L.A. is the response to dictatorship, not President responding to crisis

Los Angeles protests in 2020 after the death of George Floyd. Photo: unsplash.com/@shotbyjoe

What’s happening in Los Angeles right now is not law and order—it’s a full-blown, jackbooted abuse of power.

And make no mistake: Donald J. Trump is the one lighting the match, pouring the gasoline, and pointing the flamethrower at the American people.

Let’s break this down in the simplest, angriest truth: President Trump has just commandeered the California National Guard.

Not asked.

Not collaborated.

Commandeered.

He bypassed the state’s own Commander-in-Chief, Gov. Gavin Newsom, and California’s Adjutant General—the very people in charge of those troops.

Why?

Because Trump doesn’t want to deescalate.

He wants a show.

He wants fear.

He wants to flex.

And now?

Now he’s readying the United States Marine Corps—our military—to march into the streets of Los Angeles.

Against civilians.

Against Americans.

Against students, grandmothers, veterans, nurses, immigrants.

This is the President of the United States deploying troops against his own people.

If this doesn’t terrify you, you’re not paying attention.

When the people rise up, when they “Storm the Bastille,” it’s because they’ve been pushed to the wall with no more choices left.

You can’t keep a boot on someone’s neck and act surprised when they finally bite back.

Here’s what started this fire:

Trump’s ICE thugs are out here hunting immigrants like animals—grabbing them before their scheduled hearings, not after.

They’re invading churches, schools, workplaces, grocery stores, just to rack up arrests.

These aren’t fugitives.

These are people who were told to show up for court, and then ambushed before they could even get there.

That’s not justice.

That’s terrorism with a badge and a government paycheck.

So don’t act shocked when the streets fill with rage.

Don’t act like these protests “got out of hand” when you’re the one sending in riot cops, flashbangs, tear gas, and now military-grade force.

That’s not keeping the peace.

That’s declaring war on your own citizens.

You want to fix this mess?

Start by removing the root of it—a president who’s treating brown people, immigrants, and dissenters like enemies of the state.

A man who thinks democracy is just another obstacle to bulldoze on his way to absolute power.

The people are not the problem. Trump is the problem.

You want the protests to stop?

Then stop giving people a reason to fight.

Stop storming homes.

Stop tearing families apart.

Stop bringing Marines into our cities.

Stop pretending that you love America while you’re crushing everything it stands for.

Because we remember 1776.

We remember the Bastille.

And we remember that the people always rise.

Especially when they’ve had enough.

And we’ve had enough.