orders if they conflict with the law and the Constitution. Two Illinois National Guard members told CBS News that they want no part of deploying to Chicago to help deport immigrants. The report called it "a rare act of open defiance from within the military ranks.""It's disheartening to be forced to go against your community memb…
BLK ALERTS - 2 National Guardsmen Speak Out Against Trump Admin, Say They Would Refuse Deployment To Chicago
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Since the start of President Donald Trump’s agenda to weaponize the National Guard against Democrat-run cities, and particularly those cities with large Black populations, the more sensible side of the American populace — those who are actually concerned with government overreach, unlike those who were just pretending to during the Obama years — have been waiting for Guard members themselves to speak up and sp…
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