We should fear Trump’s rogue agents
To the Editor:
On June 12, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the following statement during a news conference regarding about 4,700 U.S. military troops in Los Angeles: “We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city.”
This should make every American sit up and listen. Let me get this straight, Kristi Noem just said “we” (the federal government) are “here” (Los Angeles with federal active military) to liberate the city from socialists and the duly elected governor and mayor.
Really? The federal government is going to “liberate” a state and city from the duly elected government. What message is that? I tried to look up what that means and came up with words like totalitarianism, dictatorship, autocracy, authoritarianism, fascism and tyranny.
Who are socialists? Are they just Democrats, which represents half the Americans who register a party affiliation, or does this include everyone who supports Social Security and Medicare (quite literally socialist policies)?
This is not an exaggeration nor taken out of context. Here is the actual video: youtu.be/xuUiKx2wUnI
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Additionally, in many places in the country, individuals in black body armor with their faces covered and without badges or name tags are snatching people off the streets and taking them away These are apparently Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. One would think any kind of law enforcement personnel should be required to show credentials and present a legal reason of some sort to handcuff and force someone into waiting white vans. Similarities of these activities to the most atrocious dictatorships in the past (and present) cannot be ignored.
What is to keep vigilantes from mimicking these anonymous ICE personnel? On what legal or Constitutional principle is this happening? How long until body armored, masked men looking like thugs refusing to show ID or credentials show up in Haywood County accosting people and removing them?
Allan Zacher,
Lake Junaluska
