This comes back to a deep frustration I have not been able to shake. Governors are not powerless. They have the authority to deploy the National Guard and enforce state law, yet they have stood by while ICE acts without meaningful restraint. What we get instead is talk, press statements, and responsibility pushed elsewhere. None of that stops anything.
Their reaction to the investigation into Good’s murder only makes it worse. They frame federal involvement as the problem even though the facts are not in dispute. There are multiple camera angles. There are witnesses. Despite that, the person responsible is still free. That is not a complicated case. It is a stalled one.
If this had been an ordinary civilian killing another civilian, the process would already be moving. An arrest would have been made. Charges would have followed. Here, nothing happens, and no one is expected to explain why. That is where the damage is done. People notice when the rules stop working the same way.
What makes this unbearable is how helpless it feels to watch. It feels like the world is burning around me and all I have is a garden hose, trying to put out a forest fire that everyone else insists is under control. I live in what used to be a purple state, now gerrymandered so thoroughly that meaningful representation no longer exists. When I reach out to my representative, the only answer I get is, “I don’t know.” That is the sum total of accountability.
Governors may claim distance from the outcome, but choosing not to act is still a choice. When those with authority refuse to use it, the imbalance remains, and people like me are left watching it spread, knowing exactly how little power we have to stop it.
Unfortunately the law allows for those national gaurd units to be federalized with very little cause. Trump would do that immediately and then have full control.
Maybe Walz should try anyway, but I understand the hesitation
Exactly, and it is intentional to provoke reactions. They want people to take the bait & to act irrationally in response. Don’t do it. Learn about & study your rights. Document it & be prepared on what to do when rights are violated & laws are broken. Obey the law, while working with others to seek justice in a strategic & legal way.
When you see injustice, donate to help that individual. Don’t expect some establishment Democrat that pledged unconditional support to a genocidal ethnostate to do it. Offer legal support if you’re an attorney, or emotional support & encouragement otherwise. Victims are traumatized & feel hopeless, and oftentimes only heard when they can be used as a prop.
Learn how to use social media. Mainstream media will almost certainly ignore you until they have an incentive to cover a story. Find, create & share groups of content creators that are covering this in-depth & sharing what is happening on the ground. When it comes time to vote, don’t support the establishment AIPAC politicians. They knew this was the risk & even claimed Democracy was on the line, but sold you out for Israel. Remember!
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