Joint Chiefs chairman walks DC streets amid protests: We protect freedom of speech

[rangerrebew]

 

TheHill.com
Joint Chiefs chairman walks DC streets amid protests: We protect freedom of speech
By John Bowden - 06/02/20 09:54 AM EDT
 

Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, surveyed the National Guard's curfew enforcement in Washington, D.C., Monday evening, saying the military was there to protect freedom of speech.

The presence of such a high-ranking military commander on the streets of the nation's capital to oversee protests against police brutality prompted questions from reporters who were also on the ground as authorities attempted to break up demonstrations that were occurring after a curfew was imposed.

"Freedom of speech, that's perfectly fine. We support that. We took an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America to do that, to protect everyone's rights. That's what we do," Milley told reporters. "We've got the D.C. National Guard out here and I'm just checking their...seeing how well they're doing, that's all."

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/500626-joint-chiefs-chair-walks-dc-streets-amid-protests-we-protect-freedom-of-speech

[rangerrebew]

As far as I know, rioting, looting, arson, assaulting people, murder, and destruction of private property to not qualify as free speech.  Or if they do, the US is closer to it's final destruction than I thought.

[aligncare]

As far as I know, rioting, looting, arson, assaulting people, murder, and destruction of private property to not qualify as free speech.  Or if they do, the US is closer to it's final destruction than I thought.

I’m on a roller coaster of emotions, up one day, down the next as news and events unfold. These are not just interesting times, they are terrifying times. I fear for my country.

[rangerrebew]

I, fortunately, am almost 73 and will be nothing but ashes, I hope. when the useful idiots in congress hand American freedom to communists and Islam .  Once it is gone, freedom in the entire world will be gone, too.

[Fishrrman]

Ranger...

Not far behind you here.

But what you see coming... is what I see coming, too.

That's why I created this:
American timeline:
2019: USA -- United States of America
2027: USSA -- United Socialist States of America
2035: USSSA -- United Soviet Socialist States of America
2042:  ?????

That's what I see coming down the pathway of history.