Trump Could End This All Yesterday, If He Wanted To

Make no mistake, the riots in Los Angeles had started out as peaceful protests against ICE arbitrarily rounding up perceived undocumented migrants without due process, in schools, workplaces, and even day laborers in front of Home Depot.  That was before ICE agents got violent with the protestors, and then Trump further inflamed the situation by federalizing the National Guard and even sending in the Marines.  This is what dictators do, not democracies!

Trump could end all of this yesterday by ordering ICE and any troops to stand down immediately, and halting the raids and deportations at once.  But he won't unless his hand is forced by either the courts (unlikely since they are in his pocket) or, more likely, the court of public opinion, particularly from his own base.  That is literally the primary purpose of protest, after all--to sway enough people, ultimately including those in power and their enforcers, to join the right side of history.

To any police, agents, or troops reading this, now is the time to ask yourselves:  which side are you on?  The United States of America, or the Benighted Snakes of Amerikkka?  Then choose wisely.  History will NOT be kind to those on the wrong side of it!