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Finally! California Governor Gavin Newsom calls in the National Guard to crack down on fentanyl dealing in San Francisco after touring the decrepit Tenderloin District
2023-04-22
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] I wouldn’t have thought community policing would be part of the normal National Guard skill set, which I thought geared toward war and emergencies. But I admit to being entirely ignorant on the subject.
  • California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a partnership between California State Police and National Guard to disrupt fentanyl trafficking in San Francisco
    Fentanyl comes from Mexico, as I recall. Wouldn’t it be more efficient to send the National Guard to interdict the border between Mexico and California?
  • Announcement came after city officials requested state and federal help to address the problem of open-air drug dealing
    Why aren’t the San Francisco police taking care of problem? Oh right — San Francisco downsized their police force after forbidding them to enforce the few remaining laws.
  • Newsom directed the agencies to analyze drug trafficking operations and focus on dismantling fentanyl trafficking rings in key areas around the city
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Posted by:Skidmark

#19  Confucius say, "Stick under chin...
And bingo!"
"How long has it been?"
"You gonna buy plenty
Of new Chinese fenty --
One hour, you need it again."
Posted by: Flins Elmoluting4650   2023-04-22 23:34  

#18  ^ He knows. He talks to West Coast people
Posted by: Frank G   2023-04-22 22:20  

#17  New variety hitting thru out the country is highly addictive. Try one time and four hours later withdrawals hit.
Posted by: Dale   2023-04-22 22:04  

#16  A Rantburg U Master Class, indeed. Thank you, Professor NoMoreBS and colleagues for so generously advancing our educations. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-04-22 17:57  

#15  You want to interdict fentanyl at the choke points: the border and factories that make it. Once in the cities, the drugs are quickly distributed to hundreds of thousands of gang bangers, immigrants and illegal alien dealers.
Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Sholugum453   2023-04-22 12:13  

#14  CNGCPCC CO?
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-04-22 12:12  

#13  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWNMqrf9Jjo
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-04-22 12:10  

#12  I was the initial Counterdrug Coordinator and Commanding Officer of the California National Guard Counterdrug Program stared in 1991. A Title 32 Active Duty unit yhat at its peak had over 450 active duty soldiers and airmen supporting federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. It has existed since then and among its activities is a significant intelligence capability supporting analysis and assessment of trafficking. This is actually a positive, not an act of martial law. There are decades of expertise and skills the CNG can bring to this.

https://calguard.ca.gov/cdtf/
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-04-22 12:06  

#11  The camel's nose is inside the wire.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2023-04-22 11:54  

#10  I guess they were used to clean up Tenderloin so Newsom could walk through and yuk it up for a photo shoot.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-04-22 11:51  

#9  Fentanyl comes from Mexico, as I recall. Wouldn’t it be more efficient to send the National Guard to interdict the border between Mexico and California?

One would think so but, remember, we're talking about Newsom so it's unrealistic to expect anything he does to make sense.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2023-04-22 11:48  

#8  Maybe the guard unit has mobile coolers and can handle transportation of the bodies out of the city. This activity will potentially help Newsom in the polls as each stiff can be fully identified in the process so that his or her voting can be made more consistent going forward at a lower cost. Voting stiffs with out of state registrations can can be cataloged for future requests for absentee ballots in potential presidential primaries.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-04-22 09:07  

#7  Posse Comitatus only applies to federal military. As long as the state Guard units operate under state authority and funding, they can be employed in law enforcement activity. Even with Posse Comitatus, if the Insurrection Act is applied, federal forces can be utilized.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-04-22 09:04  

#6  Oh Nos, people with assault weapons on the streets of SanFran. [don't worry, they won't get ammo so the locals can relieve them of carrying that iron].
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-04-22 08:59  

#5  In this case, I bet "help" means "open any bottlenecks in distribution."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-04-22 08:16  

#4  Gov. Newsom directs National Guard to help combat San Francisco's fentanyl crisis
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-04-22 07:55  

#3  I wouldn’t have thought ...

Everything You Need to Know About Martial Law

"But contrary to popular belief, simply calling up federal or state military members to assist during times of natural emergency or civil unrest is not necessarily the same thing as implementing martial law."

California National Guard

"When under the control of its state governor, National Guard functions range from limited actions during non-emergency situations to full scale law enforcement of martial law when local law enforcement officials can no longer maintain civil control."
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-04-22 07:34  

#2  It's killing his voter base, quicker than he can create new voters.
Posted by: NN2N1   2023-04-22 05:19  

#1  Didn't ... Trump Endorses Using Military to Crush Cartels: ‘I Would Do That’
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-04-22 00:58  

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